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Diana Rigg

Actor / Actress

Diana Rigg

Born Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK 17 credits available

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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Diana Rigg is known for work in acting across film and television. New Release currently presents 17 verified screen credits connected to this profile.

Selected work includes Last Night in Soho (2021), The Snail and the Whale (2020), Breathe (2017), You, Me and the Apocalypse (2015), The Painted Veil (2006), The American (1998), A Hazard of Hearts (1987), Snow White (1987). The recorded credits span 1961 to 2021, including 14 movies and 3 TV shows.

The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.

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Known forActing
Movies14
TV shows3
Active years represented1961–2021
Place of birthDoncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK
Died

Also known as

Dame Diana Rigg · Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg · Дайана Ригг · دایانا ریگ

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17 titles

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