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Diana Rigg

Diana Rigg

Acting July 20, 1938 (82 years old) September 10, 2020 Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK

Biography

Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg DBE (July 20, 1938 – September 10, 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.

Movies 50

On Her Majesty's Secret Service 6.6

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

as Tracy Di Vicenzo

1969
Last Night in Soho 7.3

Last Night in Soho

as Ms. Collins

2021
Evil Under the Sun 6.9

Evil Under the Sun

as Arlena Stuart Marshall

1982
The Painted Veil 7.3

The Painted Veil

as Mother Superior

2006
The Great Muppet Caper 6.9

The Great Muppet Caper

as Lady Holiday

1981
Breathe 7.4

Breathe

as Lady Neville

2017
The Snail and the Whale 6.6

The Snail and the Whale

as Narrator (voice)

2020
Theatre of Blood 6.8

Theatre of Blood

as Edwina Lionheart

1973
Witness for the Prosecution 6.6

Witness for the Prosecution

as Christine Vole

1982
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There 7.0

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

as Self

2003
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders 6.2

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

as Mrs. Golightly

1996
Heidi 7.8

Heidi

as Grandmamma

2005
The Worst Witch 6.2

The Worst Witch

as Constance Hardbroom

1986
The Hospital 6.7

The Hospital

as Barbara Drummond

1971
A Good Man in Africa 4.9

A Good Man in Africa

as Chloe Fanshawe

1994
A Midsummer Night's Dream 6.6

A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Helena

1968
The Assassination Bureau 6.7

The Assassination Bureau

as Sonya Winter

1969
A Hazard of Hearts 7.8

A Hazard of Hearts

as Lady Harriet Vulcan

1987
Julius Caesar 5.9

Julius Caesar

as Portia

1970
Snow White 6.7

Snow White

as Evil Queen

1987
Danielle Steel's Zoya 4.9

Danielle Steel's Zoya

as Evgenia

1997
A Little Night Music 6.1

A Little Night Music

as Charlotte Mittelheim

1977
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris 7.5

Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris

as Mme. Colbert

1992
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' 8.3

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

as Self / Arlena Stuart Marshall

1982
The World of Jim Henson 7.4

The World of Jim Henson

as Lady Holiday (archive footage)

1994
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong 7.7

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

as Aunt Diana

2017
Running Delilah 5.6

Running Delilah

as Judith

1994
Parting Shots 5.5

Parting Shots

as Lisa

1999
In This House of Brede 5.2

In This House of Brede

as Dame Philippa

1975
Hedda Gabler 8.0

Hedda Gabler

as Hedda Gabler

1981
Victoria & Albert 7.6

Victoria & Albert

as Baroness Lehzen

2001
The American 5.4

The American

as Madame de Bellegarde

1998
Swiss Movement 6.0

Swiss Movement

as Self

1969
The Hothouse

The Hothouse

as Anita Fender

1964
The Haunting of Helen Walker 5.6

The Haunting of Helen Walker

as Mrs. Grose

1995
Genghis Cohn 5.1

Genghis Cohn

as Baroness Frieda von Stangel

1993
King Lear 6.7

King Lear

as Regan

1983
Our Man in the Caribbean 8.0

Our Man in the Caribbean

as Francy (archive footage)

1964
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC 5.0

Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC

as Self (archive material)

2015
Unexplained Laughter 10.0

Unexplained Laughter

as Lydia

1989
Three Piece Suite 6.0

Three Piece Suite

as Various Roles

1977
Professor Branestawm Returns 7.0

Professor Branestawm Returns

as Lady Pagwell

2015
Black Leather Jacket 9.0

Black Leather Jacket

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

1989
The Lark Ascending

The Lark Ascending

as Self - Presenter (as Dame Diana Rigg)

2012
Little Eyolf 6.7

Little Eyolf

as Rita Allmers

1982
The Marquise 9.0

The Marquise

as The Marquise Eloise

1980
Minikillers 9.0

Minikillers

as Woman tourist

1969
The Honourable Rebel

The Honourable Rebel

as Narrator

2015
Shot On Ice 4.0

Shot On Ice

as Self

1969
The Diadem 3.5

The Diadem

as Secret Agent

1969

TV Shows 48

Doctor Who 7.6

Doctor Who

as Mrs Gillyflower

2005
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 7.6

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

1962
Game of Thrones 8.5

Game of Thrones

as Olenna Tyrell

2011
The Mike Douglas Show 5.8

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

1961
Wogan 5.6

Wogan

as Self - Guest

1982
Wogan 5.6

Wogan

as Self

1982
The Avengers 7.8

The Avengers

as Emma Peel

1961
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as Self - Host

1956
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

1956
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as Self - Co-Host / Presenter

1956
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

1956
Omnibus 7.2

Omnibus

as Self

1967
Masterpiece Mystery 6.2

Masterpiece Mystery

as Self - Host

1980
BBC Play of the Month 5.2

BBC Play of the Month

as Rita Allmers

1965
All Creatures Great & Small 8.1

All Creatures Great & Small

as Mrs Pumphrey

2020
Screen Two 7.1

Screen Two

as Frieda von Stangel

1985
Parkinson

Parkinson

as Self

1998
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 6.0

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

as Self - Participant

2011
Victoria 7.4

Victoria

as Duchess of Buccleuch

2016
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero 7.2

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

as Mayor Pink Panda (voice)

2014
The BAFTA Awards 10.0

The BAFTA Awards

as Self

1949
Extras 7.8

Extras

as Diana Rigg

2005
Parkinson 7.0

Parkinson

as Self - Guest

2004
Detectorists 8.2

Detectorists

as Veronica

2014
The Play on One 6.0

The Play on One

as Lydia

1988
V.I.P. Schaukel 8.0

V.I.P. Schaukel

as Self

1971
Murder in Mind 8.3

Murder in Mind

as Jill Craig

2001
You, Me and the Apocalypse 6.8

You, Me and the Apocalypse

as Sutton

2015
You, Me and the Apocalypse 6.8

You, Me and the Apocalypse

as Sutton (voice)

2015
Festival 8.0

Festival

as Adriana, Wife to Antipholus of Ephesus

1963
Hallmark Hall of Fame 8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Christine

1951
Charles II: The Power and The Passion 6.3

Charles II: The Power and The Passion

as Queen Henrietta Maria

2003
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders 8.5

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

as Mrs Golightly

1996
Affairs of the Heart 7.0

Affairs of the Heart

as Grace Gracedew

1974
Armchair Theatre 6.0

Armchair Theatre

as Anita Fender

1956
Black Narcissus 6.6

Black Narcissus

as Mother Dorothea

2020
In the Beginning 6.1

In the Beginning

as Mature Rebeccah

2000
Bleak House 6.4

Bleak House

as Lady Honoria Dedlock

1985
The Kumars 5.0

The Kumars

as Self

2014
Mother Love 5.9

Mother Love

as Helena Vesey

1989
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries 7.3

The Mrs Bradley Mysteries

as Adela Bradley

1998
Diana 7.0

Diana

as Diana Smythe

1973
Rebecca 6.0

Rebecca

as Mrs. Danvers

1997
Three Piece Suite 5.5

Three Piece Suite

1977
Three Piece Suite 5.5

Three Piece Suite

as Various Characters

1977
Samson and Delilah 5.5

Samson and Delilah

as Mara

1996
The Serpent Son 9.5

The Serpent Son

as Clytemnestra

1979
Victoria & Albert 6.0

Victoria & Albert

as Baroness Lehzen

2001

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