Diana Rigg

Also known as Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg, Diana Elizabeth Rigg, Dame Diana Rigg

English actress (1938–2020)

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Diana Rigg was an acclaimed English actress who lived from 1938 to 2020 and became widely known for her iconic television and film roles. She is remembered as one of the most talented performers of her generation, with a career that spanned decades and earned her numerous accolades and a lasting cultural legacy.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Elizabeth
Gender: female
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Doncaster
Place of death: London
Child: Rachael Stirling
Occupation: actor
Employer: University of Oxford
Languages spoken: French
Native language: English language
Field of work: television series
Image: Diana Rigg 1973 (3).jpg
Residence: Hammersmith

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Commons category: Diana Rigg
start of work period: 1957-00-00
date of birth: 1938-07-20
nominated for: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
name in native language: Diana Rigg
member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
date of death: 2020-09-10
manner of death: natural causes
cause of death: cancer
described at URL: www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/obituaries/diana-rigg-dead.html
end of work period: 2020-00-00
birth name: Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg
unmarried partner: Philip Saville

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Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg (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 role in Medea in the West End in 1993 followed by Broadway a year later.

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 Abelard & Heloise in 1971. Her role as Emma Peel in The Avengers made her a sex symbol. For her role in Medea, both in London and New York, she won the 1994 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play and became a four-time Laurence Olivier Award nominee. She was appointed CBE in 1988 and a Dame in 1994 for services to drama.

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