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Her ex-husband, Archibald Stirling, is the nephew of Colonel Sir David Stirling, founder of the Special Air Service (SAS). See more trivia »
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Filmography

Hide HideActress (57 titles)
2013 Game of Thrones (TV series)
Lady Olenna Tyrell
The Climb (2013) … Lady Olenna Tyrell
 
2013 Doctor Who (TV series)
Mrs. Gillyflower
The Crimson Horror (2013) … Mrs. Gillyflower (as Dame Diana Rigg)
 
2006 Extras (TV series)
Diana Rigg
Daniel Radcliffe (2006) … Diana Rigg
 
2005/I Heidi
Grandmamma
 
2003 The Last King (TV mini-series)
Queen Henrietta Maria
 
2003 Murder in Mind (TV series)
Jill Craig
Suicide (2003) … Jill Craig
 
2001 Victoria & Albert (TV movie)
Baroness Lehzen
 
2000 In the Beginning (TV movie)
Mature Rebeccah
 
1998 The American (TV movie)
Madame de Bellegarde
 
1998 Parting Shots
Lisa
 
1997 Rebecca (TV movie)
Mrs. Danvers
 
1996 Samson and Delilah (TV movie)
Mara
 
1996 The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (TV movie)
Mrs. Golightly
 
1995 Zoya (TV movie)
Evgenia
 
1994 A Good Man in Africa
Chloe Fanshawe
 
1993 Screen Two (TV series)
Baroness Frieda von Stangel
Genghis Cohn (1993) … Baroness Frieda von Stangel
 
1993 Running Delilah (TV movie)
Judith
 
1993 Avonlea (TV series)
Lady Blackwell
The Disappearance (1993) … Lady Blackwell
 
1992 Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris (TV movie)
Mme. Colbert
 
1989-2004 Masterpiece Mystery (TV series)
Host
 
1989 The Play on One (TV series)
Lydia
Unexplained Laughter (1989) … Lydia
 
1989 Mother Love (TV mini-series)
Helena Vesey
Episode #1.1 (1989) … Helena Vesey
Episode #1.2 (1989) … Helena Vesey
Episode #1.3 (1989) … Helena Vesey
 
1987 A Hazard of Hearts (TV movie)
Lady Harriet Vulcan
 
1983 King Lear (TV movie)
Regan
 
1982 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
Rita Allmers
Little Eyolf (1982) … Rita Allmers
 
1982 Evil Under the Sun
Arlena Marshall
 
1981 Hedda Gabler (TV movie)
Hedda Gabler
 
1980 The Marquise (TV movie)
Eloise (the Marquise)
 
1979 Oresteia (TV mini-series)
Clytemnestra
Furies (1979) … Clytemnestra
Grave Gifts (1979) … Clytemnestra
Agamemnon (1979) … Clytemnestra
 
1975 In This House of Brede (TV movie)
Philippa
 
1974 Affairs of the Heart (TV series)
Grace Gracedew
Grace (1974) … Grace Gracedew
 
1973-1974 Diana (TV series)
Diana Smythe
Kung Who? (1974) … Diana Smythe
New Marshall in Town (1973) … Diana Smythe
Who's Minding the Cat? (1973) … Diana Smythe
Never, Never, Ever Again... Maybe (1973) … Diana Smythe
Long Shots and Fat Chances. (1973) … Diana Smythe
 
1971 The Hospital
Barbara Drummond
 
1970 ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series)
Liz Jardine
Married Alive (1970) … Liz Jardine
 
1969 The Assassination Bureau
Sonya Winter
 
1969 Mini-Killers (short)
 
1965-1968 The Avengers (TV series)
Emma Peel / Lola
The Forget-Me-Knot (1968) … Emma Peel
Murdersville (1967) … Emma Peel
 
1965 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Bianca
Women Beware Women (1965) … Bianca
 
1964 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
Anita Fender
The Hothouse (1964) … Anita Fender
 
1964 Festival (TV series)
Adriana
The Comedy of Errors (1964) … Adriana
 
1963 The Sentimental Agent (TV series)
Francy Wilde
A Very Desirable Plot (1963) … Francy Wilde
 
1959 A Midsummer Night's Dream (TV movie)
Bit part
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (4 titles)
1987 Snow White (performer: "More Beautiful Than Me", "Lovely Hair")
 
1982 Evil Under the Sun (performer: "You're the Top")
 
1977 A Little Night Music (performer: "Every Day A Little Death", "A Weekend in the Country")
 
1975 The Morecambe & Wise Show (TV series)
1975 Christmas Show (1975) (performer: "How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You When You Know I've Been A Liar All My Life?")
 
