One Tough Dame: The Life and Career of Diana Rigg written by Herbie J Pilato
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One Tough Dame: The Life and Career of Diana Rigg written by Herbie J Pilato

By: FSWL team
Published:
2024-12-04
One Tough Dame: The Life and Career of Diana Rigg
One Tough Dame: The Life and Career of Diana Rigg written by From Sweden with Love reader Herbie J Pilato (who previously wrote a great Sean Connery biography) is a new book published by University Press of Mississippi with an introduction by Ray Austin.

One Tough Dame: The Life and Career of Diana Rigg offers a sweeping portrait of the revered performer’s life and career. Deemed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1994, Diana Rigg (1938–2020) initially found fame as super sleuth Mrs. Emma Peel in the 1960s BBC/ABC-TV espionage series The Avengers.

A classically trained and multi-award-winning thespian, Rigg is known for her diverse body of work — from her big-screen debut as Countess Teresa di Vincenzo, wife of James Bond [portrayed by Australian actor George Lazenby] in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), to her Tony Award–winning, leading role in Medea on Broadway, culminating with her Emmy-nominated portrayal as Lady Olenna Tyrell on the heralded small-screen gem Game of Thrones.

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Diana Rigg as Tracy and George Lazenby as James Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Copyright © 1969 Danjaq S.A. & United Artists Corporation. All rights reserved.

This eclectic volume traces Rigg’s career as a renowned star of television, film, and the stage. The author includes insights from rare, archived interviews, encompassing both video dialogues conducted by the University of Kent and Oxford Union.



The meticulously curated archival material is further complemented by equally rare photos and retrospections drawn from diverse media sources and hitherto unpublished accounts from the people who knew Rigg best, affording readers an unprecedented, all-encompassing glimpse into her private world.

With exclusive commentary from Rupert Macnee (son of Riggs’s Avengers costar and dear friend Patrick Macnee); the show’s stunt coordinator/director Ray Austin; actors Samuel West, Bernie Kopell, Barbara Barrie, Juliet Mills, John Schuck, and Damon Evans; director Bruce Beresford; and documentarian David Naylor, among others, One Tough Dame delivers an in-depth perspective of a beloved, brave, brilliant, and trailblazing actor.

Order Herbie J Pirato's book One Tough Dame: The Life and Career of Diana Rigg from Amazon.com or Amazon UK.

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