Personal Info
Known Credits
51
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1938-07-20 (87 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK
Also Known For
Dame Diana RiggDame Enid Diana Elizabeth RiggДайана Ригг
Diana Rigg
Biography
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 ...
Known For
Acting
2021 --
Last Night in Soho
| Ms. Collins
2020 --
The Snail and the Whale
| Narrator (voice)
2017 --
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
| Aunt Diana
2017 --
Breathe
| Lady Neville
2015 --
Professor Branestawm Returns
| Lady Pagwell
2015 --
The Honourable Rebel
| Narrator
2015 --
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
| Self (archive material)
2006 --
The Painted Veil
| Mother Superior
2005 --
Heidi
| Grandmamma
2003 --
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
| Self
2002 --
Best Ever Bond
| Tracy Vincenzo (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002 --
Bond Girls Are Forever
| Tracy Di Vicenzo (archive footage)
2001 --
Victoria & Albert
| Baroness Lehzen
1999 --
Parting Shots
| Lisa
1998 --
The American
| Madame de Bellegarde
1997 --
Danielle Steel's Zoya
| Evgenia
1996 --
Samson and Delilah
| Mara
1996 --
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
| Mrs. Golightly
1995 --
The Haunting of Helen Walker
| Mrs. Grose
1994 --
The World of Jim Henson
| Lady Holiday (archive footage)
1994 --
A Good Man in Africa
| Chloe Fanshawe
1994 --
Running Delilah
| Judith
1993 --
Genghis Cohn
| Baroness Frieda von Stangel
1992 --
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
| Mme. Colbert
1989 --
Unexplained Laughter
| Lydia
1989 --
Black Leather Jacket
| Emma Peel (segment "Death at Bargain Prices") (archive footage)
1987 --
A Hazard of Hearts
| Lady Harriet Vulcan
1987 --
Snow White
| Evil Queen
1986 --
The Worst Witch
| Constance Hardbroom
1983 --
King Lear
| Regan
1982 --
Witness for the Prosecution
| Christine Vole
1982 --
Little Eyolf
| Rita Allmers
1982 --
Evil Under the Sun
| Arlena Stuart Marshall
1982 --
The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
| Self / Arlena Stuart Marshall
1981 --
The Great Muppet Caper
| Lady Holiday
1981 --
Hedda Gabler
| Hedda Gabler
1980 --
The Marquise
| The Marquise Eloise
1977 --
A Little Night Music
| Charlotte Mittelheim
1977 --
Three Piece Suite
| Various Roles
1975 --
In This House of Brede
| Dame Philippa
1973 --
Theatre of Blood
| Edwina Lionheart
1971 --
The Hospital
| Barbara Drummond
1970 --
Julius Caesar
| Portia
1969 --
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
| Tracy Di Vicenzo
1969 --
The Assassination Bureau
| Sonya Winter
1969 --
Minikillers
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1969 --
The Diadem
| Secret Agent
1969 --
Swiss Movement
| Self
1969 --
Shot On Ice
| Self
1968 --
A Midsummer Night's Dream
| Helena
1964 --
The Hothouse
| Anita Fender