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    Diana Rigg

    1938-07-20 (86 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Diana Rigg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

    Movies

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    Last Night in Soho
    73 %|Oct 21, 2021
    Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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    The Snail and the Whale
    63 %|Oct 21, 2020
    Animation, Family
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    A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
    79 %|Dec 30, 2017
    Comedy, TV Movie
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    Breathe
    74.55 %|Oct 13, 2017
    Drama, Romance
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    The Honourable Rebel
    0 %|Dec 4, 2015
    Drama, History
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    The Painted Veil
    72.45 %|Dec 9, 2006
    Romance, Drama
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    Heidi
    75 %|Aug 19, 2005
    Drama, Family
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    Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
    70 %|Apr 3, 2003
    Music, Documentary, History
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    Best Ever Bond
    50 %|Nov 22, 2002
    Documentary, Action
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    Bond Girls Are Forever
    58 %|Nov 6, 2002
    Documentary
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    Victoria & Albert
    77 %|Aug 26, 2001
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    Parting Shots
    61 %|May 14, 1999
    Romance, Crime, Comedy
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    The American
    58 %|Dec 26, 1998
    Drama, Romance, TV Movie
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    Danielle Steel's Zoya
    51 %|Jul 26, 1997
    Drama, Romance
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    Samson and Delilah
    65 %|Dec 8, 1996
    Adventure, Drama, TV Movie
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    The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders
    63 %|Oct 13, 1996
    Comedy, Drama, Romance, TV Movie
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    The Haunting of Helen Walker
    43 %|Dec 3, 1995
    Horror, Thriller, TV Movie
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    The World of Jim Henson
    73 %|Nov 23, 1994
    Documentary
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    A Good Man in Africa
    52 %|Jul 14, 1994
    Comedy, Drama
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    Running Delilah
    63 %|Mar 22, 1994
    Science Fiction, Romance, Action, TV Movie, Crime
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    Genghis Cohn
    45 %|Mar 2, 1994
    Comedy, TV Movie
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    Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
    80 %|Dec 27, 1992
    Drama
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    Unexplained Laughter
    0 %|Apr 25, 1989
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Black Leather Jacket
    0 %|Jan 1, 1989
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    A Hazard of Hearts
    81 %|Dec 27, 1987
    Drama, Romance, TV Movie
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    Snow White
    66 %|May 14, 1987
    Fantasy
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    The Worst Witch
    60 %|Oct 31, 1986
    TV Movie, Family, Comedy, Fantasy, Music
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    King Lear
    65 %|Apr 3, 1983
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Witness for the Prosecution
    60 %|Dec 4, 1982
    Crime
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    Little Eyolf
    60 %|Jul 19, 1982
    Drama
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    Evil Under the Sun
    68.89999999999999 %|Mar 5, 1982
    Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Drama
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    The Great Muppet Caper
    68 %|Jun 26, 1981
    Family, Crime, Comedy, Mystery, Music
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    Hedda Gabler
    70 %|Mar 3, 1981
    Drama
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    The Marquise
    0 %|Sep 7, 1980
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    A Little Night Music
    63 %|Sep 30, 1977
    Romance, Music, Comedy
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    Three Piece Suite
    0 %|Jan 1, 1977
    Drama, Comedy
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    In This House of Brede
    60 %|Feb 27, 1975
    Drama
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    Theatre of Blood
    67.36 %|Mar 16, 1973
    Comedy, Horror
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    The Hospital
    66 %|Dec 14, 1971
    Comedy, Drama, Mystery
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    Julius Caesar
    57 %|Jun 4, 1970
    War, Drama, History
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    On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    65.75 %|Dec 18, 1969
    Adventure, Action, Thriller
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    The Assassination Bureau
    64 %|Mar 9, 1969
    Comedy, Crime, Adventure
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    Minikillers
    0 %|Jan 3, 1969
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    Shot On Ice
    40 %|Jan 1, 1969
    Documentary
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    Swiss Movement
    60 %|Jan 1, 1969
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    The Diadem
    0 %|Jan 1, 1969
    Action, Crime
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    A Midsummer Night's Dream
    55 %|Sep 30, 1968
    Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
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    The Hothouse
    0 %|Dec 13, 1964
    Drama, TV Movie

    Series

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    Black Narcissus
    67 %|Nov 23, 2020
    Drama
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    All Creatures Great & Small
    81.28 %|Sep 1, 2020
    Drama, Comedy
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    Victoria
    73 %|Aug 28, 2016
    Drama
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    You, Me and the Apocalypse
    69.48 %|Sep 30, 2015
    Drama, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    You, Me and the Apocalypse
    69.48 %|Sep 30, 2015
    Drama, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
    71 %|Dec 5, 2014
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
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    Detectorists
    82 %|Oct 2, 2014
    Comedy
    actor
    The Kumars
    50 %|Jan 15, 2014
    Talk, Comedy
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    Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
    50 %|Oct 24, 2011
    Talk
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    Game of Thrones
    84.56 %|Apr 17, 2011
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure
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    Extras
    77.71 %|Jul 21, 2005
    Comedy
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    Doctor Who
    75 %|Mar 26, 2005
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Victoria & Albert
    60 %|Aug 20, 2001
    Drama
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    Murder in Mind
    85 %|Apr 22, 2001
    Drama, Crime
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    In the Beginning
    60 %|Nov 12, 2000
    Drama
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    The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
    69 %|Aug 31, 1998
    Drama, Mystery
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    Parkinson
    0 %|Jan 9, 1998
    Talk
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    Rebecca
    59 %|Jan 5, 1997
    Drama
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    Samson and Delilah
    0 %|Dec 8, 1996
    Drama
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    Mother Love
    63 %|Oct 29, 1989
    Drama
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    The Play on One
    55 %|Jan 19, 1988
    Drama
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    Bleak House
    60 %|Apr 10, 1985
    Drama
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    Affairs of the Heart
    60 %|Aug 23, 1983
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    Wogan
    45 %|May 4, 1982
    Talk
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    Wogan
    45 %|May 4, 1982
    Talk
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    Masterpiece Mystery
    80 %|Feb 5, 1980
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    The Serpent Son
    90 %|Mar 7, 1979
    Drama
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    Three Piece Suite
    0 %|Mar 15, 1977
    actor
    Diana
    50 %|Sep 10, 1973
    Comedy
    actor
    V.I.P. Schaukel
    60 %|May 9, 1971
    Talk, Documentary
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    BBC Play of the Month
    50 %|Oct 19, 1965
    Drama
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    The Sentimental Agent
    55 %|Sep 28, 1963
    Action & Adventure, Drama
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    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
    73.60000000000001 %|Oct 1, 1962
    Talk
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    The Mike Douglas Show
    48 %|Dec 11, 1961
    Comedy, Talk
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    The Avengers
    77 %|Jan 7, 1961
    Action & Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Armchair Theatre
    58 %|Jul 8, 1956
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    Tony Awards
    50 %|Apr 1, 1956
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    Tony Awards
    50 %|Apr 1, 1956
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    Tony Awards
    50 %|Apr 1, 1956
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    Tony Awards
    50 %|Apr 1, 1956
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    Hallmark Hall of Fame
    88 %|Dec 24, 1951
    Drama