Diana Rigg
Acting
Born: 1938-07-20 · Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK
Died: 2020-09-10
Biography
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 195
🎬 Movies (20)
Last Night in Soho
2021
Ms. Collins
The Snail and the Whale
2020
Narrator (voice)
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
2017
Aunt Diana
Breathe
2017
Lady Neville
Professor Branestawm Returns
2015
Lady Pagwell
The Honourable Rebel
2015
Narrator
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
Self (archive material)
The Lark Ascending
2012
Self - Presenter (as Dame Diana Rigg)
The Painted Veil
2006
Mother Superior
Heidi
2005
Grandmamma
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
Self
Victoria & Albert
2001
Baroness Lehzen
Parting Shots
1999
Lisa
The American
1998
Madame de Bellegarde
Danielle Steel's Zoya
1997
Evgenia
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
1996
Mrs. Golightly
The Haunting of Helen Walker
1995
Mrs. Grose
The World of Jim Henson
1994
Lady Holiday (archive footage)
A Good Man in Africa
1994
Chloe Fanshawe
Running Delilah
1994
Judith
📺 TV Shows (20)
Black Narcissus
2020
Mother Dorothea
All Creatures Great & Small
2020
Mrs Pumphrey
Victoria
2016
Duchess of Buccleuch
You, Me and the Apocalypse
2015
Sutton
You, Me and the Apocalypse
2015
Sutton (voice)
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014
Mayor Pink Panda (voice)
Detectorists
2014
Veronica
The Kumars
2014
Self
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
Self - Participant
Game of Thrones
2011
Olenna Tyrell
Extras
2005
Diana Rigg
Doctor Who
2005
Mrs Gillyflower
Charles II: The Power and The Passion
2003
Queen Henrietta Maria
Victoria & Albert
2001
Baroness Lehzen
Murder in Mind
2001
Jill Craig
In the Beginning
2000
Mature Rebeccah
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
1998
Adela Bradley
Parkinson
1998
Self
Rebecca
1997
Mrs. Danvers
Samson and Delilah
1996
Mara