Diana Rigg
Acting
Born: Jul 20, 1938 — Died: Sep 10, 2020
From: Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Painted Veil | Mother Superior | 2006 | 7.255 |
| Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | 2003 | 7.0 |
| Victoria & Albert | Baroness Lehzen | 2001 | 7.577 |
| A Good Man in Africa | Chloe Fanshawe | 1994 | 4.953 |
| Running Delilah | Judith | 1994 | 5.636 |
| Genghis Cohn | Baroness Frieda von Stangel | 1993 | 5.1 |
| Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris | Mme. Colbert | 1992 | 7.273 |
| Unexplained Laughter | Lydia | 1989 | 10.0 |
| Black Leather Jacket | Emma Peel (segment "Death at … | 1989 | 9.0 |
| A Hazard of Hearts | Lady Harriet Vulcan | 1987 | 7.875 |
| Snow White | Evil Queen | 1987 | 6.682 |
| The Worst Witch | Constance Hardbroom | 1986 | 6.111 |
| King Lear | Regan | 1983 | 6.65 |
| Evil Under the Sun | Arlena Stuart Marshall | 1982 | 6.885 |
| The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' | Self / Arlena Stuart Marshall | 1982 | 8.333 |
| Little Eyolf | Rita Allmers | 1982 | 7.0 |
| The Great Muppet Caper | Lady Holiday | 1981 | 6.919 |
| Hedda Gabler | Hedda Gabler | 1981 | 8.0 |
| The Marquise | The Marquise Eloise | 1980 | 9.0 |
| A Little Night Music | Charlotte Mittelheim | 1977 | 6.156 |
| Three Piece Suite | Various Roles | 1977 | 6.0 |
| In This House of Brede | Dame Philippa | 1975 | 5.2 |
| Theatre of Blood | Edwina Lionheart | 1973 | 6.727 |
| The Hospital | Barbara Drummond | 1971 | 6.611 |
| On Her Majesty's Secret Service | Tracy Di Vicenzo | 1969 | 6.558 |
| Shot On Ice | Self | 1969 | 4.0 |
| The Assassination Bureau | Sonya Winter | 1969 | 6.661 |
| Minikillers | Woman tourist | 1969 | 9.0 |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Helena | 1968 | 6.292 |
| The Hothouse | Anita Fender | 1964 | — |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1938 |
| From | Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, … |