Diana Rigg

Born: 1938-07-20

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.


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Released: 2021-10-21

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On Her Majesty's Secret Service

as Tracy Di Vicenzo
Released: 1969-12-18

James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss alps...

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Breathe

as Lady Neville
Released: 2017-10-13

Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a...

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The Painted Veil

as Mother Superior
Released: 2006-12-09

A British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being...

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Evil Under the Sun

as Arlena Stuart Marshall
Released: 1982-03-05

An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts...

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The Great Muppet Caper

as Lady Holiday
Released: 1981-06-26

Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy...

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Julius Caesar

as Portia
Released: 1970-06-04

All-star cast glamorizes this lavish 1970 remake of the classic William Shakespeare play, which...

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Bond Girls Are Forever

as Tracy Di Vicenzo (archive footage)
Released: 2002-11-06

Through vintage film clips of past Bond movie epics, and with the participation of several...

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The Hospital

as Barbara Drummond
Released: 1971-12-14

Dr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his...

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Heidi

as Grandmamma
Released: 2005-08-19

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Theatre of Blood

as Edwina Lionheart
Released: 1973-03-16

A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.

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The Assassination Bureau

as Sonya Winter
Released: 1969-03-09

In 1908 London, a women's rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an...

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Released: 2003-01-01

Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about...

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Parting Shots

as Lisa
Released: 1999-05-14

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The Worst Witch

as Constance Hardbroom
Released: 1986-10-31

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as Evil Queen
Released: 1987-05-14

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as Mara
Released: 1996-12-08

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as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2020-10-21

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A Hazard of Hearts

as Lady Harriet Vulcan
Released: 1987-12-27

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A Good Man in Africa

as Chloe Fanshawe
Released: 1994-07-14

Morgan Leafy is a secretary to the British High Commissioner to an Africa nation. Leafy is a man...

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King Lear

as Regan
Released: 1983-04-03

An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects...

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A Little Night Music

as Charlotte Mittelheim
Released: 1977-09-30

A tangled web of affairs is weaved around actress, Desirée Armfeldt, and the men who love her: a...

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The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

as Mrs. Golightly
Released: 1996-10-13

After being born in prison, Moll Flanders wends her way through the top and bottom of...

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Victoria & Albert

as Baroness Lehzen
Released: 2001-08-26

The passionate love story that was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's lengthy marriage....

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Witness for the Prosecution

as Christine Vole
Released: 1982-12-04

Sir Wilfred Robarts, a famed barrister is released from the hospital, where he stayed for two...

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Black Leather Jacket

as Emma Peel (segment "Death at Bargain Prices") (archive footage)
Released: 1989-01-01

Based upon Mick Farren's book,'The Black Leather Jacket', this documentary explores the history...

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Running Delilah

as Judith
Released: 1994-03-22

Top agent Delilah dies in a risky mission against weapon dealer Kercharian. But she's revived...

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Genghis Cohn

as Baroness Frieda von Stangel
Released: 1994-03-02

In the midst of World War II, Nazi officer Otto Schatz declares the execution of Jewish...

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The World of Jim Henson

as Lady Holiday (archive footage)
Released: 1994-11-23

Episode of Great Performances about Jim Henson

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Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris

as Mme. Colbert
Released: 1992-12-27

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The American

as Madame de Bellegarde
Released: 1998-12-26

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Helena
Released: 1968-09-30

Peter Hall's film adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy, filmed in and around an English country...

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

as Self / Arlena Stuart Marshall
Released: 1982-01-01

Director Guy Hamilton and several of the stars of Agatha Christie's "Evil Under The Sun" walk...

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Hedda Gabler

as Hedda Gabler
Released: 1981-03-03

Stuck in a loveless marriage to intellectual George Tesman, the ambitious Hedda Gabler hungers...

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Little Eyolf

as Rita Allmers
Released: 1982-07-19

Alfred Allmers has spent his whole life writing a book on "responsibility," a luxury he can...

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as Lady Pagwell
Released: 2015-12-24

When Lady Pagwell dies, leaving a legacy to fund local inventing, Professor Branestawm thinks...

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Unexplained Laughter

as Lydia
Released: 1989-04-25

Lydia is unlucky in love and retreats to the Welsh countryside with her friend Betty. But the...

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In This House of Brede

as Dame Philippa
Released: 1975-02-27

Philippa Talbot is a talented London businesswoman who has decided to give up her position and...

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A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

as Aunt Diana
Released: 2017-12-30

The Mischief Theatre Company return as the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society who are this time...

