Goodbye to the indomitable Mrs Peel: 事実上の／代理 legend Diana Rigg who starred in The Avengers, was a 社債 girl (who 現実に got to marry 007) and appeared in Game of 王位s dies at home from 癌 老年の 82

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尊敬の印s have 注ぐd in for the 'flinty, fearless, fabulous 軍隊 of nature' James 社債 actress and Game of 王位s 星／主役にする Dame Diana Rigg, who died today 老年の 82 に引き続いて a short 戦う／戦い with 癌.??

The British actress made her 指名する in the 教団 1961 TV series The Avengers, before going on to 星／主役にする as the cutthroat matriarch?Lady Olenna Tyrell in HBO's?Game of 王位s, a show she later 認める she had never watched.

確認するing her death, her スパイ／執行官 said that Rigg had died '平和的に' on Thursday morning, 追加するing that she had been 'at home with her family who have asked for privacy at this difficult time'.

Starting out as a classically trained actress in the?王室の Shakespeare Company, Dame Diana's engrossing 行う／開催する／段階 業績／成果s were said to come from her 'funny and feisty' personality.

Jonathan Kent, who directed Rigg in a 生産／産物 of Medea said that her 'combination of 軍隊 of personality, beauty, courage and sheer emotional 力／強力にする, made her a 広大な／多数の／重要な classical actress - one of an astonishing 世代 of British 行う／開催する／段階 performers'.

More recently, Rigg appeared as Queen Victoria's Mistress of the 式服s - The Duchess of Buccleuch - in ITV's Victoria と一緒に Jenna Coleman, and as the eccentric Mrs Pumphrey in the adaptation of All Creatures 広大な／多数の／重要な and Small - which 空気／公表するd last night on Channel 5.?

The 星／主役にする, who won Bafta, Emmy and Tony awards , also earned 世界的な acclaim for her turn as a 社債 girl Tracy di Vicenzo in?On Her Majesty's Secret Service in 1969, where she became only the second 社債 girl to marry 007.?

In a 深く心に感じた Instagram 尊敬の印, her co 星／主役にする George Lazenby wrote: 'I'm so sad to hear of the death of Diana Rigg. She undoubtedly raised my 事実上の／代理 game.

The generous 尊敬の印 comes にもかかわらず long-held rumours that the pair 反目，不和d on 始める，決める, 含むing over a 偽の 報告（する）／憶測 that Rigg deliberately ate garlic before filming their love scenes ーするために throw him off.

While Lazenby slapped 負かす／撃墜する the （人命などを）奪う，主張する a １０年間 after filming, it is believed he might have 現実に fuelled the rumours in the first place, with Rigg 非難するing stories he had spread about her in the Daily Sketch in 1970.

'I’m tired of reading those paranoid 声明s to the 圧力（をかける） wherein you were 単独で surrounded by 敵意を持った people,' she wrote. 'I agree that by the end of the film most of the 乗組員 were 敵意を持った, but only because of your extreme behaviour.

'No, George, I did not eat garlic on 目的. No, George, I was not, as you said, guzzling シャンペン酒 in some warm 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 when we had the 列／漕ぐ／騒動.'

Last year, Rigg, who was made a dame in 1994 for services to 演劇, 明らかにする／漏らすd that she '苦しむd a Me Too moment' 早期に in her career at the 手渡すs of a 'powerful' film director.

Speaking on Newsnight last year, the actress said she welcomed the rise of the #MeToo movement に引き続いて her own experience as a young actress and 明らかにする／漏らすd she felt like a '孤独な 発言する／表明する' after she discovered she was 存在 paid いっそう少なく than her male co-星／主役にするs.

Dame Diana, who had a long career both in film and on 行う／開催する／段階, died 平和的に at home with her family, her スパイ／執行官 確認するd.?

Her daughter, Tip ping the Velvet actress Rachael Stirling, said she died of 癌 that was 診断するd in March.?

