Posted on August 17 2008
Some of us remember Dame Diana Rigg as the original cat-suit vixen — long before Halle Berry ever got coated in rubber for Batman. As she turns 70, the actress who later gained wide acclaim for theatrical roles enjoys her 20 cigarettes a day and her growing reputation as the coolest damn 70-year-old in the world. “Diana Rigg tries to avoid the trappings of fame and is usually happier fly-fishing and swimming naked at her home in France, writes Nigel Farndale” in the Irish Independent.