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Shot On Ice

as Self
Released: 1969-01-01

A short documentary produced by the Ford Motor Company about the stock car rally on ice sequence...

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Swiss Movement

as Self
Released: 1969-01-01

Documentary short about the making of On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) in Switzerland with...

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Minikillers

as uncredited
Released: 1969-01-03

W Germany/Spain co-feature short in which Diana Rigg capitalising on her role as Mrs Peel in The...

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The Haunting of Helen Walker

as Mrs. Grose
Released: 1995-12-03

TV remake of the Henry James' classic tale "Turn of the Screw", with changes in location and...

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Three Piece Suite

as uncredited
Released: 1977-01-01

Miniseries comprising short plays featuring Diana Rigg and guests.

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The Diadem

as Secret Agent
Released: 1969-01-01

Secret agent Emma has to carry out a special assignment in Germany. Her job is to protect a...

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Doctor Who

as Mrs Gillyflower
First aired: 2005-03-26

The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who...

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Game of Thrones

as Olenna Tyrell
First aired: 2011-04-17

Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the...

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...

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Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

as Self - Participant
First aired: 2011-10-24

Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and...

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Victoria

as Duchess of Buccleuch
First aired: 2016-08-28

The 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 Allmers
First aired: 1965-10-19

Play 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)
First aired: 2014-12-05

Penn Zero is not your average kid - every day he's zapped into another dimension with his...

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The Avengers

as Emma Peel
First aired: 1961-01-07

The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr....

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All Creatures Great & Small

as Mrs Pumphrey
First aired: 2020-09-01

The heartwarming and humorous adventures of a young country vet in the Yorkshire Dales in the...

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Extras

as Diana Rigg
First aired: 2005-07-21

Andy Millman gave up his day job five years ago in the hope of achieving the big time, but he’s...

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Murder in Mind

as Jill Craig
First aired: 2001-04-22

Murder in Mind is a British television thriller drama anthology series of self-contained stories...

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You, Me and the Apocalypse

as Sutton
First aired: 2015-09-30

When 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)
First aired: 2015-09-30

When the news is announced that a comet is on an unavoidable collision course with Earth, the...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Host
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Co-Host/Presenter
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Charles II: The Power and The Passion

as Queen Henrietta Maria
First aired: 2003-11-16

Charles II: The Power and the Passion is an award-winning British television mini-series,...

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In the Beginning

as Mature Rebeccah
First aired: 2000-11-12

In the Beginning is a 2-part biblical television miniseries directed by Kevin Connor. It stars...

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Wogan

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1982-05-04

Wogan is a British television chat show

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Wogan

as Self
First aired: 1982-05-04

Wogan is a British television chat show

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Detectorists

as Veronica
First aired: 2014-10-02

The lives of two eccentric metal detectorists, who spend their days plodding along ploughed...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Christine
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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The Sentimental Agent

as uncredited
First aired: 1963-09-28

The Sentimental Agent is a television drama series spin-off from Man of the World. It was...

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The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

as Mrs. Golightly
First aired: 1996-12-01

Ever since her birth in Newgate Prison, Moll has survived by her cunning wit, and considerable...

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Bleak House

as Lady Honoria Dedlock
First aired: 1985-04-10

Bleak House is BBC television drama first broadcast in 1985. The serial was adapted by Arthur...

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Black Narcissus

as Mother Dorothea
First aired: 2020-11-23

Himalayas, 1934. A remote clifftop palace once known as the ‘House of Women’ holds many dark...

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Affairs of the Heart

as Grace Gracedew
First aired: 1983-08-23

Affairs of the Heart is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1983 to 1985. Starring Derek...

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The Serpent Son

as Clytemnestra
First aired: 1979-03-07

Adaptation of the Aeschylus trilogy by Frederic Raphael and Kenneth McLeish.

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Rebecca

as Mrs. Danvers
First aired: 1997-01-05

Based on the Gothic romance novel by Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca is a classic tale of love and...

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The Mrs Bradley Mysteries

as Adela Bradley
First aired: 1998-08-31

Sophisticated woman-of-the world Adela Bradley and her chauffeur George Moody are an unlikely...

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Mother Love

as Helena Vesey
First aired: 1989-10-29

Christopher "Kit" Vesey and Angela Vesey, a British yuppie couple, enjoy a seemingly idyllic...

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Three Piece Suite

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-03-15

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Armchair Theatre

as Anita Fender
First aired: 1956-07-08

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the...

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