1938Born, Doncaster
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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…
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Game of ThronesOlenna Tyrell
Last Night in SohoMs. Collins
Doctor WhoMrs Gillyflower
On Her Majesty's Secret ServiceTracy Di Vicenzo
The Painted VeilMother Superior2021Last Night in SohoMs. CollinsMovie
2020Black NarcissusMother Dorothea · 3 episodesShow
2020The Snail and the WhaleNarrator (voice)Movie
2017A Christmas Carol Goes WrongAunt DianaMovie
2017BreatheLady NevilleMovie
2016VictoriaDuchess of Buccleuch · 8 episodesShow
2015Professor Branestawm ReturnsLady PagwellMovie
2015The Honourable RebelNarratorMovie
2015You, Me and the ApocalypseSutton, Sutton (voice) · 4 episodesShow
2014Penn Zero: Part-Time HeroMayor Pink Panda (voice) · 3 episodesShow
2014DetectoristsVeronica · 6 episodesShow
2006The Painted VeilMother SuperiorMovie
2005HeidiGrandmammaMovie
2005ExtrasDiana Rigg · 1 episodeShow
2003Charles II: The Power and The PassionQueen Henrietta Maria · 2 episodesShow
2001Victoria & AlbertBaroness LehzenMovie
2001Victoria & AlbertBaroness Lehzen · 2 episodesShow
2001Murder in MindJill Craig · 1 episodeShow
2000In the BeginningMature Rebeccah · 2 episodesShow
1999Parting ShotsLisaMovie
1998The AmericanMadame de BellegardeMovie
1998The Mrs Bradley MysteriesAdela Bradley · 5 episodesShow
1997Danielle Steel's ZoyaEvgeniaMovie
1997RebeccaMrs. Danvers · 2 episodesShow
1996Samson and DelilahMara · 2 episodesShow
1996The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll FlandersMrs Golightly · 1 episodeShow
1996The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll FlandersMrs. GolightlyMovie
1995The Haunting of Helen WalkerMrs. GroseMovie
1994The World of Jim HensonLady Holiday (archive footage)Movie
1994A Good Man in AfricaChloe FanshaweMovie
1994Running DelilahJudithMovie
1993Genghis CohnBaroness Frieda von StangelMovie
1992Mrs. 'Arris Goes to ParisMme. ColbertMovie
1989Mother LoveHelena Vesey · 4 episodesShow
1989Unexplained LaughterLydiaMovie
1989Black Leather JacketEmma Peel (segment "Death at Bargain Prices") (archive footage)Movie
1988The Play on OneLydia · 1 episodeShow
1987A Hazard of HeartsLady Harriet VulcanMovie
1987Snow WhiteEvil QueenMovie
1986The Worst WitchConstance HardbroomMovie
1985Bleak HouseLady Honoria Dedlock · 7 episodesShow
1985Screen TwoFrieda von Stangel · 1 episodeShow
1983King LearReganMovie
1982Witness for the ProsecutionChristine VoleMovie
1982Little EyolfRita AllmersMovie
1982Evil Under the SunArlena Stuart MarshallMovie
1981The Great Muppet CaperLady HolidayMovie
1981Hedda GablerHedda GablerMovie
1980The MarquiseThe Marquise EloiseMovie
1979The Serpent SonClytemnestra · 3 episodesShow
1977A Little Night MusicCharlotte MittelheimMovie
1977Three Piece SuiteVarious Characters · 6 episodesShow
1977Three Piece SuiteVarious RolesMovie
1975In This House of BredeDame PhilippaMovie
1974Affairs of the HeartGrace Gracedew · 1 episodeShow
1973DianaDiana Smythe · 15 episodesShow
1973Theatre of BloodEdwina LionheartMovie
1971The HospitalBarbara DrummondMovie
1970Julius CaesarPortiaMovie
1969On Her Majesty's Secret ServiceTracy Di VicenzoMovie
1969The Assassination BureauSonya WinterMovie
1969MinikillersWoman touristMovie
1969The DiademSecret AgentMovie
1968A Midsummer Night's DreamHelenaMovie
1965BBC Play of the MonthRita Allmers · 1 episodeShow
1964The HothouseAnita FenderMovie
1964Our Man in the CaribbeanFrancy (archive footage)Movie
1963FestivalAdriana, Wife to Antipholus of Ephesus · 1 episodeShow
1956Armchair TheatreAnita Fender · 1 episodeShow
1951Hallmark Hall of FameChristine · 1 episodeShow
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