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Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg DBE (20 July 1938 – 10 September 2020) was an English actress of stage and screen. Her roles include Emma Peel in the TV series The Avengers (1965–1968); Countess Teresa di Vicenzo , wife of James Bond , in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969); Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones (2013–2017); and the title ...
British actress Dame Diana Rigg was born on July 20, 1938 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England. She has had an extensive career in film and 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.
Sep 10, 2020 · Actress Dame Diana Rigg, famous for roles including Emma Peel in TV series The Avengers and Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones, has died at the age of 82. Her daughter, actress Rachael Stirling,...
Sep 10, 2020 · Dame Diana Rigg enjoyed a long and distinguished acting career on stage, in film and on television. The range of her roles was enormous, from serious drama to high camp. She was the only Bond...
Sep 10, 2020 · British actress Diana Rigg, whose decades-long acting career spanned 1960s spy series “The Avengers,” classical theater and “Game of Thrones,” has died aged 82.
Sep 10, 2020 · After learning her trade as theatre actress, Dame Diana Rigg, who has died at the age of 82, became a household name overnight by playing Emma Peel in The Avengers in the 1960s.
Sep 10, 2020 · Dame Diana Rigg, who has died aged 82, was one of the most gifted classical stage actresses of her generation, yet to most people her name is indelibly associated with a television role she...
Sep 10, 2020 · Tributes are being paid to "icon" Dame Diana Rigg, a Bond actress and star of The Avengers and Game Of Thrones, who has died at the age of 82. The award-winning actress died of cancer, which had been diagnosed in March, surrounded by her family on Thursday morning.
Sep 11, 2020 · Mighty from the Avengers to Game of Thrones, James Bond’s match in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, macabre in Theatre of Blood and malicious in Evil Under the Sun, Yorkshire lass Diana Rigg was a lifetime acting devotee who inspired cult devotion.
Sep 10, 2020 · LONDON (AP) — Diana Rigg, a commanding British actress whose career stretched from iconic 1960s spy series “The Avengers” to fantasy juggernaut “Game of Thrones,” has died. She was 82.