Diana Rigg
Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg (20 July 193810 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 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. She was appointed CBE in 1988 and a Dame in 1994 for services to drama.Rigg appeared in numerous TV series and films, playing 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 ''Rebecca'' (1997). Her other television credits include ''You, Me and the Apocalypse'' (2015), ''Detectorists'' (2015), the ''Doctor Who'' episode "The Crimson Horror" (2013) with her daughter Rachael Stirling, and playing Mrs Pumphrey in ''All Creatures Great and Small'' (2020). Her final role was in Edgar Wright's 2021 psychological horror film ''Last Night in Soho'', completed just before her death. Provided by Wikipedia
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