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.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
as Tracy Di VicenzoJames Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss alps...
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A young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she...
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The Painted Veil
as Mother SuperiorA British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being...
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Breathe
as Lady NevilleBased on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a...
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The Great Muppet Caper
as Lady HolidayKermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy...
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Evil Under the Sun
as Arlena Stuart MarshallAn opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts...
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A Hazard of Hearts
as Lady Harriet VulcanWhen compulsive gambler Sir Giles Staverley has lost his estate and all his money playing dice,...
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Samson and Delilah
as MaraBiblical strongman Samson falls prey to the voluptuous Philistine temptress Delilah.
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The Hospital
as Barbara DrummondDr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his...
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Theatre of Blood
as Edwina LionheartA Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
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Heidi
as GrandmammaSwiss girl Adelheid 'Heidi' is orphaned young. Aunt Detie brings her to grandpa Alp and his...
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The Snail and the Whale
as Narrator (voice)A half hour animated film for all the family based on the much-loved book written by Julia...
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Julius Caesar
as PortiaAll-star cast glamorizes this lavish 1970 remake of the classic William Shakespeare play, which...
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The Assassination Bureau
as Sonya WinterIn 1908 London, a women's rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an...
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The Worst Witch
as Constance HardbroomMildred is one of the young girls at a prestigious witch academy. She can't seem to do anything...
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Witness for the Prosecution
as Christine VoleSir Wilfred Robarts, a famed barrister is released from the hospital, where he stayed for two...
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Bond Girls Are Forever
as Tracy Di Vicenzo (archive footage)Through vintage film clips of past Bond movie epics, and with the participation of several...
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A Good Man in Africa
as Chloe FanshaweMorgan Leafy is a secretary to the British High Commissioner to an Africa nation. Leafy is a man...
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The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
as Mrs. GolightlyAfter being born in prison, Moll Flanders wends her way through the top and bottom of...
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Snow White
as Evil QueenA prince, seeking the greatest treasure, stumbles upon seven little men guarding a coffin. They...
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as SelfBroadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about...
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Danielle Steel's Zoya
as EvgeniaA young Russian countess escapes the 1917 revolution and, despite hardship, makes a new life for...
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The World of Jim Henson
as Lady Holiday (archive footage)In this episode of PBS' Great Performances, the history and legacy of puppeteer Jim Henson is...
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A Little Night Music
as Charlotte MittelheimA tangled web of affairs is weaved around actress, Desirée Armfeldt, and the men who love her: a...
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Parting Shots
as LisaHarry Sterndale, a failed photographer, is given a diagnosis of cancer and told that he has only...
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Professor Branestawm Returns
as Lady PagwellWhen Lady Pagwell dies, leaving a legacy to fund local inventing, Professor Branestawm thinks...
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A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
as Aunt DianaThe Mischief Theatre Company return as the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society who are this time...
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Victoria & Albert
as Baroness LehzenThe passionate love story that was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's lengthy marriage....
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
as HelenaPeter Hall's film adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy, filmed in and around an English country...
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Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Self (archive material)From the BBC archives, before their talents were recognised by royal decree, the early work and...
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The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
as Self / Arlena Stuart MarshallDirector Guy Hamilton and several of the stars of Agatha Christie's "Evil Under The Sun" walk...
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King Lear
as ReganAn aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects...
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Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
as Mme. ColbertAda Harris, a London charwoman in the 1950's, sees a Dior dress and decides that she's going to...
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The American
as Madame de BellegardeAfter the horror of the Civil War, 'ignorant' Christopher Newman made his fortune. He travels to...
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Running Delilah
as JudithTop agent Delilah dies in a risky mission against weapon dealer Kercharian. But she's revived...
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In This House of Brede
as Dame PhilippaPhilippa Talbot is a talented London businesswoman who has decided to give up her position and...
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The Haunting of Helen Walker
as Mrs. GroseTV remake of the Henry James' classic tale "Turn of the Screw", with changes in location and...
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Hedda Gabler
as Hedda GablerStuck in a loveless marriage to intellectual George Tesman, the ambitious Hedda Gabler hungers...
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Three Piece Suite
as Various RolesMiniseries comprising short plays featuring Diana Rigg and guests.
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Unexplained Laughter
as LydiaLydia is unlucky in love and retreats to the Welsh countryside with her friend Betty. But the...
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Genghis Cohn
as Baroness Frieda von StangelIn the midst of World War II, Nazi officer Otto Schatz declares the execution of Jewish...
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Little Eyolf
as Rita AllmersAlfred Allmers has spent his whole life writing a book on "responsibility," a luxury he can...