Show ShowCostume and Wardrobe Department (1 title)
1966 The Avengers (TV series) (costumes: "Queen of Sin" - 1 episode)
A Touch of Brimstone (1966) (costumes: "Queen of Sin" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (113 titles)
2013 Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (documentary) (post-production)
Herself
 
2013 Sunday AM (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 28 April 2013 (2013) … Herself
 
2012 British Legends of Stage and Screen (TV series documentary)
Herself
Diana Rigg (2012) … Herself
 
2012 The Lark Ascending (TV documentary)
 
2011 Mark Lawson Talks to... (TV series)
Herself
Diana Rigg (2011) … Herself
 
2010 The Daily Politics (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 27 January 2010 (2010) … Herself
 
2009 Loose Women (TV series)
Herself
Episode #13.138 (2009) … Herself (as Dame Diana Rigg)
 
2008 The Paul O'Grady Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #8.35 (2008) … Herself (as Dame Diana Rigg)
 
1972-2007 Parkinson (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 15 September 2007 (2007) … Herself (as Dame Diana Rigg)
Episode dated 26 February 1999 (1999) … Herself (as Dame Diana Rigg)
Episode dated 19 March 1980 (1980) … Herself
Episode #9.29 (1979) … Herself
Episode dated 29 May 1978 (1978) … Herself
 
2007 Newsnight (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 3 September 2007 (2007) … Herself
 
2007 Empire's Children (TV series documentary)
Herself
Diana Rigg (2007) … Herself
 
2007 The Best of Masterpiece Theatre (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
2006 Press Day in Portugal (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2006 Casting on 'Her Majesty's Secret Service' (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2006 Frost Tonight (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 2 March 2006 (2006) … Herself
 
2004 The Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2004 (TV movie)
Herself
 
1978-2003 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode dated 26 January 2003 (2003) … Herself
The South Bank Show Awards (1997) … Herself
Tom Stoppard (1978) … Herself
 
2002 The Laurence Olivier Awards 2002 (TV special)
Herself - Interview
 
2002 A Centennial Toast to Symphony Hall (TV movie)
Herself - Hostess
 
1987-2001 Calendar (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 7 December 2001 (2001) … Herself
Episode dated 22 July 1992 (1992) … Herself (also archive footage)
Episode dated 31 December 1987 (1987) … Herself
 
2001 The Brian Conley Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 13 April 2001 (2001) … Herself
 
1998-2001 Wish You Were Here...? (TV series documentary)
Herself / Herself - Presenter
Episode dated 8 January 2001 (2001) … Herself - Presenter
Episode dated 23 March 1998 (1998) … Herself
 
2000 The BAFTA TV Awards 2000 (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1998 Close Up (TV series documentary)
Herself
Ted Hughes Force of Nature (1998) … Herself
 
1998 Dear John: A Tribute to John Wells (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1998 Des O'Connor Tonight (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 16 October 1998 (1998) … Herself
 
1998 Undressed: Fashion in the Twentieth Century (TV series documentary)
Narrator (UK version)
Sex (1998) … Narrator (UK version)
Power (1998) … Narrator (UK version)
Fantasy (1998) … Narrator (UK version)
Rebellion (1998) … Narrator (UK version)
 
1997 Joy to the World (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1996-1997 Theatreland (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 23 November 1997 (1997) … Herself
Episode dated 1 December 1996 (1996) … Herself
 
1997 Richard and Judy Exclusive (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.13 (1997) … Herself
 
1997 Face to Face (TV series)
Herself
Diana Rigg (1997) … Herself
 
1997 The Laurence Olivier Awards 1997 (TV movie)
Herself
 
1997 The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1996 The Making of Moll Flanders (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1996 The Evening Standard Drama Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1996 Happy Birthday Ma'am (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1995 Northern Eye (TV series documentary)
Herself
The Man Behind the Dresser (1995) … Herself
 
1994 Panorama (TV series documentary)
Herself
Long to Reign Over Us? (1994) … Herself
 
1993-1994 This Morning (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 16 September 1994 (1994) … Herself
Episode dated 8 September 1993 (1993) … Herself
 
