Dame Diana Rigg, DBE

Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg, DBE (born 20 July 1938, died 10 September, 2020) was an English actress. She played Emma Peel in the TV series The Avengers (1965–68), Countess Teresa di Vicenzo, wife of James Bond, in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) and Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones (2013–17). She has also had a career in 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. She was made a CBE in 1988 and a Dame in 1994 for services to drama.

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 the 1971 production of Abelard & Heloise. Her film roles include Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968); Lady Holiday in The Great Muppet Caper (1981); and Arlena Marshall in Evil Under the Sun (1982). She won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for the BBC miniseries Mother Love (1989), and an Emmy Award for her role as Mrs. Danvers in an adaptation of Rebecca (1997). Her other television credits include You, Me and the Apocalypse (2015), Detectorists (2015), and the Doctor Who episode "The Crimson Horror" (2013) with her daughter, Rachael Stirling.

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Diana Rigg [da%C9%AA%CB%88%C3%A6n%C9%99 ɹɪɡ]1 est une actrice britannique née le 20 juillet 1938 à Doncaster (Angleterre) et morte le 10 septembre 2020 à Londres.

Principalement une actrice de théâtre, notamment à la Royal Shakespeare Company, Diana Rigg est cependant plus connue du grand public pour ses rôles au cinéma et à la télévision, notamment celui d’Emma Peel (aux côtés de Patrick Macnee) dans la série Chapeau melon et bottes de cuir au milieu des années 1960. Jouant dans la série durant seulement deux saisons et 51 épisodes, elle marqua durablement les esprits dans ce rôle.

Elle est aussi remarquée pour son rôle d'une James Bond girl dans le film Au service secret de Sa Majesté (1969), ainsi que celui de Lady Olenna Tyrell de la série Game of Thrones dans les années 2010.

En 1994, elle reçoit le titre de Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE) par la reine Élisabeth II.

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