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Diana Rigg

Jul 20, 1938 - Sep 10, 2020 (82 years old) in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK

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.

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Game of Thrones
Olenna Tyrell
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Doctor Who
Mrs Gillyflower
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The Avengers
Emma Peel
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BBC Play of the Month
Rita Allmers
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Tony Awards
Self - Co-Host/Presenter
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The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
Mrs. Golightly
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Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Mayor Pink Panda (voice)
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Extras
Diana Rigg
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Omnibus
Self
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Masterpiece Mystery
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