1994 Cleveland Plays the Proms (TV documentary)
Presenter
 
1994 The Business (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode dated 7 July 1994 (1994) … Herself
 
1994 The 48th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Play
 
1994 Masterchef (TV series)
Herself
Episode #5.1 (1994) … Herself
 
1994 Joy to the World (TV movie)
Herself
 
1993 Entertainment UK (TV series)
Herself - Interviewee
Episode dated 4 November 1993 (1993) … Herself - Interviewee
 
1993 Biography (TV series documentary)
Herself
Vincent Price (1993) … Herself
 
1993 Big City (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode dated 14 October 1993 (1993) … Herself
 
1992 Alistair Cooke Salute (TV movie)
Herself
 
1992 The Laurence Olivier Awards 1992 (TV movie)
Herself - presenter
 
1992 Without Walls (TV series documentary)
Herself
The Avengers (1992) … Herself
 
1991 Backstage at Masterpiece Theatre (TV special)
Herself
 
1991 The 8th Annual American Cinema Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1990 6 O'Clock Live (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 14 December 1990 (1990) … Herself
 
1990 The Evening Standard Drama Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1990 Forty Minutes (TV series documentary)
Herself - Narrator
Thawing of a Cold War Warrior (1990) … Herself - Narrator
 
1990 Survival (TV series documentary)
Herself - Narrator
The Secret Owl (1990) … Herself - Narrator
 
1990 The Incredible Edible Dormouse (TV documentary)
Herself - narrator
 
1990 Public Eye (TV series documentary)
Herself
 
1990 Continentales (TV series)
Herself
 
1983-1989 Wogan (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 13 December 1989 (1989) … Herself
Episode dated 7 August 1987 (1987) … Herself
Episode dated 10 November 1986 (1986) … Herself
Episode #2.1 (1983) … Herself
 
1988 The Evening Standard Drama Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1986 Channel 4 News (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 24 September 1986 (1986) … Herself
 
1986 The Late Clive James (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 3 May 1986 (1986) … Herself
 
1984-1986 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Herself
Denis Quilley (1986) … Herself
Patrick Macnee (1984) … Herself
 
1986 Held in Trust (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself - Presenter
 
1986 Masterpiece Theatre: Fifteen Years (TV movie)
Herself
 
1986 Good Morning America (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 21 January 1986 (1986) … Herself
 
1985 Good Morning Britain (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 30 April 1985 (1985) … Herself
 
1984 Sunday, Sunday (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 25 March 1984 (1984) … Herself
 
1983 The Variety Club Awards for 1982 (TV movie)
Herself
 
1977-1982 Nationwide (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode dated 13 September 1982 (1982) … Herself
Episode dated 12 December 1977 (1977) … Herself
 
1982 The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' (TV documentary short)
Herself/Arlena Stuart Marshall
 
1980 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 22 May 1980 (1980) … Herself
 
1980 The Evening Standard Drama Awards (TV movie)
Herself - presenter
 
1978 Call My Bluff (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 2 August 1978 (1978) … Herself
Episode dated 26 July 1978 (1978) … Herself
 
1976 Anno Domini (TV series)
Herself
Episode #4.11 (1976) … Herself
 
1976 The 30th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Herself - Co-Host
 
1976 The British Screen Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Hostess
 
1976 Under Bow Bells (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.1 (1976) … Herself
 
1975 The Morecambe & Wise Show (TV series)
Herself
1975 Christmas Show (1975) … Herself
 
1975 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 28 April 1975 (1975) … Herself
 
1975 The 29th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Play
 
1974 The Russell Harty Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 11 October 1974 (1974) … Herself
 
1974 Good Afternoon! (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 2 September 1974 (1974) … Herself
 
1974 The Book Programme (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode dated 31 May 1974 (1974) … Herself
 
1974 Russell Harty Plus (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 2 February 1974 (1974) … Herself
 
1973 Dinah's Place (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 28 September 1973 (1973) … Herself
 
1971-1973 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 25 September 1973 (1973) … Herself
Episode dated 7 August 1973 (1973) … Herself
Episode dated 1 April 1971 (1971) … Herself
Episode dated 14 February 1971 (1971) … Herself
 
1972 Aquarius (TV series)
Herself
Why Shun a Nude Tag? (1972) … Herself
 
1972 Queen of Hearts (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1972 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode #2.2 (1972) … Herself
 
