ダイアナ・リグさん死去　８２歳　『おしゃれ（秘）探偵』『ゲーム・オブ・スローンズ』

【ロンドンＡＦＰ＝時事】60年代の人気テレビドラマ『おしゃれ（秘）探偵』で知られ数々の受賞歴を持つ英女優のダイアナ・リグさん（82）が亡くなった。所属事務所が10日、明らかにした。最近ではテレビドラマ『ゲーム・オブ・スローンズ』にも出演していた。（写真は英女優のダイアナ・リグさん。資料写真）
　娘のレイチェル・スターリングさんはリグさんについて、３月にがんと診断された後、「愛と笑いと自身の職業への大いなる誇りで満たされた、素晴らしい人生を楽しげに回顧しつつ、最期の数か月を過ごした」と説明し、「言葉では言い表せないほど寂しい」と続けた。
　リグさんはジョン・スティード役のパトリック・マクニーさんとともに、エマ・ピール役で『おしゃれ（秘）探偵』に出演し、１９６０年代のアイコンとなった。舞台も含め俳優暦の長いリグさんは、米エミー賞、トニー賞、英国映画テレビ芸術アカデミーの賞を受賞している。
　王立演劇学校で演技を学んだリグさんは、ジョージ・レーゼンビー主演の『女王陛下の００７』（１９６９）でジェームス・ボンドの妻も演じた。最近では人気テレビドラマ『ゲーム・オブ・スローンズ』のオレナ・タイレル役を演じ、若い世代のファンも多数獲得。評論家からも高い評価を得ていた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2020/09/11-12:18）

Award-winning British actress Diana Rigg, who starred in the original The Avengers television series and Game of Thrones, has died aged 82, her agent announced on Thursday.
It is with tremendous sadness that we announce that Dame Diana Rigg died peacefully early this morning, Simon Beresford said in a statement.
She was at home with her family who have asked for privacy at this difficult time, he added, calling her an icon of theatre, film and television.
Rigg's daughter Rachael Stirling said her mother had been diagnosed with cancer in March and spent her last months joyfully reflecting on her extraordinary life, full of love, laughter and a deep pride in her profession.
I will miss her beyond words, she added.
Rigg -- who as Emma Peel alongside Patrick Macnee's John Steed in The Avengers became a 1960s icon -- won Emmy, Tony and Bafta awards during her lengthy stage and screen career.
Classically trained at Britain's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she also played James Bond's wife in the 1969 film starring George Lazenby, On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
In the later stages of her career, she won legions of younger fans and critical praise for her part as Olenna Tyrell in the hugely popular Game of Thrones series.
For half her life Diana was the most beautiful woman in the room, but she was what used to be called a Trouper, said playwright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard, who called her talent luminous.
She went to work with her sleeves rolled up and a smile for everyone.
Fellow veteran playwright David Hare said she had a dazzling change of direction in middle age as a great classical actor.