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Diana Rigg

Diana Rigg

Acting

Born: July 20, 1938Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK

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.

Known For
Filmography
Last Night in Soho

Last Night in Soho

Ms. Collins

2021
The Snail and the Whale

The Snail and the Whale

Narrator (voice)

2020
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

Aunt Diana

2017
Breathe

Breathe

Lady Neville

2017
Professor Branestawm Returns

Professor Branestawm Returns

Lady Pagwell

2015

The Honourable Rebel

Narrator

2015
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC

Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC

Self (archive material)

2015
The Lark Ascending

The Lark Ascending

Self - Presenter (as Dame Diana Rigg)

2012
The Painted Veil

The Painted Veil

Mother Superior

2006
Heidi

Heidi

Grandmamma

2005
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Self

2003
Victoria & Albert

Victoria & Albert

Baroness Lehzen

2001
Parting Shots

Parting Shots

Lisa

1999
The American

The American

Madame de Bellegarde

1998
Danielle Steel's Zoya

Danielle Steel's Zoya

Evgenia

1997
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

Mrs. Golightly

1996
The Haunting of Helen Walker

The Haunting of Helen Walker

Mrs. Grose

1995
The World of Jim Henson

The World of Jim Henson

Lady Holiday (archive footage)

1994
A Good Man in Africa

A Good Man in Africa

Chloe Fanshawe

1994
Running Delilah

Running Delilah

Judith

1994
Genghis Cohn

Genghis Cohn

Baroness Frieda von Stangel

1993
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris

Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris

Mme. Colbert

1992
Unexplained Laughter

Unexplained Laughter

Lydia

1989
Black Leather Jacket

Black Leather Jacket

Emma Peel (segment "Death at Bargain Prices") (archive footage)

1989
A Hazard of Hearts

A Hazard of Hearts

Lady Harriet Vulcan

1987
Snow White

Snow White

Evil Queen

1987
The Worst Witch

The Worst Witch

Constance Hardbroom

1986
King Lear

King Lear

Regan

1983
Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution

Christine Vole

1982
Little Eyolf

Little Eyolf

Rita Allmers

1982
Evil Under the Sun

Evil Under the Sun

Arlena Stuart Marshall

1982
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'

The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'

Self / Arlena Stuart Marshall

1982
The Great Muppet Caper

The Great Muppet Caper

Lady Holiday

1981
Hedda Gabler

Hedda Gabler

Hedda Gabler

1981
The Marquise

The Marquise

The Marquise Eloise

1980
A Little Night Music

A Little Night Music

Charlotte Mittelheim

1977
Three Piece Suite

Three Piece Suite

Various Roles

1977
In This House of Brede

In This House of Brede

Dame Philippa

1975
Theatre of Blood

Theatre of Blood

Edwina Lionheart

1973
The Hospital

The Hospital

Barbara Drummond

1971
Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

Portia

1970
On Her Majesty's Secret Service

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Tracy Di Vicenzo

1969
The Assassination Bureau

The Assassination Bureau

Sonya Winter

1969
Minikillers

Minikillers

Woman tourist

1969
The Diadem

The Diadem

Secret Agent

1969
Swiss Movement

Swiss Movement

Self

1969
Shot On Ice

Shot On Ice

Self

1969
A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Helena

1968

The Hothouse

Anita Fender

1964
Our Man in the Caribbean

Our Man in the Caribbean

Francy (archive footage)

1964