07/20/1938
Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK:
Diana Rigg (Doncaster; 20 de julio de 1938 - Londres; 10 de septiembre de 2020) fue una actriz británica. De 1965 a 1968 interpretó el papel de Emma Peel en la serie de televisión Los vengadores, en 1969 interpretó a la Condesa Teresa di Vincenzo, esposa de James Bond en la película On Her Majesty's Secret Service (007 al servicio de su Majestad) y entre 2013 y 2017 a Olenna Tyrell, la Reina de Espinas, en la serie Juego de Tronos. En teatro interpretó, entre otros, el papel de Medea, en Londres y Nueva York por el que ganó en 1994 el Premio Tony como mejor actriz principal en una obra de teatro. Por sus servicios al teatro fue reconocida con la Orden del Imperio Británico en 1988, y en 1994 se le nombró Dame. Rigg hizo su debut profesional en el escenario en 1957 en El círculo de tiza caucasiano, luego se unió a la Royal Shakespeare Company en 1959. Hizo su debut en Broadway en la producción de 1971 de Abelardo & Eloisa. Sus papeles cinematográficos incluyen Helena en Sueño de una noche de verano (1968); Lady Holiday en The Great Muppet Caper (1981) y Arlena Marshall en Muerte bajo el sol (1982). Ganó el premio BAFTA TV a la mejor actriz por la miniserie de la BBC Mother Love (1989) y un premio Emmy por su papel de Mrs. Danvers en una adaptación de Rebecca (1997). Sus otros créditos televisivos incluyen You, Me and the Apocalypse (2015), Detectorists (2015) y el episodio de Doctor Who «The Crimson Horror» (2013) con su hija, la también actriz Rachael Stirling.
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Last Night in Soho (2021) as Ms. Collins |
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The Snail and the Whale (2020) as Narrator (voice) |
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A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong (2017) as Aunt Diana |
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Breathe (2017) as Lady Neville |
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Professor Branestawm Returns (2015) as Lady Pagwell |
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The Honourable Rebel (2015) as Narrator |
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Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC (2015) as Self (archive material) |
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The Lark Ascending (2012) as Self - Presenter (as Dame Diana Rigg) |
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The Painted Veil (2006) as Mother Superior |
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Heidi (2005) as Grandmamma |
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003) as Self |
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Victoria & Albert (2001) as Baroness Lehzen |
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Parting Shots (1999) as Lisa |
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The American (1998) as Madame de Bellegarde |
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Danielle Steel's Zoya (1997) as Evgenia |
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The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996) as Mrs. Golightly |
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The Haunting of Helen Walker (1995) as Mrs. Grose |
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The World of Jim Henson (1994) as Lady Holiday (archive footage) |
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A Good Man in Africa (1994) as Chloe Fanshawe |
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Running Delilah (1994) as Judith |
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Genghis Cohn (1993) as Baroness Frieda von Stangel |
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Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris (1992) as Mme. Colbert |
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Unexplained Laughter (1989) as Lydia |
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Black Leather Jacket (1989) as Emma Peel (segment "Death at Bargain Prices") (archive footage) |
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A Hazard of Hearts (1987) as Lady Harriet Vulcan |
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Snow White (1987) as Evil Queen |
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The Worst Witch (1986) as Constance Hardbroom |
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King Lear (1983) as Regan |
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Witness for the Prosecution (1982) as Christine Vole |
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Little Eyolf (1982) as Rita Allmers |
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Evil Under the Sun (1982) as Arlena Stuart Marshall |
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The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' (1982) as Self / Arlena Stuart Marshall |
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The Great Muppet Caper (1981) as Lady Holiday |
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Hedda Gabler (1981) as Hedda Gabler |
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The Marquise (1980) as The Marquise Eloise |
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A Little Night Music (1977) as Charlotte Mittelheim |
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Three Piece Suite (1977) as Various Roles |
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In This House of Brede (1975) as Dame Philippa |
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Theatre of Blood (1973) as Edwina Lionheart |
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The Hospital (1971) as Barbara Drummond |
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Julius Caesar (1970) as Portia |
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) as Tracy Di Vicenzo |
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The Assassination Bureau (1969) as Sonya Winter |
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Minikillers (1969) as Woman tourist |
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Shot On Ice (1969) as Self |
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Der goldene Schlüssel (1969) as Secret Agent |
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Swiss Movement (1969) as Self |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968) as Helena |
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The Hothouse (1964) as Anita Fender |
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Our Man in the Caribbean (1964) as Francy (archive footage) |