Diana Rigg
Acting
Born: July 20, 1938 · Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK
Died: September 10, 2020 (aged 82)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Game of Thrones
2011
Last Night in Soho
2021
Doctor Who
2005
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
The Painted Veil
2006
Breathe
2017
Evil Under the Sun
1982
Extras
2005
The Great Muppet Caper
1981
Victoria
2016
Theatre of Blood
1973
Detectorists
2014
Photos (5)
Movies (42)
Last Night in Soho
Ms. Collins
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Tracy Di Vicenzo
Breathe
Lady Neville
Evil Under the Sun
Arlena Stuart Marshall
The Painted Veil
Mother Superior
The Worst Witch
Constance Hardbroom
The Assassination Bureau
Sonya Winter
The Snail and the Whale
Narrator (voice)
The Great Muppet Caper
Lady Holiday
The Hospital
Barbara Drummond
Snow White
Evil Queen
Theatre of Blood
Edwina Lionheart
Parting Shots
Lisa
Witness for the Prosecution
Christine Vole
The World of Jim Henson
Lady Holiday (archive footage)
Julius Caesar
Portia
Heidi
Grandmamma
A Good Man in Africa
Chloe Fanshawe
Minikillers
Woman tourist
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
Mrs. Golightly
Genghis Cohn
Baroness Frieda von Stangel
A Hazard of Hearts
Lady Harriet Vulcan
Unexplained Laughter
Lydia
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
Mme. Colbert
Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Helena
Victoria & Albert
Baroness Lehzen
Danielle Steel's Zoya
Evgenia
In This House of Brede
Dame Philippa
King Lear
Regan
The American
Madame de Bellegarde
A Little Night Music
Charlotte Mittelheim
Black Leather Jacket
Emma Peel (segment "Death at Bargain Prices") (archive footage)
Little Eyolf
Rita Allmers
Three Piece Suite
Various Roles
Running Delilah
Judith
The Haunting of Helen Walker
Mrs. Grose
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
Aunt Diana
Professor Branestawm Returns
Lady Pagwell
The Marquise
The Marquise Eloise
Our Man in the Caribbean
Francy (archive footage)
The Diadem
Secret Agent
TV Shows (30)
Game of Thrones
Olenna Tyrell · 18 eps
Doctor Who
Mrs Gillyflower · 1 eps
The Avengers
Emma Peel · 51 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Rita Allmers · 1 eps
All Creatures Great & Small
Mrs Pumphrey · 2 eps
Screen Two
Frieda von Stangel · 1 eps
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Mayor Pink Panda (voice) · 3 eps
Victoria
Duchess of Buccleuch · 8 eps
Extras
Diana Rigg · 1 eps
The Play on One
Lydia · 1 eps
Detectorists
Veronica · 6 eps
You, Me and the Apocalypse
Sutton · 4 eps
You, Me and the Apocalypse
Sutton (voice) · 1 eps
Murder in Mind
Jill Craig · 1 eps
Black Narcissus
Mother Dorothea · 3 eps
Affairs of the Heart
Grace Gracedew · 1 eps
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
Adela Bradley · 5 eps
Charles II: The Power and The Passion
Queen Henrietta Maria · 2 eps
Bleak House
Lady Honoria Dedlock · 7 eps
Rebecca
Mrs. Danvers · 2 eps
In the Beginning
Mature Rebeccah · 2 eps
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
Mrs Golightly · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Christine · 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
Anita Fender · 1 eps
Samson and Delilah
Mara · 2 eps
Three Piece Suite
1 eps
Three Piece Suite
Various Roles · 6 eps
Victoria & Albert
Baroness Lehzen · 2 eps
Mother Love
Helena Vesey · 4 eps
The Serpent Son
Clytemnestra · 3 eps
Self / Appearances (19)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Host · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee · 3 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Co-Host / Presenter · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Winner · 1 eps
Wogan
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Wogan
Self · 2 eps
Masterpiece Mystery
Self - Host · 373 eps
Omnibus
Self · 1 eps
Parkinson
Self · 1 eps
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
Self - Participant · 1 eps
The BAFTA Awards
Self · 1 eps
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
Self (archive material)
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Self / Arlena Stuart Marshall
Shot On Ice
Self
The Lark Ascending
Self - Presenter (as Dame Diana Rigg)
Swiss Movement
Self