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Diana Rigg
Highest Rated: 100% The Hospital (1971)
Lowest Rated: 10% A Good Man in Africa (1994)
Birthday: Jul 20, 1938
Birthplace: Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK
The poised, effortlessly versatile veteran of stage, film and television for over five decades, Dame Diana Rigg was a rara avis: a flawless interpreter of Shakespeare and other classical stage work, as well as a thinking man's sex symbol as Mrs. Emma Peel, the catsuit-sporting crime fighter on "The Avengers" (ITV, 1961-69). Rigg's cool beauty and knack for witty banter made her an idol among male viewers during the 1960s, but she struggled to overcome the character's superhuman charms after leaving the show. She instead found lasting fame and respect on Broadway and television, where she netted Tony and Emmy awards as formidable figures like Medea, Mrs. Danvers in "Rebecca" (ITV, 1996), and Olenna Tyrell in "Game of Thrones" (HBO 2011- ). Though fondly remembered for "The Avengers" decades later, Rigg's body of work made her one of the most accomplished and respected actresses in the business.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75% | 90% | Last Night in Soho | Miss Collins (Character) | $10.1M | 2021 |
| 68% | 72% | Breathe | Lady Neville (Character) | $489.4K | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Honourable Rebel | Narrator | - | 2015 |
| 74% | 85% | The Painted Veil | Mother Superior (Character) | $8.0M | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | Heidi | Grandmamma (Character) | - | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 88% | The Last King | Queen Henrietta Maria (Character) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | Victoria & Albert | Baroness Lehzen (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 17% | The American | Madame de Bellegarde (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 21% | Parting Shots | Lisa (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries: Speedy Death | Adela Bradley (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders | Mrs. Golightly (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 12% | The Haunting of Helen Walker | Mrs. Grose (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 10% | 27% | A Good Man in Africa | Chloe Fanshawe (Character) | $2.2M | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Running Delilah | Judith (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Genghis Cohn | Baroness Frieda von Stangel (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 81% | Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris | Mme. Colbert (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Unexplained Laughter | Unknown (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 70% | Snow White | Evil Queen (Character) | $87.0M | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | A Hazard of Hearts | Lady Harriet Vulcan (Character) | - | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | The Worst Witch | Miss Constance Hardbroom (Character) | - | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 61% | King Lear | Regan (Character) | - | 1983 |
| 92% | 73% | Evil Under the Sun | Arlena Marshall (Character) | - | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | 25% | Hedda Gabler | Hedda Gabler (Character) | - | 1981 |
| 78% | 78% | The Great Muppet Caper | Lady Holiday (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Marquise | Eloise (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 17% | 29% | A Little Night Music | Charlotte Mittelheim (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | In This House of Brede | Philippa (Character) | - | 1975 |
| 88% | 81% | Theater of Blood | Edwina Lionheart (Character) | - | 1973 |
| 100% | 74% | The Hospital | Miss Barbara Drummond (Character) | - | 1971 |
| 40% | 36% | Julius Caesar | Portia (Character) | - | 1970 |
| 78% | 69% | The Assassination Bureau | Sonya Winter (Character) | - | 1969 |
| 81% | 64% | 007 On Her Majesty's Secret Service | Tracy (Character) | - | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | 55% | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Helena (Character) | - | 1968 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57% | 34% | Black Narcissus | Mother Dorothea (Character) | 2020 |
| 99% | 82% | All Creatures Great and Small | Mrs Pumphrey (Character) | 2020 |
| 100% | 94% | Detectorists | Veronica (Character) | 2017 |
| 87% | 83% | Victoria on Masterpiece | Duchess Of Buccleuch (Character) | 2017 |
| 89% | 85% | Game of Thrones | Lady Olenna Tyrell (Guest Star) | 2013-2017 |
| 83% | 88% | You, Me and the Apocalypse | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Self | 2014 |
| 90% | 65% | Doctor Who | Mrs. Gillyflower (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mystery! |
Unknown (Character), Host |
1999 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder in Mind | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries | Unknown (Character) | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masterpiece Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | An Avonlea Christmas | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | The Avengers | Unknown (Character) | 1964-1968 |