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 Diana Rigg - The English actress Diana Rigg with access to her biography, Rigg as Emma Peel, pictures of her roles and her private life as dame Diana Rigg.
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Details of Dame Diana's maturing roles and pictures with her daughter Rachel. Her awards and knighthood for services to stage and screen as Dame Diana Rigg.
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Dame Commander of the British Empire(DBE) Diana Rigg
Dame Diana Rigg is a lady whose enduring charms have cut across the generations with almost boundless ease.
Knighted in 1994 she is more properly known as Dame Diana Rigg, the female equivalent of the title "Sir" when
knighted. In June 1994, she was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II for her long
contributions to theatre and film.
Longtime leading lady Dame Diana Rigg is best known for her television roles as Mrs. Emma Peel in the 1960s
swinging British series The Avengers and since 1989, as the elegant host of the PBS series Mystery.
Still active on stage and screen, Rigg has won a Tony (1994, for Medea) and an Emmy (1997 for Rebecca.
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The most relevant links we could find, placed here free on Dame Diana Rigg
 SK 96
- more on Dame Diana and her daughter Rachel. www.sk96.de
Answers
- gives even more details of Diana Rigg and her mature acting roles in more mature maternal roles. www.answers.com
Mature acting roles by Dame Diana Rigg
Dame Diana has embraced the maternal role. For example, by playing both Aggripina, the mother of Nero, and then
the title character in "Phedre" on the heels of
"Medea" and "Mother Love," she has embraced a career choice that nearly eclipses Emma Peel, albeit for a smaller
audience.
Is this a good thing - by thrusting herself into the maternal fray, Rigg avoided becoming a museum piece.
She has redefined motherhood as something to be very, very afraid of, but she may have sacrificed any
chance of ever again using her skills as a comedian?
Can Emma Peel, with her sly sense of humour and whiplash comic timing, ever re-emerge (let's hope not !).
In "The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries," Rigg won't exactly come full circle - it's apparently
more drawing room comedy/whodunit than hip social satire. Rigg's character is a stylish old lady detective who
makes snide asides into the camera, not a modern woman who turns the world on its head. But these are clever pre-views of
a maturing role for Dame Diana Rigg and long may they continue to develop.
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