Talk:Diana Rigg

Birthplace
Where in Doncaster was Diana born? (At least, where were her parents living when she was born?)

Corrections
Just to correct a couple of mistakes on Diana Rigg 1/ the quote from the New York critic John Simon is 'Diana Rigg is built like a brick mausoleum with insufficient flying buttreses' 2/ 'Mother Courage and Her Children' was a National Theatre production and not an Almeida production.

I can add more information if you wish to make a complete and unrivalled entry on Dame Diana Rigg.

Another correction

I'm not sure where Diana Rigg was born but I know Doncaster is not in the West Riding of Yorkshire. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.125.195.98 (talk) 15:49, 13 February 2012 (UTC)


 * In fact Doncaster is in the West Riding of Yorkshire. However, it is not in the current county of West Yorkshire, which covers a much smaller area; it is in South Yorkshire.Paulannis (talk) 10:40, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Gay Icon Project
In my effort to merge the now-deleted list from the article Gay icon to the Gay icons category, I have added this page to the category. I engaged in this effort as a "human script", adding everyone from the list to the category, bypassing the fact-checking stage. That is what I am relying on you to do. Please check the article Gay icon and make a judgment as to whether this person or group fits the category. By distributing this task from the regular editors of one article to the regular editors of several articles, I believe that the task of fact-checking this information can be expedited. Thank you very much. Philwelch 21:54, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Diana is certainly a gay icon in my community, but "gay" is a dirty word in Wikipedia, so don't count on getting it entered. HAHA, I'm surprised they even let Madonna, Kylie and Cher as gay icons here!

Diana Rigg and Sean Connery worked together once
I think some James Bond fans would like to know that Diana Rigg and Sean Connery worked together once. They both appeared in the 1994 movie; "A Good Man in Africa", but the film left some people disappointed in that they did not appear, (on-screen), together, but, were filmed separately. Since Sean Connery is retired from acting, that will probably be the only time they will work together. Also, could you rewrite the sentence to read: Her character is the only woman to offically married James Bond? She was a little too mature in 1969 to be called a "girl". Thanks. 24.92.48.99 04:36, 15 April 2006 (UTC)Bennett Turk

CBE for being a sex symbol?
"Considered a sex symbol[1][2] she was made a CBE in 1988 and a Dame in 1994."

Is it just me, or does this imply that she was made a CBE and a Dame because she was a sex symbol? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.177.127.39 (talk) 10:43, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

Working with Rachael Stirling
Dianna Rigg and her daughter Rachael Stirling both appeared in the recent TV series The Detectorists. I can't recall if they had any scenes together.31.51.2.141 (talk) 13:12, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

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Her book
I see no mention of No Turn Unstoned here. Pashley (talk) 04:56, 13 May 2018 (UTC)

