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Diana Rigg
- Name: Diana Rigg
- Birthday: 1938-07-20
- Also known as: Dame Diana Rigg,Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg
- Place of birth: Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Popularity: 11.828
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... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Last Night in Soho as Ms. Collins | 2021-10-21 |
| The Snail and the Whale as Narrator (voice) | 2020-10-21 |
| A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong as Aunt Diana | 2017-12-30 |
| Breathe as Lady Neville | 2017-10-13 |
| Professor Branestawm Returns as Lady Pagwell | 2015-12-24 |
| The Honourable Rebel as Narrator | 2015-12-04 |
| Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC as Self (archive material) | 2015-11-08 |
| The Painted Veil as Mother Superior | 2006-12-09 |
| Heidi as Grandmamma | 2005-08-19 |
| Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self | 2003-04-03 |
| Best Ever Bond as Tracy Vincenzo (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2002-11-22 |
| Bond Girls Are Forever as Tracy Di Vicenzo (archive footage) | 2002-11-06 |
| Victoria & Albert as Baroness Lehzen | 2001-08-26 |
| Parting Shots as Lisa | 1999-05-14 |
| The American as Madame de Bellegarde | 1998-12-26 |
| Danielle Steel's Zoya as Evgenia | 1997-07-26 |
| Samson and Delilah as Mara | 1996-12-08 |
| The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders as Mrs. Golightly | 1996-10-13 |
| The Haunting of Helen Walker as Mrs. Grose | 1995-12-03 |
| The World of Jim Henson as Lady Holiday (archive footage) | 1994-11-23 |
| A Good Man in Africa as Chloe Fanshawe | 1994-07-14 |
| Running Delilah as Judith | 1994-03-22 |
| Genghis Cohn as Baroness Frieda von Stangel | 1994-03-02 |
| Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris as Mme. Colbert | 1992-12-27 |
| Unexplained Laughter as Lydia | 1989-04-25 |
| Black Leather Jacket as Emma Peel (segment "Death at Bargain Prices") (archive footage) | 1989-01-01 |
| A Hazard of Hearts as Lady Harriet Vulcan | 1987-12-27 |
| Snow White as Evil Queen | 1987-05-14 |
| The Worst Witch as Constance Hardbroom | 1986-10-31 |
| King Lear as Regan | 1983-04-03 |
| Witness for the Prosecution as Christine Vole | 1982-12-04 |
| Little Eyolf as Rita Allmers | 1982-07-19 |
| Evil Under the Sun as Arlena Stuart Marshall | 1982-03-05 |
| The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' as Self / Arlena Stuart Marshall | 1982-01-01 |
| The Great Muppet Caper as Lady Holiday | 1981-06-26 |
| Hedda Gabler as Hedda Gabler | 1981-03-03 |
| The Marquise as The Marquise Eloise | 1980-09-07 |
| A Little Night Music as Charlotte Mittelheim | 1977-09-30 |
| Three Piece Suite as Various Roles | 1977-01-01 |
| In This House of Brede as Dame Philippa | 1975-02-27 |
| Theatre of Blood as Edwina Lionheart | 1973-03-16 |
| The Hospital as Barbara Drummond | 1971-12-14 |
| Julius Caesar as Portia | 1970-06-04 |
| On Her Majesty's Secret Service as Tracy Di Vicenzo | 1969-12-18 |
| The Assassination Bureau as Sonya Winter | 1969-03-09 |
| Minikillers | 1969-01-03 |
| Shot On Ice as Self | 1969-01-01 |
| Swiss Movement as Self | 1969-01-01 |
| The Diadem as Secret Agent | 1969-01-01 |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream as Helena | 1968-09-30 |
| The Hothouse as Anita Fender | 1964-12-13 |
