Dame Diana Rigg

Q: Did Diana Rigg win any awards during her career?

Yes, Diana Rigg won several awards including a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and two Emmy Awards, showcasing her talent in both television and film.

Q: What was Diana Rigg's first film?

Diana Rigg made her film debut in 'The Assassination Bureau' in 1969, which marked the beginning of her successful film career.

Q: How many children did Diana Rigg have?

Diana Rigg had one daughter named Rachael Stirling, who is also an actress and has followed in her mother's footsteps.

Q: What was Diana Rigg's estimated net worth?

Diana Rigg's estimated net worth was around 10 million USD, reflecting her successful career in acting across various mediums.

Q: What was a milestone in Diana Rigg's filmography?

A significant milestone in Diana Rigg's filmography was her role in 'Game of Thrones,' where she received widespread recognition for her portrayal of Olenna Tyrell, a character known for her sharp wit and intelligence.

Q: Was Diana Rigg involved in theatre?

Yes, Diana Rigg had a distinguished theatre career, performing in numerous productions including Shakespeare plays and receiving accolades for her stage performances.

Q: When did Diana Rigg pass away?

Diana Rigg passed away on 10 September 2020, leaving behind a legacy of remarkable performances in film, television, and theatre.

Known for

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)

IMDb 6.7 / 10

1969 / Action, Adventure / 142 min

After romancing Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo and acquiring valuable information from her crime boss father Marc-Ange Draco, James Bond tracks his arch-nemesis Ernst Stavro...

Last Night in Soho (2021)

IMDb 7 / 10

2021 / Drama, Horror / 116 min

A young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But...

Game of Thrones (2011–2019)

IMDb 9.2 / 10

2011–2019 / Action, Adventure / 57 min

Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very...

Name

Dame Diana Rigg

Height

5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)

Born

20 May 1938, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England

Spouses

Archie Stirling (1973–1980)

