From James Bond to All Creatures, Dame Diana Rigg’s legacy – The Yorkshire Post says

THE world of culture is all the poorer this weekend following the passing of the iconic Doncaster-born actress Dame Diana Rigg. Yet it is also blessed by so many memories of such an accomplished performer whose very versatility made her a household name.
By YP Comment
Published 11th Sep 2020, 16:25 BST
Updated 11th Sep 2020, 17:57 BST
Dame Diana Rigg as Mrs Pumphrey in Channel 5's All Creatures Great and Small.Dame Diana Rigg as Mrs Pumphrey in Channel 5's All Creatures Great and Small.
Dame Diana Rigg as Mrs Pumphrey in Channel 5's All Creatures Great and Small.

The only James Bond co-star to marry the 007 agent in Her Majesty’s Secret Service – another Yorkshire claim to fame – her talents also shone on series like The Avengers and Game of Thrones. And the timing of her death was also poignant because TV viewers had been so enjoying her exaggerated portrayal of Mrs Pumphrey, the slightly eccentric owner of the hen-pecked dog Tricki Woo, in Channel 5’s adaptation of All Creatures Great and Small.

Proud of her roots – her father was a railway engineer – she touched the lives of people all over the world for such fearless performances which always left her audience demanding more. And that, perhaps, is the ultimate tribute to one of Yorkshire’s greatest ever heroines.

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File photo dated 27/09/65 of actor Patrick Macnee, as John Steed, and Diana Rigg as Emma Peel, in the sixties hit series The Avengers.File photo dated 27/09/65 of actor Patrick Macnee, as John Steed, and Diana Rigg as Emma Peel, in the sixties hit series The Avengers.
File photo dated 27/09/65 of actor Patrick Macnee, as John Steed, and Diana Rigg as Emma Peel, in the sixties hit series The Avengers.

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