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Diana Rigg
Known for acting
Born July 20, 1938 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK
Died September 10, 2020
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.
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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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Movies and TV shows
Game of ThronesTV · 2011
Doctor WhoTV · 2005
The AvengersTV · 1961
BBC Play of the MonthTV · 1965
Screen TwoTV · 1985
All Creatures Great & SmallTV · 2020
OmnibusTV · 1967
Masterpiece MysteryTV · 1980
Penn Zero: Part-Time HeroTV · 2014
VictoriaTV · 2016
ExtrasTV · 2005
Last Night in SohoMovie · 2021
The BAFTA AwardsTV · 1949
The Play on OneTV · 1988
Murder in MindTV · 2001
On Her Majesty's Secret ServiceMovie · 1969
DetectoristsTV · 2014
You, Me and the ApocalypseTV · 2015
BreatheMovie · 2017
The Painted VeilMovie · 2006
Charles II: The Power and The PassionTV · 2003
The Great Muppet CaperMovie · 1981
Affairs of the HeartTV · 1974
Hallmark Hall of FameTV · 1951
Black NarcissusTV · 2020
Evil Under the SunMovie · 1982
In the BeginningTV · 2000
The Snail and the WhaleMovie · 2020
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll FlandersTV · 1996
Bleak HouseTV · 1985
The Mrs Bradley MysteriesTV · 1998
Three Piece SuiteTV · 1977
The HospitalMovie · 1971
Armchair TheatreTV · 1956
The Worst WitchMovie · 1986
Mother LoveTV · 1989
RebeccaTV · 1997
Victoria & AlbertTV · 2001
A Hazard of HeartsMovie · 1987
Witness for the ProsecutionMovie · 1982
Samson and DelilahTV · 1996
A Good Man in AfricaMovie · 1994
HeidiMovie · 2005
Unexplained LaughterMovie · 1989
The World of Jim HensonMovie · 1994
Julius CaesarMovie · 1970
Snow WhiteMovie · 1987
Theatre of BloodMovie · 1973
The Assassination BureauMovie · 1969
A Midsummer Night's DreamMovie · 1968
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to ParisMovie · 1992
Danielle Steel's ZoyaMovie · 1997
King LearMovie · 1983
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll FlandersMovie · 1996
In This House of BredeMovie · 1975
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereMovie · 2003
MinikillersMovie · 1969
Parting ShotsMovie · 1999
The Serpent SonTV · 1979
Victoria & AlbertMovie · 2001
A Little Night MusicMovie · 1977
Hedda GablerMovie · 1981
The AmericanMovie · 1998
The Haunting of Helen WalkerMovie · 1995
A Christmas Carol Goes WrongMovie · 2017
Black Leather JacketMovie · 1989
Swiss MovementMovie · 1969
Our Man in the CaribbeanMovie · 1964
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'Movie · 1982
Genghis CohnMovie · 1993
Running DelilahMovie · 1994
Shot On IceMovie · 1969
Professor Branestawm ReturnsMovie · 2015
Little EyolfMovie · 1982
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBCMovie · 2015
Three Piece SuiteMovie · 1977
The Lark AscendingMovie · 2012
The DiademMovie · 1969
The MarquiseMovie · 1980