1971 Presenting Keith Michell (TV movie)
Herself
 
1971 The 25th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Play
 
1971 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #5.129 (1971) … Herself
Episode #5.123 (1971) … Herself
Episode dated 9 March 1971 (1971) … Herself
 
1969-1971 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #3.122 (1971) … Herself
Episode #2.70 (1969) … Herself
 
1971 The British Screen Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
1971 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 26 February 1971 (1971) … Herself
 
1970 Stars on Sunday (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 24 May 1970 (1970) … Herself
 
1970 NBC Experiment in Television (TV series documentary)
Herself
A Bad Case of Shakespeare (1970) … Herself
 
1970 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
Herself
 
1969 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #4.61 (1969) … Herself
 
1969 Swiss Movement (documentary short)
Herself
 
1969 Shot on Ice (documentary short)
Herself
 
1969 Above It All (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1968 Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone - Einleitung (TV short)
Herself - Interviewee
 
1967 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Guest Appearance
Episode #2.55 (1967) … Guest Appearance
Episode #2.54 (1967) … Guest Appearance
Episode #2.53 (1967) … Guest Appearance
Episode #2.52 (1967) … Guest Appearance
Episode #2.51 (1967) … Guest Appearance
 
1965-1967 Vergißmeinnicht (TV series documentary)
Herself
The Avengers (1967) … Herself
 
1967 Good Evening! (TV series)
Herself
Marriage (1967) … Herself
 
1966 Midlands News (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 22 June 1966 (1966) … Herself
 
1966 ATV Today (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 3 May 1966 (1966) … Herself
Episode dated 17 February 1966 (1966) … Herself
 
1965 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.10 (1965) … Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (35 titles)
2012 Special Collector's Edition (TV series)
 
2009 Late Night with the Loose Women (video)
Herself (as Dame Diana Rigg)
 
2008 How TV Changed Britain (TV series documentary)
 
2007 True Bond (TV documentary)
Tracy Di Vicenzo (archive footage: On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
 
2007 La tele de tu vida (TV series)
 
2007 This Morning (TV series)
 
2006 Premiere Bond: Opening Nights (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2005 The Agatha Christie Code (TV documentary)
Arlena Stuart Marshall
 
2005 Must See TV (TV series documentary)
 
2005 The Avengers Revisited (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2005 ITV 50 Greatest Shows (TV movie)
Emma Peel
 
2005 After They Were Famous (TV series documentary)
 
2005 Time Shift (TV series documentary)
 
2002 Best Ever Bond (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
2002 Andere tijden (TV series documentary)
 
2002 Bond Girls Are Forever (TV documentary)
Tracy Di Vicenzo
 
2001 Top Ten (TV series documentary)
 
2001 The Greatest (TV series documentary)
 
2000 Avenging the Avengers (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2000 Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn (TV documentary)
Tracy Di Vicenzo (uncredited)
 
2000 Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2000 The Bond Sound: The Music of 007 (video documentary short)
Tracy Draco (uncredited)
 
1999 The James Bond Story (TV documentary)
Tracy Di Vicenzo (uncredited)
 
1998 The Avengers: The Journey Back (TV documentary)
Emma Peel/Herself
 
1996 Télé Séries (TV series documentary)
Emma Peel
 
1994 Great Performances (TV series)
 
1993 Destination séries (TV series documentary)
 
1993 The Avengers: A Retrospective (video)
Emma Peel
 
1989 Good Morning America (TV series)
 
1989 Club X (TV series)
 
1989 Black Leather Jacket (TV movie)
Emma Peel (segment "Death at Bargain Prices")
 
1977 The New Avengers (TV series)
 
1972 Review (TV series documentary)
 
1962 Our Man in the Caribbean
Francy
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(2/06) Stage: Appeared (as "Honour") in "Honour", by Joanna Murray-Smith, Wyndham's Theatre, London, England. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 6 Interviews  | 4 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Dame Diana Rigg

Height:

5' 8½" (1.74 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I think I was quite daring. I was once escorted out of a restaurant because I was wearing a trouser suit. It wasn't considered good breeding for a woman to go around in trousers after 6:00 pm, especially in smart restaurants and bars such as the Connaught Hotel, which served the best cocktails. See more »

Trivia:

Her ex-husband, Archibald Stirling, is the nephew of Colonel Sir David Stirling, founder of the Special Air Service (SAS). See more »

Trademark:

Her voice See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer