Dame Diana Rigg, was an actress who shot to TV stardom in the 1960s as Emma Peel in The Avengers and found new fans in Game Of Thrones. Among the iconic figures of the 1960s-The Beatles, Bobby Moore lifting the world cup and Sean Connery as James Bond-was the actor Diana Rigg. Her role as the secret agent in appeal in The avengers on ITV, magnetically sexy in trademark black leather jumpsuit, was truly a sign of the times. The on-screen chemistry with McNee was palapable, and rig drew a scintill

“This never happened to the other fellow.” The opening scene of ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE (1969) has Bond rescuing Tracy (Diana Rigg) from Draco’s men on Guincho Beach in Portugal. George Lazenby’s line came from an in-joke from the set that made it into the final film. “When I’d have to work at the weekends, the stuntmen would tell me, ‘Connery never did weekends’. I’d say, ‘That never happened to the other fellow eh?’” | James Bond 007