A year before Bruce Lee began doing martial arts on TV's The Green Hornet, The Avengers' Emma Peel, played by 26-year-old British actress Diana Rigg, was disposing of bad guys with a well-placed ...

As Emma Peel, the butt-kicking spy in The Avengers, the British actress Diana Rigg was a '60s TV icon. From 1965 to 1968, she captivated viewers with her mod fashions; her chemistry with her partner ...

New Yorkers who have occasion to visit the Lower East Side — on the way to the Tenement Museum, perhaps, or Essex Street Market — may have noticed a towering mural on the corner of Allen and Broome ...

Diana Rigg was born on July 20, 1938, and throughout her 82 years (she passed away from lung cancer on September 10, 2020), she built a legacy that stretched from Shakespeare to Game of Thrones. For ...

English actor Diana Rigg became widely known in the U.S. for her role as Emma Peel in the 1960s TV series The Avengers. She died Thursday in her home in London. (Express/Getty Images) ...

Tributes have poured in from across the arts world to celebrate the gargantuan career of Diana Rigg. WhatsOnStage Award-winning Rigg passed away today at the age of 82, having appeared in a plethora ...

LONDON, Sept 10 (Reuters) - British actress Diana Rigg, who came to fame in the cult 1960s TV show "The Avengers" and enjoyed a distinguished and varied career on stage and screen from James Bond to ...