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Saturday, December 2, 2017

Diana Rigg / Emma Peel


The Avengers - Short Skirt, Long Jacket [Emma Peel]

If you are under 50 years old, or shoot, even 60, you may never have heard of Emma Peel. When I was high school she was my goddess. Emma was one half of a dynamic duo, opposite John Steed, in The Avengers. Emma was played by Diana Rigg who has recently reentered the popular consciousness by playing Queen Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones.

The Avengers was kind of far out:
The stories became crazier and crazier — Space plants from the moon! Assassination by laser! Invisible spies! Housecats trained to kill! Politicians hypnotised into becoming children! A Shrink Ray! — and typified the swinging cool of 1960s Britain. - TV Tropes
Quote of the Day:
Rigg has long been an outspoken critic of feminism, saying in 1969, "Women are in a much stronger position than men.
I suspect that is only true if you are confident and believe in yourself.

More:
Rigg was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1988 New Year Honours and a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 1994 Birthday Honours.

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