Enid Diana Elizabeth RIGG

Background

RIGG, Enid Diana Elizabeth was born on July 20, 1938 in Doncaster, Yorkshire. Daughter of Louis and Beryl (Helliwell) Rigg.

Education

Fulneck Girls’ School, Pudsey, Yorkshire, R.A.D.A.

Career

Andromache (Troilus and Cressida), 2nd Ondine, Violanta and Princess Bertha (Ondine), Philippe Trincant (The Devils), Gwendolen (Becket), Bianca (The Taming of the Shrew), Madame de Tourvel (The Art of Seduction), Helena (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Adriana (Comedy of Errors), Cordelia (King Lear), Nurse Monika Stettler (The Physicists), Lady Macduff (Macbeth); toured Eastern Europe, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, United States of America in King Lear, Comedy of Errors 1964; Viola (Twelfth Night), Stratford 1966; Heloise (Abelard and Heloise) London 1970, Los Angeles, New York 1971, Eliza Doolittle (Pygmalion) London 1974, Ruth Carson (Night and Day) London 1978, Colette, Seattle and Denver 1982, Hesione Hushabye (Heartbreak House) London 1983, Rita in Little Eyolf, London 1985, Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra, Chichester 1985, Wildfire, London 1986, Phyllis in Follies 1987, Love Letters, San Francisco 1990. television appearances include: Sentimental Agent 1963, A Comedy of Errors 1964, The Hothouse 1964, Emma Peel (The Avengers) 1965-1967, Women Beware Women 1965, Married Alive 1970, Diana (United States series) 1973, In This House of Brede 1975, Three Piece Suite 1977, Clytemnestra in TTie Serpent Son 1979, The Marquise 1980, Hedda Gabler 1981, Rita Allmers in Little Eyolf 1982, Reagan in King Lear 1983, Witness for the Prosecution 1983, Bleak House 1984, Host, Held in Trust, A Hazard of Hearts 1987, Worst Witch 1987, Unexplained Laughter 1989, Mother Love 1989, Host, Mystery! 1989 (United States of America). Films include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1969, The Assassination Bureau 1969, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service 1969, Julius Caesar 1970, The Hospital 1971, Theatre of Blood 1973, A Little Night Music 1977, The Great Muppet Caper 1981, Evil under the Sun 1982; Plays and PlayersProfessional debut as Natella Abashwilli (The Caucasian Chalk Circle), York Festival 1957. Repertory Chesterfield and Scarborough 1958. Director Ujiited British Artists.

President BLISS.

Honorary degree (Stirling University) 1988. Roles with R.S.C.; joined National Theatre at the Lyttelton to play Ilona in The Guardsman Other.

Membership

Arts Council Committee 1986. National Theatre 1972. Roles there included: Dottie Moore (Jumpers) 1972, Hippolita (’Tis Pity She’s A Whore) 1972, Lady Macbeth (Macbeth) 1972, Celimene (The Misanthrope), Washington and New York 1973, 1975, The Governor's Wife (Phaedra Britannica) 1975, re.

Interests

• Reading, writing, cooking, traveling

Connections

Married 1st Menahem Gueffen in 1973 (divorced in 1976). Married 2nd Archibald Hugh Stirling in 1982, one.

Father:

Louis

Mother:

Beryl (Helliwell) Rigg

Spouse:

Menahem Gueffen

Spouse:

Archibald Hugh Stirling