She also starred in a host of movies, including starring as James Bond’s only wife Tracy in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, playing opposite George Lazenby.But she's perhaps best known for her role as Mrs Emma Peel on The Avengers TV adaptation (1961).She won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for the BBC miniseries Mother Love in 1989, and an Emmy Award for her role as Mrs Danvers in Rebecca.In 1988 she was awarded a CBE and in 1994, the Queen appointed her Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for her services to drama.These titles make her the only Dame to have acted in the Doctor Who franchise, having starred in the hit BBC series in 2005 alongside her daughter Rachel Stirling.Rigg, who was once described as.
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