Diana Rigg
Known for Acting · 92 credits
- Born
- 1938-07-20
- Died
- 2020-09-10
- Place of birth
- Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Dame Diana Rigg · Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg · Дайана Ригг · دایانا ریگ
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (42)
Game of Thrones
2011
as Olenna Tyrell
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Doctor Who
2005
as Mrs Gillyflower
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The Avengers
1961
as Emma Peel
Wogan
1982
as Self - Guest
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host / Self - Nominee / Self - Co-Host / Presenter / Self - Winner
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Rita Allmers
Omnibus
1967
as Self
Screen Two
1985
as Frieda von Stangel
All Creatures Great & Small
2020
as Mrs Pumphrey
Masterpiece Mystery
1980
as Self - Host
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
as Self - Participant
Victoria
2016
as Duchess of Buccleuch
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014
as Mayor Pink Panda (voice)
Parkinson
1998
as Self
Extras
2005
as Diana Rigg
Murder in Mind
2001
as Jill Craig
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
The BAFTA Awards
1949
as Self
Festival
1963
as Adriana, Wife to Antipholus of Ephesus
The Play on One
1988
as Lydia
Detectorists
2014
as Veronica
Charles II: The Power and The Passion
2003
as Queen Henrietta Maria
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Christine
You, Me and the Apocalypse
2015
as Sutton / Sutton (voice)
Bleak House
1985
as Lady Honoria Dedlock
Black Narcissus
2020
as Mother Dorothea
In the Beginning
2000
as Mature Rebeccah
Rebecca
1997
as Mrs. Danvers
The Kumars
2014
as Self
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Anita Fender
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
1996
as Mrs Golightly
Samson and Delilah
1996
as Mara
Victoria & Albert
2001
as Baroness Lehzen
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
1998
as Adela Bradley
Diana
1973
as Diana Smythe
Affairs of the Heart
1983
as Grace Gracedew
Affairs of the Heart
1974
as Grace Gracedew
Mother Love
1989
as Helena Vesey
The Serpent Son
1979
as Clytemnestra
Three Piece Suite
1977
as Various Roles
Movies (50)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
as Tracy Di Vicenzo
Last Night in Soho
2021
as Ms. Collins
The Painted Veil
2006
as Mother Superior
Breathe
2017
as Lady Neville
Julius Caesar
1970
as Portia
Evil Under the Sun
1982
as Arlena Stuart Marshall
Theatre of Blood
1973
as Edwina Lionheart
A Hazard of Hearts
1987
as Lady Harriet Vulcan
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
Parting Shots
1999
as Lisa
The Great Muppet Caper
1981
as Lady Holiday
The Hospital
1971
as Barbara Drummond
The Snail and the Whale
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Witness for the Prosecution
1982
as Christine Vole
Heidi
2005
as Grandmamma
The Assassination Bureau
1969
as Sonya Winter
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
1982
as Self / Arlena Stuart Marshall
King Lear
1983
as Regan
The Worst Witch
1986
as Constance Hardbroom
Snow White
1987
as Evil Queen
The American
1998
as Madame de Bellegarde
Danielle Steel's Zoya
1997
as Evgenia
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
1996
as Mrs. Golightly
A Good Man in Africa
1994
as Chloe Fanshawe
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
1992
as Mme. Colbert
Victoria & Albert
2001
as Baroness Lehzen
A Little Night Music
1977
as Charlotte Mittelheim
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
as Self (archive material)
The World of Jim Henson
1994
as Lady Holiday (archive footage)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968
as Helena
Running Delilah
1994
as Judith
Professor Branestawm Returns
2015
as Lady Pagwell
Genghis Cohn
1993
as Baroness Frieda von Stangel
Three Piece Suite
1977
as Various Roles
The Haunting of Helen Walker
1995
as Mrs. Grose
Shot On Ice
1969
as Self
Black Leather Jacket
1989
as Emma Peel (segment "Death at Bargain Prices") (archive footage)
Unexplained Laughter
1989
as Lydia
The Hothouse
1964
as Anita Fender
Little Eyolf
1982
as Rita Allmers
Hedda Gabler
1981
as Hedda Gabler
In This House of Brede
1975
as Dame Philippa
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
2017
as Aunt Diana
Swiss Movement
1969
as Self
The Diadem
1969
as Secret Agent
Our Man in the Caribbean
1964
as Francy (archive footage)
The Honourable Rebel
2015
as Narrator
The Marquise
1980
as The Marquise Eloise
Minikillers
1969
as Woman tourist
The Lark Ascending
2012
as Self - Presenter (as Dame Diana Rigg)
About Diana Rigg
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 Ro… With 92 credits spanning from 1949 to 2021, Diana Rigg has appeared in 50 films and 42 TV shows.
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- On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) — as Tracy Di Vicenzo
- Last Night in Soho (2021) — as Ms. Collins
- The Painted Veil (2006) — as Mother Superior
- Breathe (2017) — as Lady Neville
- Julius Caesar (1970) — as Portia
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