Diana Rigg

Dame Diana Rigg (Doncaster (Yorkshire), 20 July 1938) is a British actress. She has her second lived in India until her eighth birthday.

She is best known for her role as Emma Peel in the television series the Avengers (The Avengers, 1965 - 1967) and her role in the Bondmovie On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969).

She is knighted in June 1994 because of her many contributions to theatre and film.

In the late 1990s there appeared an article in the Dutch newspaperAlgemeen Dagblad"" in which she was described as the "grandmother of the Girl Power", in particular thanks to its role as the heroic and charming Emma Peel. Rigg has also taken this role's distance, and at trade shows and other gatherings of "Avengers"-fans is they invariably the big absentee.



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[hide] *1 Family  ==Family[ Edit] == Diana Rigg was married to Menahem Gueffen (from July 1973 to september 1976) and Archibald Stirling (from March 1982 to 1990), a play producer. With Archie Stirling she has a daughter, the actress Rachael Stirling Atlanta, born in 1977. ==Filmography[ Edit] == ===Television (series and films)[ Edit] === ===Film<span class="mw-editsection" len="321" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ==Awards and nominations<span class="mw-editsection" len="338" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * 2 Filmography
 * 2.1 television (series and films)
 * 2.2 Film
 * 3 awards and nominations
 * 4 external links
 * 1964: The Comedy of Errors as Adriana
 * 1965-1967: The Avengers as Emma Peel (The Avengers)
 * 1973: Diana as Diana Smythe
 * 1975: In This House or wide as the Lady Phillipa
 * 1979: Oresteia as Clytemnestra
 * 1980: The Marquise as Eloise (the Marquise)
 * 1982: Witness for the Prosecution as Christine Vole
 * 1982: Play of the Month: Little Eyolf as Rita Allmers
 * 1984: King Lear as Regan
 * 1985: Bleak House (mini-series) as Lady Dedlock
 * 1986: The Worst Witch as Miss Hard bromine
 * 1987: A Hazard of Hearts as Lady Harriet Vulcan
 * 1988: Unexplained Laughter as Lydia
 * 1989: Mother Love (mini series) as Helena Vesey
 * 1989-????: Mystery! If the presenter
 * 1992: Mrs. ' arris Goes to Paris as Mme Colbert
 * 1993: Genghis Cohn as Baroness Frieda von Stangel
 * 1994: A Good Man in Africa as Chloe Fanshawe
 * 1994: Running Delilah as Judith
 * 1995: Zoya as Evgenia
 * 1995: The Haunting or Helen Walker as Mrs. Grose
 * 1996: The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders as Mrs. Golightly
 * 1996: Samson and Delilah as Mara
 * 1996: Rebecca as Mrs. Danvers
 * 1998, 1999: The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries as Mrs. Adela Bradley
 * 2000: In the Beginning (mini-series) as Mature Rebeccah
 * 2001: The American as Mme de Bellegarde
 * 2001: Victoria & Albert as Baroness Lehzen
 * 2003: Charles II (mini-series) as Queen Henrietta Maria
 * 2013-: Game of Thrones as Lady Olenna Tyrell
 * 2013: Doctor Who as Winifred Gillyflower
 * 1962: Our Man in the Caribbean
 * 1968: A Midsummer night's Dream as Helena
 * 1969: The Assassination Bureau as Miss Winter
 * 1969: James Bond: On Her Majesty's Secret Service as Tracy
 * 1970: Julius Caesar as Portia
 * 1971: The Hospital as Miss Barbara Drummond
 * 1973: Theatre of Blood as Edwina Lionheart
 * 1977: A Little Night Music as Charlotte Mittelheim
 * 1981: The Great Muppet Caper as Lady Holiday
 * 1982: Evil Under the Sun as Arlena Stuart Marshall
 * 1988: Cannon Movie Tales: Cinderella as Lady Maude Triklay
 * 1988: as Snow White Evil Queen
 * 1999: Parting Shots as Lisa
 * 2006: The Painted Veil
 * Nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series for her role in the television series the Avengers) in both 1967 and 1968
 * Tony nomination for her role in the theatre production Abelard and Heloise from 1972.
 * Nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Special Program-Drama or Comedy for her role in the television series In This House of Brede in 1975
 * Tony nomination for her role in the theatre production of The Misanthrope from 1975.
 * Tony for her role in the theatre production Medea.
 * Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special for her role in Rebecca
 * By the TV Guide in the u.s. named the sexiest TV star of all time.