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One Tough Dame
Herbie J Pilato
其他書名
The Life and Career of Diana Rigg
出版
Univ. Press of Mississippi
, 2024-09-04
主題
Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts
Biography & Autobiography / Women
Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism
Performing Arts / Television / History & Criticism
Performing Arts / Theater / History & Criticism
ISBN
149685280X
9781496852809
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=YUkaEQAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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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 in 1969 as Countess Teresa di Vincenzo, wife of James Bond in
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
, 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
.
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is further complemented by equally rare photos and retrospections drawn from diverse media sources and hitherto unpublished accounts from the people who knew Rigg best, affording readers an unprecedented, all-encompassing glimpse into her private world.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.