Diana Rigg's biography

Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg is 82 years old television actor born at Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK. She was born on Wednesday 20th of July 1938. According to year of birth 1938 she belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 20th of July means she is Cancer. Cancer is a watery sign. They are very friendly and show motherly love to everyone. According to ascendant calculator, an important trait of these natives is their sensitive nature.Diana was married 2 times.

She is native english speaker. She is white british. She is citizen of United Kingdom. Her primary profession is to be television actor. You can know her also as film actor, university teacher, stage actor. She is recently known as actor.

Diana Rigg's dad

Diana Rigg's father's name is Louis Rigg.

Diana Rigg's family

Diana Rigg's ex husbands

Menachem Gueffen

Diana Rigg and Menachem Gueffen have been together since 1973 for 3 years.

Archie Stirling

Diana Rigg and Archie Stirling have been together since 1982 for 8 years.

She has 1 daughter.

Diana Rigg's daughter: Rachael Stirling

Diana Rigg's daughter's name is Rachael Stirling. She is known as television actor. Her daughter was born on Monday 30th of May 1977 in London.

Diana Rigg's schools

We found 2 schools Diana attended. Complete list of schools: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Fulneck School.

Diana Rigg's career

Diana´s main focus is to be television actor. Diana is famous thanks to The Avengers, Evil Under the Sun. You could see Diana also in Rebecca, Medea, Mother Courage and many more. Diana is also a member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Is Diana Rigg gay ?

She is known to be straight.

Diana Rigg's boyfriend

Philip Saville

Diana Rigg and Philip Saville have been together. He is known as actor. Her boyfriend was born on Tuesday 28th of October 1930 in London. Her boyfriend died on Thursday 22nd of December 2016 in Hampstead. Philip Saville was 78 years old, when this happened.

How did Diana Rigg die

She died on on Thursday 10th of September 2020 when he was 82 years old. Diana Riggs death was caused by cancer. It happend like natural causes.

Awards and competitions

Diana Rigg's Awards

October 20, 2003 - British courts awarded her $63,832 and $134,000 in court expenses in her libel suit against Britain's "Evening Standard" and "Daily Mail" newspapers. They had written that she was an embittered woman who held British men in low regard.
She was nominated for 1999 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award (1998 season) for Best Actress for her performances in both "Britannicus" and "PhÃ¨dre".
She was nominated for 1997 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Play of 1996 for her performance in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?".
She was awarded the 1992 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance in "Medea".
She was awarded the 1996 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performances in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "Mother Courage".
She was awarded the 2014 Will Award, presented by the Shakespeare Theatre Company, along with Stacy Keach and Sir John Hurt.
She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1988 Queen's New Years Honours List and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1994 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to drama.
She received the Variety Club of Great Britain Award for Best Film Actress in Agatha Christie's Evil Under the Sun (1982).

What Diana Rigg has done for a first time

Was the first major actor (along with co-star Keith Michell) to appear nude onstage, i.e. in the production of "Abelard and Heloise" (1970).
Became an Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company (1967) and was the first as such to join the National Theatre of Great Britain (1971).
Her first husband, Menachem Gueffen, was an Israeli artist.
Michael Parkinson, who first interviewed Rigg in 1972, described her as the most desirable woman he ever met, who "radiated a lustrous beauty".

Diana Rigg's quotes

[on hitting middle age] I am devastated at what has happened. I have completely disappeared. I am totally invisible. I never really liked my sexy label but on the other hand, to disappear so totally is quite startling.
I don't go without make-up, though. I rather like that transformation in the morning from "I don't want to look in the mirror"; then you start pulling yourself together. It's a rather nice present to yourself that you can still do that.
Look at me. I'm a dame and I'm a chancellor.
The older you get, I have to say, the funnier you find life. That's the only way to go. If you get serious about yourself as you get old, you are pathetic.
I think women of my age are still attractive. Men of my age aren't. They've got their cojones halfway to their knees. They have the same descent as boobs.
I don't want to retire. I never want to retire. What's the point of it?
[on On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)] They wanted an experienced lady with a certain degree of glamour to help along a totally inexperienced actor. Fine. It was much like being a coach. And it was well-paid. Â£50,000. Can't complain.
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Diana Rigg's height, body shape, eye color

Lets describe how Diana Rigg looks. We will focus on her height, body shape, eye color and hair color. Diana is tall as 5' 8½" (174 cm). Body build is slim. Her eyes are tinted brown - dark. Diana´s hair is shade of brown - light.

Diana Rigg