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Diana Rigg

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Diana Rigg

Born July 20, 1938 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UKDied September 10, 202041 films

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.

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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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Breathe posterFirst watchBreathe20177.4as Lady NevilleBased on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed.View film

Essential films

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Last Night in Soho poster7.3Last Night in Soho2021The Painted Veil poster7.3The Painted Veil2006On Her Majesty's Secret Service poster6.6On Her Majesty's Secret Service1969Evil Under the Sun poster6.9Evil Under the Sun1982The Great Muppet Caper poster6.9The Great Muppet Caper1981Heidi poster7.8Heidi2005Theatre of Blood poster6.7Theatre of Blood1973The Hospital poster6.6The Hospital1971

Filmography

41 films as actor
  1. 2021Last Night in SohoMs. Collins
  2. 2020The Snail and the WhaleNarrator (voice)
  3. 2017A Christmas Carol Goes WrongAunt Diana
  4. 2017BreatheLady Neville
  5. 2015Professor Branestawm ReturnsLady Pagwell
  6. 2015The Honourable RebelNarrator
  7. 2006The Painted VeilMother Superior
  8. 2005HeidiGrandmamma
  9. 2001Victoria & AlbertBaroness Lehzen
  10. 1999Parting ShotsLisa
  11. 1998The AmericanMadame de Bellegarde
  12. 1997Danielle Steel's ZoyaEvgenia
  13. 1996The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll FlandersMrs. Golightly
  14. 1995The Haunting of Helen WalkerMrs. Grose
  15. 1994A Good Man in AfricaChloe Fanshawe
  16. 1994Running DelilahJudith
  17. 1993Genghis CohnBaroness Frieda von Stangel
  18. 1992Mrs. 'Arris Goes to ParisMme. Colbert
  19. 1989Unexplained LaughterLydia
  20. 1987A Hazard of HeartsLady Harriet Vulcan
  21. 1987Snow WhiteEvil Queen
  22. 1986The Worst WitchConstance Hardbroom
  23. 1983King LearRegan
  24. 1982Witness for the ProsecutionChristine Vole
  25. 1982Little EyolfRita Allmers
  26. 1982Evil Under the SunArlena Stuart Marshall
  27. 1981The Great Muppet CaperLady Holiday
  28. 1981Hedda GablerHedda Gabler
  29. 1980The MarquiseThe Marquise Eloise
  30. 1977A Little Night MusicCharlotte Mittelheim
  31. 1977Three Piece SuiteVarious Roles
  32. 1975In This House of BredeDame Philippa
  33. 1973Theatre of BloodEdwina Lionheart
  34. 1971The HospitalBarbara Drummond
  35. 1970Julius CaesarPortia
  36. 1969On Her Majesty's Secret ServiceTracy Di Vicenzo
  37. 1969The Assassination BureauSonya Winter
  38. 1969MinikillersWoman tourist
  39. 1969The DiademSecret Agent
  40. 1968A Midsummer Night's DreamHelena
  41. 1964The HothouseAnita Fender