Nominated for the Main Page at WP:ITN

 * Note: Referencing needs a lot of work before this can be posted. The tables are almost entirely unsourced. -Ad Orientem (talk) 14:13, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Wrong date?
The German version says she died on 8 September, not 10 September. Jezabeliberté (talk) 16:35, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes her death was announced today (10th) but the passed away on tuesday (8th). Sorry faulty speed reading by me--Kmhkmh (talk) 20:55, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
 * See for instance
 * https://www.thewrap.com/lady-olenna-tyrell-game-of-thrones-diana-rigg-tributes-death/
 * https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/diana-rigg-game-of-thrones-the-avengers-dead-obituary-1057546/
 * --Kmhkmh (talk) 17:39, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the links which both clearly say Thursday. --Seewolf (talk) 18:05, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Oops I must have been blind,--Kmhkmh (talk) 20:55, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Images
The article currently has only one image of a relatively young (mid-30s) Diana Rigg. Since many younger people nowadays know her only or mainly because of her recent work, such as Game of Thrones (i.e. as an old lady), I think it would be good to also include a picture of an older Diana Rigg (from the 2010s) somewhere in the article. I can't find any such picture on Wikimedia Commons, however, and I wouldn't know where to find a copyright-free image. Maybe someone can help? Lennart97 (talk) 21:49, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I've added a couple of pics I took in 2011 to Wikimedia Commons, . That's all I had, but they may not be usable due to angles/quality. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 12:23, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Hey, thanks! I'm afraid I have to agree the quality of these is a bit too low to make a good addition. Oh well, maybe a better one will come along some day :) Lennart97 (talk) 22:05, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Reversion of deleted content
On 29 December 2020 I deleted non-notable parents' names, uncited content added in 2005: "to Louis (1903–1968) and Beryl Hilda Rigg (née Helliwell, 1908–1981).". This was soon reverted by with the edit summary "add important background information from cited source", viz. "Louis and Beryl Hilda Rigg (née Helliwell". The citation is dated 2015. Notability is not inherited. In no way does inclusion of both parents' forenames and mother's maiden name aid a reader's understanding of the article; this is Wikipedia, an over-view, not a newspaper article or book requiring column-inches to be filled, and not an hommage to the Rigg dynasty. Per WP:BRD, as with any content dispute, arguments for inclusion are invited here. Thank you.--Rocknrollmancer (talk) 12:53, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
 * @ : I re-added the parents' names because I believe the stated edit summary of the deletion is wrong, " del non-notable parents' alleged names, unsourced since 18 Sept 2005 ". The parents' names are clearly stated in the first pages of the cited source, Diana Rigg : the biography, at the end of the sentence. Her Wikipedia article is a biography, and parents names are very often included in biographies of famous persons when they are properly sourced. The identity of her parents and where they took her while she grew up is an important and interesting part of her history and her life. An excellent example of a Wikipedia article that identifies parents (and grandparents) that don't have links to their name is the article for Jimmy Wales. Please revert yourself. Thank you.  Ward20 (talk) 19:13, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
 * As I stated, it was 2005 content with citation applied in July 2019, so unsourced for nearly 14 years (I wish they would use an access-date, especially when retro-applying like this). It's an edit summary, not intended to be pored-over for minor glitches in the grammar with inferences drawn from any ambiguity contained therein, as you have done. This info in the book could have been gleaned from the Wikipedia article; I would be more impressed with a pre-2005 source. There is no compulsion to include trivia like this, and it has no tangible benefit for the general readership that I can perceive; you've even included "(Hugh)" - as if there was a necessary disambiguation needed - I have omitted this as completely unnecessary. Thank you for confirming you have access to this book. One editor has stated elsewhere (words to the effect of) "are we getting paid for content"?--Rocknrollmancer (talk) 22:36, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you. The Wiki article added the parents names in 2005, as you pointed out and I didn't follow the link, so my bad on that. But the biography was copyrighted in 2003 and published in 2004, so that should help the sourcing issue. The detail of Hugh is probably overkill and I wondered about it myself. Thank you again for discussion and compromise without drama, and happy editing.  Ward20 (talk) 02:55, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Gender Pay Battle
The BBC article https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54115433 has very different figures on Rigg’s pay battle than those in her Wikipedia page. I don’t have access to the book by Dave Rogers mentioned in the citation, but in the BBC article Rigg says the media fuss was over her nerve to complain about getting paid £90 per week, less than the cameraman who was paid £120, doubled to £180 after she complained. That seems at least at odds with the book’s initial figure of £150. The BBC article purports to draw its figures from a Times article in 1991, which I don’t have access to either, but shouldn’t the figures Rigg herself gave be used? 125.238.105.247 (talk) 19:12, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Spoilers
The article talks about her role in her last movie, Last Night in Soho. Should consider revising in a way that doesn't spoil the ending of the movie. 2404:7A80:A381:E000:E979:3B25:5BEB:B575 (talk) 15:54, 9 September 2022 (UTC)