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Diana Rigg

Diana Rigg

Known For Acting
Birthday Jul 20, 1938
Died Sep 10, 2020 (82)
Birthplace Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Jul 17, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 Lond ... on 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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Last Night in Soho

Last Night in Soho

2021

as Ms. Collins

The Snail and the Whale

The Snail and the Whale

2020

as Narrator (voice)

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

2017

as Aunt Diana

Breathe

Breathe

2017

as Lady Neville

The Honourable Rebel

The Honourable Rebel

2015

as Narrator

The Painted Veil

The Painted Veil

2006

as Mother Superior

Heidi

Heidi

2005

as Grandmamma

Bond Girls Are Forever

Bond Girls Are Forever

2002

as Tracy Di Vicenzo (archive footage)

Best Ever Bond

Best Ever Bond

2002

as Tracy Vincenzo (archive footage) (uncredited)

Victoria & Albert

Victoria & Albert

2001

as Baroness Lehzen

Parting Shots

Parting Shots

1999

as Lisa

The American

The American

1998

as Madame de Bellegarde

Danielle Steel's Zoya

Danielle Steel's Zoya

1997

as Evgenia

Samson and Delilah

Samson and Delilah

1996

as Mara

The Haunting of Helen Walker

The Haunting of Helen Walker

1995

as Mrs. Grose

Genghis Cohn

Genghis Cohn

1994

as Baroness Frieda von Stangel

A Good Man in Africa

A Good Man in Africa

1994

as Chloe Fanshawe

Running Delilah

Running Delilah

1994

as Judith

The World of Jim Henson

The World of Jim Henson

1994

as Lady Holiday (archive footage)

Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris

Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris

1992

as Mme. Colbert

Unexplained Laughter

Unexplained Laughter

1989

as Lydia

Black Leather Jacket

Black Leather Jacket

1989

as Emma Peel (segment "Death at Bargain Prices") (archive footage)

A Hazard of Hearts

A Hazard of Hearts

1987

as Lady Harriet Vulcan

Snow White

Snow White

1987

as Evil Queen

The Worst Witch

The Worst Witch

1986

as Constance Hardbroom

King Lear

King Lear

1983

as Regan

Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution

1982

as Christine Vole

Little Eyolf

Little Eyolf

1982

as Rita Allmers

Evil Under the Sun

Evil Under the Sun

1982

as Arlena Stuart Marshall

Hedda Gabler

Hedda Gabler

1981

as Hedda Gabler

The Great Muppet Caper

The Great Muppet Caper

1981

as Lady Holiday

The Marquise

The Marquise

1980

as The Marquise Eloise

A Little Night Music

A Little Night Music

1977

as Charlotte Mittelheim

In This House of Brede

In This House of Brede

1975

as Dame Philippa

Theatre of Blood

Theatre of Blood

1973

as Edwina Lionheart

The Hospital

The Hospital

1971

as Barbara Drummond

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

1970

as Portia

The Assassination Bureau

The Assassination Bureau

1969

as Sonya Winter

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

1969

as Tracy Di Vicenzo

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1968

as Helena

The Hothouse

The Hothouse

1964

as Anita Fender

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

The Avengers

as Emma Peel

Episodes: 51

First Aired: Jan 07, 1961

Game of Thrones

as Olenna Tyrell

Episodes: 20

First Aired: Apr 17, 2011

Diana

as Diana Smythe

Episodes: 15

First Aired: Sep 10, 1973

Victoria

as Duchess of Buccleuch

Episodes: 9

First Aired: Aug 28, 2016

Bleak House

as Lady Honoria Dedlock

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Apr 10, 1985

Affairs of the Heart

as Grace Gracedew

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Aug 23, 1983

Detectorists

as Veronica

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Oct 02, 2014

The Mrs Bradley Mysteries

as Adela Bradley

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Aug 31, 1998

Mother Love

as Helena Vesey

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Oct 29, 1989

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

as Mrs. Golightly

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Dec 01, 1996

You, Me and the Apocalypse

as Sutton

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 30, 2015

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

as Mayor Pink Panda (voice)

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Dec 05, 2014

The Serpent Son

as Clytemnestra

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Mar 07, 1979

Black Narcissus

as Mother Dorothea

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Nov 23, 2020

Charles II: The Power and The Passion

as Queen Henrietta Maria

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Nov 16, 2003

Rebecca

as Mrs. Danvers

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 05, 1997

In the Beginning

as Mature Rebeccah

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Nov 12, 2000

Samson and Delilah

as Mara

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Dec 08, 1996

All Creatures Great & Small

as Mrs Pumphrey

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 01, 2020

Victoria & Albert

as Baroness Lehzen

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Aug 20, 2001

Extras

as Diana Rigg

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 21, 2005

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Christine

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 24, 1951

BBC Play of the Month

as Rita Allmers

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 19, 1965

Doctor Who

as Mrs Gillyflower

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 26, 2005

Murder in Mind

as Jill Craig

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 22, 2001

You, Me and the Apocalypse

as Sutton (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 2015

Armchair Theatre

as Anita Fender

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 08, 1956

The Play on One

as Lydia

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 19, 1988

Masterpiece Mystery

as Self

Episodes: 941

First Aired: Feb 05, 1980

Wogan

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: May 04, 1982

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Apr 01, 1956

The Sentimental Agent

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 1963

Three Piece Suite

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 15, 1977

Wogan

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 04, 1982

The Kumars

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 15, 2014

Tony Awards

as Self - Co-Host/Presenter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 01, 1956

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

V.I.P. Schaukel

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 09, 1971

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

as Self - Participant

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 24, 2011

Tony Awards

as Self - Host

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 01, 1956

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 11, 1961

Tony Awards

as Self - Winner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 01, 1956

Parkinson

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1998

Omnibus

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 13, 1967

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

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Year Month Avg Max Min
2024 5 28 38 19
2024 6 21 29 15
2024 7 29 41 18
2024 8 23 40 12
2024 9 19 31 11
2024 10 19 56 11
2024 11 13 21 9
2024 12 16 22 10
2025 1 18 27 9
2025 2 12 21 2
2025 3 8 18 1
2025 4 1 1 1
2025 5 3 3 1
2025 6 1 2 1
2025 7 1 1 1
2025 8 1 1 1

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2024 5 643 374
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