Children

1, Rachael Stirling

Parents

Basil Rigg, Louisa Rigg

Estimated Net Worth

10 million USD

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2021	Movie Last Night in Soho A young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a...	Ms. Collins	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2020	TV Black Narcissus Himalayas, 1934. A remote clifftop palace once known as the ‘House of Women’ holds many dark secrets. When the young...	Mother Dorothea	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2020	Movie The Snail and the Whale A half hour animated film for all the family based on the much-loved book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2020	TV All Creatures Great & Small The heartwarming and humorous adventures of a young country vet in the Yorkshire Dales in the 1930s. A remake of...	Mrs Pumphrey	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2017	Movie A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong The Mischief Theatre Company return as the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society who are this time determined to ignore a BBC...	Aunt Diana	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2017	Movie Breathe Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when...	Lady Neville	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2016	TV Victoria The story of Queen Victoria, who came to the throne at a time of great economic turbulence and resurgent republicanism...	Duchess of Buccleuch	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2015	Movie Professor Branestawm Returns When Lady Pagwell dies, leaving a legacy to fund local inventing, Professor Branestawm thinks his money troubles are over. But...	Lady Pagwell	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2015	Movie The Honourable Rebel A docu-drama about the life of the Hon. Elizabeth Montagu, a spy, screenwriter and worker in British cinema for Alexander...	Narrator	Not rated
2015	Movie Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC From the BBC archives, before their talents were recognised by royal decree, the early work and career defining moments of...	Self (archive material)	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2015	TV You, Me and the Apocalypse When the news is announced that a comet is on an unavoidable collision course with Earth, the most hilarious and...	Sutton	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2015	TV You, Me and the Apocalypse When the news is announced that a comet is on an unavoidable collision course with Earth, the most hilarious and...	Sutton (voice)	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2014	TV Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero Penn Zero is not your average kid - every day, he's zapped into another dimension with his friends to save...	Mayor Pink Panda (voice)	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2014	TV Detectorists The lives of two eccentric metal detectorists, who spend their days plodding along ploughed tracks and open fields, hoping to...	Veronica	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2014	TV The Kumars Having suffered hard during the economic downturn, The Kumars are now living in a flat in Hounslow behind the shop...	Self	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2012	Movie The Lark Ascending Dame Diana Rigg explores the enduring popularity of The Lark Ascending by the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.	Self - Presenter (as Dame Diana Rigg)	Not rated
2011	TV Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most...	Self - Participant	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2011	TV Game of Thrones Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war....	Olenna Tyrell	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2006	Movie The Painted Veil A British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being trapped at home in...	Mother Superior	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2005	Movie Heidi Swiss girl Adelheid 'Heidi' is orphaned young. Aunt Detie brings her to grandpa Alp and his wife, who live isolated...	Grandmamma	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2005	TV Extras Andy Millman gave up his day job five years ago in the hope of achieving the big time, but he’s...	Diana Rigg	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2005	TV Doctor Who The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who...	Mrs Gillyflower	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2003	TV Charles II: The Power and The Passion Charles II: The Power and the Passion is a four-part television miniseries, broadcast on BBC One from 16 November to...	Queen Henrietta Maria	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2003	Movie Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2001	Movie Victoria & Albert The passionate love story that was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's lengthy marriage. Beginning in 1837, the year of King...	Baroness Lehzen	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2001	TV Victoria & Albert Lavish two-part dramatisation of the passionate love story that was Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's marriage.	Baroness Lehzen	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2001	TV Murder in Mind Murder in Mind is a British television thriller drama anthology series of self-contained stories with a murderous theme seen from...	Jill Craig	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2000	TV In the Beginning In the Beginning is a 2-part biblical television miniseries directed by Kevin Connor. It stars Martin Landau and Jacqueline Bisset...	Mature Rebeccah	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1999	Movie Parting Shots Harry Sterndale, a failed photographer, is given a diagnosis of cancer and told that he has only three months to...	Lisa	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1998	Movie The American After the horror of the Civil War, 'ignorant' Christopher Newman made his fortune. He travels to France is search of...	Madame de Bellegarde	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1998	TV The Mrs Bradley Mysteries Sophisticated woman-of-the world Adela Bradley and her chauffeur George Moody are an unlikely pair of investigators back in the England...	Adela Bradley	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1998	TV Parkinson Michael Parkinson returns for a second run of his iconic talk show.	Self	Not rated
1997	Movie Danielle Steel's Zoya A young Russian countess escapes the 1917 revolution and, despite hardship, makes a new life for herself in America.	Evgenia	TMDB 4.9 / 10
1997	TV Rebecca Based on the Gothic romance novel by Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca is a classic tale of love and hate. Maxim...	Mrs. Danvers	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1996	TV Samson and Delilah Mara and Manoa are both upstanding and religious Israelites living under the harsh and unjust rule of the Philistines. One...	Mara	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1996	TV The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders Ever since her birth in Newgate Prison, Moll Flanders has survived by her cunning wit, and considerable powers of seduction....	Mrs Golightly	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1996	Movie The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders After being born in prison, Moll Flanders wends her way through the top and bottom of 18th-century English society, has...	Mrs. Golightly	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1995	Movie The Haunting of Helen Walker TV remake of the Henry James' classic tale "Turn of the Screw", with changes in location and character names. A...	Mrs. Grose	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1994	Movie The World of Jim Henson In this episode of PBS' Great Performances, the history and legacy of puppeteer Jim Henson is explored, from his six-second...	Lady Holiday (archive footage)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1994	Movie A Good Man in Africa Morgan Leafy is a secretary to the British High Commissioner to an Africa nation. Leafy is a man that makes...	Chloe Fanshawe	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1994	Movie Running Delilah Top agent Delilah dies in a risky mission against weapons dealer Kasharian, but she's revived with high-tech medicine and artificial...	Judith	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1993	Movie Genghis Cohn In the midst of World War II, Nazi officer Otto Schatz declares the execution of Jewish music-hall comedian Genghis Cohn....	Baroness Frieda von Stangel	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1992	Movie Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris Ada Harris, a London charwoman in the 1950's, sees a Dior dress and decides that she's going to own one....	Mme. Colbert	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1989	TV Mother Love A seemingly perfect couple's life unravels when the husband's eccentric mother acts on intense jealousy, seeking revenge through a series...	Helena Vesey	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1989	Movie Unexplained Laughter Lydia is unlucky in love and retreats to the Welsh countryside with her friend Betty. But the beautiful scenery holds...	Lydia	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1989	Movie Black Leather Jacket Based upon Mick Farren's book,'The Black Leather Jacket', this documentary explores the history of this garment from it's utilitarian beginnings...	