Diana Rigg
Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Diana Rigg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Acting91
movieLast Night in Soho
2021
Ms. Collins
tvBlack Narcissus
2020
Mother Dorothea
movieThe Snail and the Whale
2020
Narrator (voice)
tvAll Creatures Great & Small
2020
Mrs Pumphrey
movieA Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
2017
Aunt Diana
movieBreathe
2017
Lady Neville
tvVictoria
2016
Duchess of Buccleuch
movieProfessor Branestawm Returns
2015
Lady Pagwell
movieDames of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
Self (archive material)
tvYou, Me and the Apocalypse
2015
Sutton / Sutton (voice)
tvPenn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014
Mayor Pink Panda (voice)
tvDetectorists
2014
Veronica
movieThe Lark Ascending
2012
Self - Presenter (as Dame Diana Rigg)
tvCelebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
Self - Participant
tvGame of Thrones
2011
Olenna Tyrell
movieThe Painted Veil
2006
Mother Superior
movieHeidi
2005
Grandmamma
tvExtras
2005
Diana Rigg
tvDoctor Who
2005
Mrs Gillyflower
tvCharles II: The Power and The Passion
2003
Queen Henrietta Maria
movieVictoria & Albert
2001
Baroness Lehzen
tvVictoria & Albert
2001
Baroness Lehzen
tvMurder in Mind
2001
Jill Craig
tvIn the Beginning
2000
Mature Rebeccah
movieThe American
1998
Madame de Bellegarde
tvThe Mrs Bradley Mysteries
1998
Adela Bradley
tvParkinson
1998
Self
tvRebecca
1997
Mrs. Danvers
tvThe Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
1996
Mrs Golightly
movieThe Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
1996
Mrs. Golightly
movieThe Haunting of Helen Walker
1995
Mrs. Grose
movieThe World of Jim Henson
1994
Lady Holiday (archive footage)
movieA Good Man in Africa
1994
Chloe Fanshawe
movieRunning Delilah
1994
Judith
movieGenghis Cohn
1993
Baroness Frieda von Stangel
movieMrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
1992
Mme. Colbert
tvMother Love
1989
Helena Vesey
movieBlack Leather Jacket
1989
Emma Peel (segment "Death at Bargain Prices") (archive footage)
movieA Hazard of Hearts
1987
Lady Harriet Vulcan
movieSnow White
1987
Evil Queen
movieThe Worst Witch
1986
Constance Hardbroom
tvBleak House
1985
Lady Honoria Dedlock
tvScreen Two
1985
Frieda von Stangel
movieKing Lear
1983
Regan
movieWitness for the Prosecution
1982
Christine Vole
movieLittle Eyolf
1982
Rita Allmers
tvWogan
1982
Self - Guest / Self
movieEvil Under the Sun
1982
Arlena Stuart Marshall
movieThe Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
1982
Self / Arlena Stuart Marshall
movieThe Great Muppet Caper
1981
Lady Holiday
movieHedda Gabler
1981
Hedda Gabler
movieThe Marquise
1980
The Marquise Eloise
tvMasterpiece Mystery
1980
Self - Host
tvThe Serpent Son
1979
Clytemnestra
movieA Little Night Music
1977
Charlotte Mittelheim
tvThree Piece Suite
1977
Various Roles
movieThree Piece Suite
1977
Various Roles
movieIn This House of Brede
1975
Dame Philippa
tvAffairs of the Heart
1974
Grace Gracedew
Diana
1973
Diana Smythe
movieTheatre of Blood
1973
Edwina Lionheart
movieThe Hospital
1971
Barbara Drummond
movieJulius Caesar
1970
Portia
movieOn Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
Tracy Di Vicenzo
movieThe Assassination Bureau
1969
Sonya Winter
movieMinikillers
1969
Woman tourist
movieThe Diadem
1969
Secret Agent
tvOmnibus
1967
Self
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
Rita Allmers
The Hothouse
1964
Anita Fender
movieOur Man in the Caribbean
1964
Francy (archive footage)
Festival
1963
Adriana, Wife to Antipholus of Ephesus
tvThe Avengers
1961
Emma Peel
tvArmchair Theatre
1956
Anita Fender
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Host / Self - Nominee / Self - Co-Host / Presenter / Self - Winner
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Christine
