She received excellent reviews for her performance and was nominated for a Tony Award. In 1990, Rigby again appeared as Peter Pan on Broadway theatre and later took the production on tour. Other theatrical appearances included Annie Get Your Gun and Meet Me in St. In 1981, she starred as Dorothy in a production of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
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In 1976, she guest-starred as a Russian gymnast on the TV series The Six Million Dollar Man. She then worked for 18 years as a commentator for ABC Sports and appeared in made-for-television movies. In the mid-1970s, Rigby shattered an old taboo by appearing in a series of TV commercials for Stayfree maxi pads created by VMLY&R copywriter Peter Cornish, thereby becoming the first celebrity to endorse a feminine hygiene product. To her surprise, she discovered that she enjoyed playing Peter Pan. Rigby commented that she was "scared to death" during rehearsals only 20 and just a year into "retirement," she had no idea what she would be doing with the rest of her life when the role came along. In 1974, the producers of a theater-in-the-round version of Peter Pan offered Rigby the title role. She retired from gymnastics after the 1972 Olympics. Prior to the Games, she had been working on a "front aerial walkover"-a balance-beam skill that was quite risky for the time-but, because she was injured, she did not attempt this move during the competition, and she did not win a medal.
Rigby competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics but was hampered by injury. national champion in 19, and became the first American woman to win a medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships: the silver medal on the balance beam at the 1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Rigby was the highest-scoring American gymnast at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, making her a favorite with American television audiences and helping to popularize gymnastics in America.
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