Diana Rigg
ActingBorn
July 20, 1938
Died
September 10, 2020
Place of Birth
Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography
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 …
Known For
Filmography
Last Night in Soho
2021
The Snail and the Whale
2020
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
2017
Breathe
2017
Professor Branestawm Returns
2015
The Honourable Rebel
2015
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
The Lark Ascending
2012
The Painted Veil
2006
Heidi
2005
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
Victoria & Albert
2001
Parting Shots
1999
The American
1998
Danielle Steel's Zoya
1997
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
1996
The Haunting of Helen Walker
1995
The World of Jim Henson
1994
A Good Man in Africa
1994
Running Delilah
1994
Genghis Cohn
1993
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
1992
Unexplained Laughter
1989
Black Leather Jacket
1989
A Hazard of Hearts
1987
Snow White
1987
The Worst Witch
1986
King Lear
1983
Witness for the Prosecution
1982
Little Eyolf
1982
Evil Under the Sun
1982
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
1982
The Great Muppet Caper
1981
Hedda Gabler
1981
The Marquise
1980
A Little Night Music
1977
Three Piece Suite
1977
In This House of Brede
1975
Theatre of Blood
1973
The Hospital
1971
Julius Caesar
1970
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
The Assassination Bureau
1969
Minikillers
1969
Shot On Ice
1969
Swiss Movement
1969
The Diadem
1969
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968
The Hothouse
1964
Our Man in the Caribbean
1964
Black Narcissus
2020
All Creatures Great & Small
2020
Victoria
2016
You, Me and the Apocalypse
2015
You, Me and the Apocalypse
2015
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014
Detectorists
2014
The Kumars
2014
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
Game of Thrones
2011
Extras
2005
Doctor Who
2005
Charles II: The Power and The Passion
2003
Victoria & Albert
2001
Murder in Mind
2001
In the Beginning
2000
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
1998
Parkinson
1998
Rebecca
1997
Samson and Delilah
1996
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
1996
Mother Love
1989
The Play on One
1988
Bleak House
1985
Affairs of the Heart
1983
Wogan
1982
Wogan
1982
Masterpiece Mystery
1980
The Serpent Son
1979
Three Piece Suite
1977
Three Piece Suite
1977
Diana
1973
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
Omnibus
1967
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Festival
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Avengers
1961
Armchair Theatre
1956
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956
Tony Awards
1956
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The BAFTA Awards
1949