Her former co 星／主役にするs have flooded social マスコミ with 尊敬の印s to the 'Flinty, fearless, fabulous 軍隊 of nature', who had a 'dazzling wit and inimitable 発言する／表明する.'?

'The death of Contessa Teresa di Vincenzo Draco created a memorable cinema moment over 50 years ago. As my new bride, Tracy 社債, I wept for her loss. Now, upon 審理，公聴会 of Dame Diana's death, I weep again.'

Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg was born in Doncaster on July 20, 1938.

She trained at the 王室の 学院 of 劇の Art and joined the 王室の Shakespeare Company at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1959.

She has been remembered as an actress who 'swept all before her'.?

社債 生産者s Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli remembered Dame Diana for playing the only woman to have married 007.

They said: 'We are very sad to hear of the passing of Dame Diana Rigg, the 伝説の 行う／開催する／段階 and 審査する actress who was much beloved by 社債 fans for her memorable 業績／成果 as Tracy di Vicenzo in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the only woman to have married James 社債.

'Our love and thoughts are with her family and friends at this sad time.'

Game Of 王位s also paid 尊敬の印 to on the show's 公式の／役人 Twitter account after her death.

It said: 'Be a dragon. The realm will always remember Diana Rigg.'

The actress's スパイ／執行官 Simon Beresford said: 'It is with tremendous sadness that we 発表する that Dame Diana Rigg died 平和的に 早期に this morning.

'She was at home with her family who have asked for privacy at this difficult time. Dame Diana was an icon of theatre, film, and television.

'She was the 受取人 of Bafta, Emmy, Tony and Evening 基準 Awards for her work on 行う／開催する／段階 and 審査する.

'Dame Diana was a much loved and admired member of her profession, a 軍隊 of nature who loved her work and her fellow actors. She will be 大いに 行方不明になるd.'?

Dame Diana was married to the Israeli painter Menachem Gueffen from 1973 to 1976, and was later married to Archibald Stirling, a theatrical 生産者 and former officer in the Scots Guards.?

She had a daughter by Stirling, the actress Rachael Stirling who 発射 to fame in Tipping the Velvet.

Rigg and Mr Stirling 離婚d in 1990 after his 事件／事情／状勢 with actress Joely Richardson.?

She also played the Duchess of Buccleuch in ITV 王室の 演劇 Victoria, the young queen's mistress of the 式服s, who is 'renowned for speaking her mind'.

In 2015, Dame Diana told 無線で通信する Times: 'A 黒人／ボイコット 社債 would be lovely. I wouldn't like to see a 女性（の） 社債, because we wouldn't want to lose the 社債 girls. But we could have a lesbian 社債, why not?'?

In 2015, George Lazenby 演説（する）／住所d the rumour that Rigg, 'would eat garlic before their love scenes', after she wrote an open letter to the Daily Sketch in 1970 about working with him.?

He said in an interview with the Daily Mail: 'Not true. We were in the canteen once before a love scene and she stood up and said out loud, 'I've ordered something with garlic in it - I hope you have too!' just as a joke, but it got made into something bigger.'?

令状ing on Instagram today, Lazenby wrote: 'I'm so sad to hear of the death of Diana Rigg. She undoubtedly raised my 事実上の／代理 game when we made On Her Majesty's Secret Service together in 1968-9.?

'I remember the 圧力（をかける） 会議／協議会 a t the Dorchester in London, knowing she was going to play my wife. We had fun together on the 始める，決める of the movie in Switzerland and Portugal.?

'Her depth of experience really helped me. We were good friends on 始める，決める.?

'I was sorry to have lost my wife in the film at the end. The death of Contessa Teresa di Vincenzo Draco created a memorable cinema moment over 50 years ago. As my new bride, Tracy 社債, I wept for her loss. Now, upon 審理，公聴会 of Dame Diana's death, I weep again. My deepest 弔慰s for her family. Love George xx'?