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Diana Rigg

Acting
Known For

82 Years Old

Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg DBE (20 July 1938 - 10 September 2020) was an English actress. She played Emma Peel in the TV series The Avengers (1965-1968) and Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones (2013-2017). She has also had a career in theatre, including playing the title role in Medea, both in London and New York, for which she won the 1994 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She was made a CBE in 1988 and a Dame in 1994 for services to drama. Rigg made her professional stage debut in 1957 in The Caucasian Chalk Circle, and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1959. She made her Broadway debut in the 1971 production of Abelard & Heloise. Her film roles include Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968); Countess Teresa di Vicenzo, wife of James Bond, in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969); Lady Holiday in The Great Muppet Caper (1981); and Arlena Marshall in Evil Under the Sun (1982). She won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for the BBC miniseries Mother Love (1989), and an Emmy Award for her role as Mrs. Danvers in an adaptation of Rebecca (1997). Her other television credits include You, Me and the Apocalypse (2015), Detectorists (2015), and the Doctor Who episode "The Crimson Horror" (2013) with her daughter, Rachael Stirling. Description above from the Wikipedia article Diana Rigg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK on 20th July 1938

Died

10th September 2020

All Credits

Game of Thrones Image
Game of Thrones
Olenna Tyrell
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Image
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Avengers Image
The Avengers
Emma Peel
Doctor Who Image
Doctor Who
Mrs Gillyflower
Omnibus Image
Omnibus
Self
BBC Play of the Month Image
BBC Play of the Month
Rita Allmers
The Mike Douglas Show Image
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Masterpiece Mystery Image
Masterpiece Mystery
Self
The BAFTA Awards Image
The BAFTA Awards
Self
Victoria Image
Victoria
Duchess of Buccleuch
Parkinson Image
Parkinson
Self
No Image
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
All Creatures Great & Small Image
All Creatures Great & Small
Mrs Pumphrey
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Image
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant
Tony Awards Image
Tony Awards
Self - Winner
Tony Awards Image
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
Tony Awards Image
Tony Awards
Self - Host
Tony Awards Image
Tony Awards
Self - Co-Host/Presenter
Extras Image
Extras
Diana Rigg
Wogan Image
Wogan
Self
Wogan Image
Wogan
Self - Guest
Hallmark Hall of Fame Image
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Christine
The Sentimental Agent Image
The Sentimental Agent
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero Image
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Mayor Pink Panda (voice)
Black Narcissus Image
Black Narcissus
Mother Dorothea
Murder in Mind Image
Murder in Mind
Jill Craig
You, Me and the Apocalypse Image
You, Me and the Apocalypse
Sutton (voice)
You, Me and the Apocalypse Image
You, Me and the Apocalypse
Sutton
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Diana
Diana Smythe
Detectorists Image
Detectorists
Veronica
The Play on One Image
The Play on One
Lydia
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The Kumars
Self
Three Piece Suite Image
Three Piece Suite
Armchair Theatre Image
Armchair Theatre
Anita Fender
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders Image
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
Mrs. Golightly
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries Image
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
Adela Bradley
Festival Image
Festival
Adriana, Wife to Antipholus of Ephesus
On Her Majesty's Secret Service Image
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Tracy Di Vicenzo
Last Night in Soho Image
Last Night in Soho
Ms. Collins
The Painted Veil Image
The Painted Veil
Mother Superior
Breathe Image
Breathe
Lady Neville
The Great Muppet Caper Image
The Great Muppet Caper
Lady Holiday
Evil Under the Sun Image
Evil Under the Sun
Arlena Stuart Marshall
Charles II: The Power and The Passion Image
Charles II: The Power and The Passion
Queen Henrietta Maria
Rebecca Image
Rebecca
Mrs. Danvers
In the Beginning Image
In the Beginning
Mature Rebeccah
Bleak House Image
Bleak House
Lady Honoria Dedlock
The Snail and the Whale Image
The Snail and the Whale
Narrator (voice)
A Hazard of Hearts Image
A Hazard of Hearts
Lady Harriet Vulcan
Heidi Image
Heidi
Grandmamma
The Hospital Image
The Hospital
Barbara Drummond
Julius Caesar Image
Julius Caesar
Portia
Samson and Delilah Image
Samson and Delilah
Mara
Samson and Delilah Image
Samson and Delilah
Mara
The Assassination Bureau Image
The Assassination Bureau
Sonya Winter
A Good Man in Africa Image
A Good Man in Africa
Chloe Fanshawe
Witness for the Prosecution Image
Witness for the Prosecution
Christine Vole
The Worst Witch Image
The Worst Witch
Constance Hardbroom
Affairs of the Heart Image
Affairs of the Heart
Grace Gracedew
Bond Girls Are Forever Image
Bond Girls Are Forever
Tracy Di Vicenzo (archive footage)
Snow White Image
Snow White
Evil Queen
Parting Shots Image
Parting Shots
Lisa
The World of Jim Henson Image
The World of Jim Henson
Lady Holiday (archive footage)
Theatre of Blood Image
Theatre of Blood
Edwina Lionheart
Mother Love Image
Mother Love
Helena Vesey
The Serpent Son Image
The Serpent Son
Clytemnestra
Danielle Steel's Zoya Image
Danielle Steel's Zoya
Evgenia
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Best Ever Bond
Tracy Vincenzo (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders Image
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
Mrs. Golightly
A Little Night Music Image
A Little Night Music
Charlotte Mittelheim
Victoria & Albert Image
Victoria & Albert
Baroness Lehzen
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There Image
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
A Midsummer Night's Dream Image
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Helena
Victoria & Albert Image
Victoria & Albert
Baroness Lehzen
Genghis Cohn Image
Genghis Cohn
Baroness Frieda von Stangel
Professor Branestawm Returns Image
Professor Branestawm Returns
Lady Pagwell
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris Image
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
Mme. Colbert
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong Image
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
Aunt Diana
The American Image
The American
Madame de Bellegarde
Running Delilah Image
Running Delilah
Judith
King Lear Image
King Lear
Regan
In This House of Brede Image
In This House of Brede
Dame Philippa
Three Piece Suite Image
Three Piece Suite
Various Roles
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' Image
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Self / Arlena Stuart Marshall
Little Eyolf Image
Little Eyolf
Rita Allmers
The Haunting of Helen Walker Image
The Haunting of Helen Walker
Mrs. Grose
Hedda Gabler Image
Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC Image
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
Self (archive material)
Unexplained Laughter Image
Unexplained Laughter
Lydia
The Marquise Image
The Marquise
The Marquise Eloise
The Diadem Image
The Diadem
Secret Agent
Black Leather Jacket Image
Black Leather Jacket
Emma Peel (segment "Death at Bargain Prices") (archive footage)
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The Hothouse
Anita Fender
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The Honourable Rebel
Narrator
Swiss Movement Image
Swiss Movement
Self
Minikillers Image
Minikillers
Shot On Ice Image
Shot On Ice
Self