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Diana Rigg

Acting 82 (deceased) years old Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK ★ 2.1
Born: July 20, 1938
Died: September 10, 2020

Biography

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.

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Filmography

Acting Credits (91)

Last Night in Soho
Last Night in Soho Ms. Collins 2021
Black Narcissus
Black Narcissus Mother Dorothea 2020
The Snail and the Whale
The Snail and the Whale Narrator (voice) 2020
All Creatures Great & Small
All Creatures Great & Small Mrs Pumphrey 2020
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong Aunt Diana 2017
Breathe
Breathe Lady Neville 2017
Victoria
Victoria Duchess of Buccleuch 2016
Professor Branestawm Returns
Professor Branestawm Returns Lady Pagwell 2015
The Honourable Rebel
The Honourable Rebel Narrator 2015
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC Self (archive material) 2015
You, Me and the Apocalypse
You, Me and the Apocalypse Sutton 2015
You, Me and the Apocalypse
You, Me and the Apocalypse Sutton (voice) 2015
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero Mayor Pink Panda (voice) 2014
Detectorists
Detectorists Veronica 2014
The Kumars
The Kumars Self 2014
The Lark Ascending
The Lark Ascending Self - Presenter (as Dame Diana Rigg) 2012
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Self - Participant 2011
Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones Olenna Tyrell 2011
The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil Mother Superior 2006
Heidi
Heidi Grandmamma 2005
Extras
Extras Diana Rigg 2005
Doctor Who
Doctor Who Mrs Gillyflower 2005
Charles II: The Power and The Passion
Charles II: The Power and The Passion Queen Henrietta Maria 2003
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
Victoria & Albert
Victoria & Albert Baroness Lehzen 2001
Murder in Mind
Murder in Mind Jill Craig 2001
In the Beginning
In the Beginning Mature Rebeccah 2000
Parting Shots
Parting Shots Lisa 1999
The American
The American Madame de Bellegarde 1998
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries Adela Bradley 1998
Parkinson
Parkinson Self 1998
Danielle Steel's Zoya
Danielle Steel's Zoya Evgenia 1997
Rebecca
Rebecca Mrs. Danvers 1997
Samson and Delilah
Samson and Delilah Mara 1996
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders Mrs. Golightly 1996
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
Mother Love
Mother Love Helena Vesey 1989
Unexplained Laughter
Unexplained Laughter Lydia 1989
Black Leather Jacket
Black Leather Jacket Emma Peel (segment "Death at Bargain Prices") (archive footage) 1989
The Play on One
The Play on One Lydia 1988
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
Bleak House
Bleak House Lady Honoria Dedlock 1985
Affairs of the Heart
Affairs of the Heart Grace Gracedew 1983
King Lear
King Lear Regan 1983
Witness for the Prosecution
Witness for the Prosecution Christine Vole 1982
Little Eyolf
Little Eyolf Rita Allmers 1982
Wogan
Wogan Self - Guest 1982
Wogan
Wogan Self 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
Masterpiece Mystery
Masterpiece Mystery Self - Host 1980
The Serpent Son
The Serpent Son Clytemnestra 1979
A Little Night Music
A Little Night Music Charlotte Mittelheim 1977
Three Piece Suite
Three Piece Suite 1977
Three Piece Suite
Three Piece Suite Various Roles 1977
In This House of Brede
In This House of Brede Dame Philippa 1975
Diana
Diana Diana Smythe 1973
Theatre of Blood
Theatre of Blood Edwina Lionheart 1973
The Hospital
The Hospital Barbara Drummond 1971
V.I.P. Schaukel
V.I.P. Schaukel Self 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 1969
Shot On Ice
Shot On Ice Self 1969
Swiss Movement
Swiss Movement Self 1969
The Diadem
The Diadem Secret Agent 1969
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream Helena 1968
Omnibus
Omnibus Self 1967
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month Rita Allmers 1965
The Hothouse
The Hothouse Anita Fender 1964
Our Man in the Caribbean
Our Man in the Caribbean Francy (archive footage) 1964
Festival
Festival Adriana, Wife to Antipholus of Ephesus 1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Self 1962
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show Self 1961
The Avengers
The Avengers Emma Peel 1961
Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre Anita Fender 1956
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame Christine 1951
The BAFTA Awards
The BAFTA Awards Self 1949

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