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Diana Rigg

Diana Rigg

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 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.

Personal information

Birthday

1938-07-20

Birth Place

Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK

Movies and TV shows :

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

2017

7.6

Movie
A Good Man in Africa

A Good Man in Africa

1994

5.2

Movie
A Hazard of Hearts

A Hazard of Hearts

1987

8.1

Movie
A Little Night Music

A Little Night Music

1977

6.3

Movie
A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1968

5.5

Movie
poster

Affairs of the Heart

1983

6.0

TV
poster

All Creatures Great & Small

2020

8.2

TV
poster

Armchair Theatre

1956

5.8

TV
poster

BBC Play of the Month

1965

5.0

TV
Best Ever Bond

Best Ever Bond

2002

5.0

Movie
Black Leather Jacket

Black Leather Jacket

1989

0.0

Movie
poster

Black Narcissus

2020

6.7

TV
poster

Bleak House

1985

6.0

TV
Bond Girls Are Forever

Bond Girls Are Forever

2002

5.8

Movie
Breathe

Breathe

2017

7.4

Movie
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

2003

7.0

Movie
poster

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011

5.0

TV
poster

Charles II: The Power and The Passion

2003

6.4

TV
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC

Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC

2015

0.0

Movie
Danielle Steel's Zoya

Danielle Steel's Zoya

1997

5.1

Movie
poster

Detectorists

2014

8.2

TV
poster

Diana

1973

5.0

TV
poster

Doctor Who

2005

7.5

TV
Evil Under the Sun

Evil Under the Sun

1982

6.9

Movie
poster

Extras

2005

7.8

TV
poster

Game of Thrones

2011

8.5

TV
Genghis Cohn

Genghis Cohn

1993

4.5

Movie
poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

8.7

TV
Hedda Gabler

Hedda Gabler

1981

7.0

Movie
Heidi

Heidi

2005

7.5

Movie
poster

Hercule Poirot

1978

0.0

TV
poster

In the Beginning

2000

6.0

TV
In This House of Brede

In This House of Brede

1975

6.0

Movie
Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

1970

5.7

Movie
King Lear

King Lear

1983

6.5

Movie
Last Night in Soho

Last Night in Soho

2021

7.3

Movie
Little Eyolf

Little Eyolf

1982

6.0

Movie
poster

Masterpiece Mystery

1980

8.0

TV
Minikillers

Minikillers

1969

0.0

Movie
poster

Mother Love

1989

6.3

TV
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris

Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris

1992

7.8

Movie
poster

Murder in Mind

2001

8.4

TV
poster

Omnibus

1967

7.5

TV
On Her Majesty's Secret Service

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

1969

6.6

Movie
poster

Parkinson

1998

0.0

TV
Parting Shots

Parting Shots

1999

6.1

Movie
poster

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

2014

7.1

TV
Professor Branestawm Returns

Professor Branestawm Returns

2015

7.0

Movie
poster

Rebecca

1997

5.9

TV
Running Delilah

Running Delilah

1994

6.0

Movie
Samson and Delilah

Samson and Delilah

1996

6.5

Movie
poster

Samson and Delilah

1996

0.0

TV
Shot On Ice

Shot On Ice

1969

4.0

Movie
Snow White

Snow White

1987

6.6

Movie
Swiss Movement

Swiss Movement

1969

6.0

Movie
The American

The American

1998

5.8

Movie
The Assassination Bureau

The Assassination Bureau

1969

6.4

Movie
poster

The Avengers

1961

7.7

TV
The Diadem

The Diadem

1969

0.0

Movie
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

1996

6.3

Movie
poster

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

1996

9.0

TV
The Great Muppet Caper

The Great Muppet Caper

1981

6.8

Movie
The Haunting of Helen Walker

The Haunting of Helen Walker

1995

4.3

Movie
The Honourable Rebel

The Honourable Rebel

2015

0.0

Movie
The Hospital

The Hospital

1971

6.6

Movie
The Hothouse

The Hothouse

1964

0.0

Movie
poster

The Kumars

2014

5.0

TV
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'

The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'

1982

8.5

Movie
The Marquise

The Marquise

1980

0.0

Movie
poster

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

5.1

TV
poster

The Mrs Bradley Mysteries

1998

6.9

TV
The Painted Veil

The Painted Veil

2006

7.2

Movie
poster

The Play on One

1988

6.0

TV
poster

The Sentimental Agent

1963

5.5

TV
poster

The Serpent Son

1979

9.0

TV
The Snail and the Whale

The Snail and the Whale

2020

6.3

Movie
poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

7.4

TV
The World of Jim Henson

The World of Jim Henson

1994

7.3

Movie
The Worst Witch

The Worst Witch

1986

6.0

Movie
Theatre of Blood

Theatre of Blood

1973

6.7

Movie
Three Piece Suite

Three Piece Suite

1977

0.0

Movie
poster

Three Piece Suite

1977

0.0

TV
poster

Tony Awards

1956

5.0

TV
Unexplained Laughter

Unexplained Laughter

1989

0.0

Movie
poster

V.I.P. Schaukel

1971

6.0

TV
poster

Victoria

2016

7.3

TV
Victoria & Albert

Victoria & Albert

2001

7.6

Movie
poster

Victoria & Albert

2001

6.0

TV
Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution

1982

6.0

Movie
poster

Wogan

1982

4.5

TV
poster

You, Me and the Apocalypse

2015

6.9

TV