- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 20, 1938
- Place of Birth
- Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Died
- September 10, 2020
Diana Rigg
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 S…
Filmography
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
The Honourable Rebel
movieThe Honourable Rebel
2015 · Narrator
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
The Kumars
tvThe Kumars
2014 · Self
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
movieBroadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 · Self
movieVictoria & Albert
2001 · Baroness Lehzen
tvVictoria & Albert
2001 · Baroness Lehzen
tvMurder in Mind
2001 · Jill Craig
tvIn the Beginning
2000 · Mature Rebeccah
movieParting Shots
1999 · Lisa
movieThe American
1998 · Madame de Bellegarde
tvThe Mrs Bradley Mysteries
1998 · Adela Bradley
tvParkinson
1998 · Self
movieDanielle Steel's Zoya
1997 · Evgenia
tvRebecca
1997 · Mrs. Danvers
tvSamson and Delilah
1996 · Mara
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
movieUnexplained Laughter
1989 · Lydia
movieBlack Leather Jacket
1989 · Emma Peel (segment "Death at Bargain Prices") (archive footage)
tvThe Play on One
1988 · Lydia
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
tvAffairs of the Heart
1983 · Grace Gracedew
movieKing Lear
1983 · Regan
movieWitness for the Prosecution
1982 · Christine Vole
movieLittle Eyolf
1982 · Rita Allmers
tvWogan
1982 · Self - Guest
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
tvDiana
1973 · Diana Smythe
movieTheatre of Blood
1973 · Edwina Lionheart
movieThe Hospital
1971 · Barbara Drummond
V.I.P. Schaukel
tvV.I.P. Schaukel
1971 · Self
movieJulius Caesar
1970 · Portia
movieOn Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969 · Tracy Di Vicenzo
movieThe Assassination Bureau
1969 · Sonya Winter
movieMinikillers
1969 · Woman tourist
movieShot On Ice
1969 · Self
movieSwiss Movement
1969 · Self
movieThe Diadem
1969 · Secret Agent
movieA Midsummer Night's Dream
1968 · Helena
tvOmnibus
1967 · Self
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965 · Rita Allmers
The Hothouse
movieThe Hothouse
1964 · Anita Fender
movieOur Man in the Caribbean
1964 · Francy (archive footage)
Festival
tvFestival
1963 · Adriana, Wife to Antipholus of Ephesus
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
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
tvThe BAFTA Awards
1949 · Self