Emma Peel (segment "Death at Bargain Prices") (archive footage)	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1988	TV The Play on One A series of television plays, some original, some based on pre-existing plays or novels.	Lydia	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1987	Movie A Hazard of Hearts When compulsive gambler Sir Giles Staverley has lost his estate and all his money playing dice, he realises that he...	Lady Harriet Vulcan	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1987	Movie Snow White A prince, seeking the greatest treasure, stumbles upon seven little men guarding a coffin. They tell him the story of...	Evil Queen	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1986	Movie The Worst Witch Mildred is one of the young girls at a prestigious witch academy. She can't seem to do anything right and...	Constance Hardbroom	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1985	TV Bleak House Bleak House is BBC television drama first broadcast in 1985. The serial was adapted by Arthur Hopcraft from Charles Dickens'...	Lady Honoria Dedlock	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1985	TV Screen Two Series of single made-for-television dramas.	Frieda von Stangel	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1983	TV Affairs of the Heart Affairs of the Heart is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1983 to 1985. Starring Derek Fowlds, it...	Grace Gracedew	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1983	Movie King Lear An aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest...	Regan	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1982	Movie Witness for the Prosecution An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder...	Christine Vole	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1982	Movie Little Eyolf Alfred Allmers has spent his whole life writing a book on "responsibility," a luxury he can afford as a result...	Rita Allmers	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1982	TV Wogan Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable personalities.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1982	TV Wogan Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable personalities.	Self	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1982	Movie Evil Under the Sun An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer...	Arlena Stuart Marshall	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1982	Movie The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' Director Guy Hamilton and several of the stars of Agatha Christie's "Evil Under The Sun" walk you through the making...	Self / Arlena Stuart Marshall	TMDB 8.3 / 10
1981	Movie The Great Muppet Caper Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond...	Lady Holiday	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1981	Movie Hedda Gabler Stuck in a loveless marriage to intellectual George Tesman, the ambitious Hedda Gabler hungers for a life her husband can't...	Hedda Gabler	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1980	Movie The Marquise The only period comedy written by Noel Coward. France, 1736. Two distinguished families are celebrating the engagement of their children....	The Marquise Eloise	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1980	TV Masterpiece Mystery Mystery! is an episodic television series that debuted in 1980 in the USA. It airs on PBS and is produced...	Self - Host	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1979	TV The Serpent Son Adaptation of the Aeschylus trilogy by Frederic Raphael and Kenneth McLeish.	Clytemnestra	TMDB 9.5 / 10
1977	Movie A Little Night Music A tangled web of affairs is weaved around actress Desirée Armfeldt and the men who love her: lawyer Fredrik Egerman...	Charlotte Mittelheim	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1977	TV Three Piece Suite Miniseries comprising short plays featuring Diana Rigg and guests.	Unknown character	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1977	TV Three Piece Suite Miniseries comprising short plays featuring Diana Rigg and guests.	Various Roles	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1977	Movie Three Piece Suite Miniseries comprising short plays featuring Diana Rigg and guests.	Various Roles	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1975	Movie In This House of Brede Philippa Talbot is a talented London businesswoman who has decided to give up her position and power to become a...	Dame Philippa	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1974	TV Affairs of the Heart Anthology series of thirteen one-hour love stories based on the short stories of Henry James.	Grace Gracedew	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1973	TV Diana Diana is an American sitcom that aired on NBC during the 1973-1974 television season that was created by Leonard Stern,...	Diana Smythe	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1973	Movie Theatre of Blood A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.	Edwina Lionheart	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1971	Movie The Hospital Dr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his personal life. When...	Barbara Drummond	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1971	TV V.I.P. Schaukel V.I.P.-Schaukel is a 45 minute documentary-family-news-talk show starring Margret Dünser as Host. The series premiered on Sun May 09, 1971...	Self	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1970	Movie Julius Caesar All-star cast glamorizes this lavish 1970 remake of the classic William Shakespeare play, which portrays the assassination of Julius Caesar...	Portia	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1969	Movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service With the help of Marc-Ange Draco, head of the Unione Corse crime syndicate, and Draco's troubled daughter Tracy, James Bond...	Tracy Di Vicenzo	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1969	Movie The Assassination Bureau In 1908 London, a women's rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an organization that kills for justice. When its...	Sonya Winter	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1969	Movie Minikillers W Germany/Spain co-feature short in which Diana Rigg capitalising on her role as Mrs Peel in The Avengers comes into...	Woman tourist	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1969	Movie Shot On Ice A short documentary produced by the Ford Motor Company about the stock car rally on ice sequence in On Her...	Self	TMDB 4.0 / 10
1969	Movie Swiss Movement Documentary short about the making of On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) in Switzerland with a particular focus on the...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1969	Movie The Diadem Secret agent Emma has to carry out a special assignment in Germany. Her job is to protect a mysterious box,...	Secret Agent	TMDB 3.0 / 10
1968	Movie A Midsummer Night's Dream Peter Hall's film adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy, filmed in and around an English country house and starring actors from the...	Helena	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1967	TV Omnibus Omnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The programme was the...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1965	TV BBC Play of the Month A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured...	Rita Allmers	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1964	Movie The Hothouse Tycoon husband Harry Fender, who has built up the supermarket business from the time he was a delivery boy in...	Anita Fender	Not rated
1964	Movie Our Man in the Caribbean A compilation of two episodes from two separate but connected series: "The Sentimental Agent" (106, Man of the World) and...	Francy (archive footage)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1963	TV Festival An anthology of single plays offering up adaptations of either of prominent stage plays or novels.	Adriana, Wife to Antipholus of Ephesus	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1962	TV The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from...	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1961	TV The Mike Douglas Show The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in...	Self	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1961	TV The Avengers A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan...	Emma Peel	TMDB 7.8 / 10
1956	TV Armchair Theatre Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956...	Anita Fender	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1956	TV Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway...	Self - Host	Not rated
1956	TV Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway...	Self - Nominee	Not rated
1956	TV Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway...	Self - Co-Host / Presenter	Not rated
1956	TV Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway...	Self - Winner	Not rated
1951	TV Hallmark Hall of Fame Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards,...	Christine	TMDB 8.8 / 10
1949	TV The BAFTA Awards BAFTA presents awards for film, television and games, including children's entertainment, at a number of annual ceremonies across the UK...	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10

Last Night in Soho

2021 / TMDB 7.3

The Snail and the Whale

2020 / TMDB 6.6

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

2017 / TMDB 7.6

Breathe

2017 / TMDB 7.4

Professor Branestawm Returns

2015 / TMDB 7.0

The Honourable Rebel

2015

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