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Swiss Movement
as SelfDocumentary short about the making of On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) in Switzerland with...
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The Diadem
as Secret AgentSecret agent Emma has to carry out a special assignment in Germany. Her job is to protect a...
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The Honourable Rebel
as NarratorA docu-drama about the life of the Hon. Elizabeth Montagu, a spy, screenwriter and worker in...
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Shot On Ice
as SelfA short documentary produced by the Ford Motor Company about the stock car rally on ice sequence...
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Black Leather Jacket
as Emma Peel (segment "Death at Bargain Prices") (archive footage)Based upon Mick Farren's book,'The Black Leather Jacket', this documentary explores the history...
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Minikillers
as uncreditedW Germany/Spain co-feature short in which Diana Rigg capitalising on her role as Mrs Peel in The...
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Game of Thrones
as Olenna TyrellSeven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the...
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Wogan
as Self - GuestChat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable...
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Wogan
as SelfChat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable...
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as SelfThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...
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Doctor Who
as Mrs GillyflowerThe Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who...
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Tony Awards
as Self - Co-Host/PresenterThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...
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Tony Awards
as Self - HostThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...
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Tony Awards
as Self - NomineeThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...
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Tony Awards
as Self - WinnerThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...
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The Mike Douglas Show
as SelfThe Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...
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The Avengers
as Emma PeelThe Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr....
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The Merv Griffin Show
as SelfThe Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran...
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Omnibus
as SelfOmnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the...
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All Creatures Great & Small
as Mrs PumphreyThe heartwarming and humorous adventures of a young country vet in the Yorkshire Dales in the...
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Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - ParticipantAntiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and...
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Masterpiece Mystery
as SelfMystery! is an episodic television series that debuted in 1980 in the USA. It airs on PBS and is...
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Victoria
as Duchess of BuccleuchThe story of Queen Victoria, who came to the throne at a time of great economic turbulence and...
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BBC Play of the Month
as Rita AllmersPlay of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and...
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Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
as Mayor Pink Panda (voice)Penn Zero is not your average kid - every day he's zapped into another dimension with his...
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Parkinson
as SelfMichael Parkinson returns for a second run of his iconic talk show.
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Extras
as Diana RiggAndy Millman gave up his day job five years ago in the hope of achieving the big time, but he’s...
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Detectorists
as VeronicaThe lives of two eccentric metal detectorists, who spend their days plodding along ploughed...
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Armchair Theatre
as Anita FenderArmchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the...
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Mother Love
as Helena VeseyChristopher "Kit" Vesey and Angela Vesey, a British yuppie couple, enjoy a seemingly idyllic...
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Murder in Mind
as Jill CraigMurder in Mind is a British television thriller drama anthology series of self-contained stories...
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Bleak House
as Lady Honoria DedlockBleak House is BBC television drama first broadcast in 1985. The serial was adapted by Arthur...
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You, Me and the Apocalypse
as SuttonWhen the news is announced that a comet is on an unavoidable collision course with Earth, the...
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You, Me and the Apocalypse
as Sutton (voice)When the news is announced that a comet is on an unavoidable collision course with Earth, the...
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Black Narcissus
as Mother DorotheaHimalayas, 1934. A remote clifftop palace once known as the ‘House of Women’ holds many dark...
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Charles II: The Power and The Passion
as Queen Henrietta MariaCharles II: The Power and the Passion is an award-winning British television mini-series,...
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The Play on One
as LydiaA series of plays specially written for television.
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Rebecca
as Mrs. DanversBased on the Gothic romance novel by Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca is a classic tale of love and...
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In the Beginning
as Mature RebeccahIn the Beginning is a 2-part biblical television miniseries directed by Kevin Connor. It stars...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as ChristineHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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The Sentimental Agent
as uncreditedThe Sentimental Agent is a television drama series spin-off from Man of the World. It was...
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The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
as Adela BradleySophisticated woman-of-the world Adela Bradley and her chauffeur George Moody are an unlikely...
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The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
as Mrs. GolightlyEver since her birth in Newgate Prison, Moll has survived by her cunning wit, and considerable...
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The Serpent Son
as ClytemnestraAdaptation of the Aeschylus trilogy by Frederic Raphael and Kenneth McLeish.
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Samson and Delilah
as MaraMara and Manoa are both upstanding and religious Israelites living under the harsh and unjust...
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Affairs of the Heart
as Grace GracedewAffairs of the Heart is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1983 to 1985. Starring Derek...
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Victoria & Albert
as Baroness LehzenLavish two-part dramatisation of the passionate love story that was Queen Victoria and Prince...
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