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Diana Rigg

1938 - 2020

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Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg (20 July 1938 – 10 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Diana Rigg is the 440th most popular actor (down from 365th in 2019), the 675th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 481st in 2019) and the 73rd most popular British Actor.

Diana Rigg is most famous for her role as Emma Peel in the 1960s TV series The Avengers.

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Among actors, Diana Rigg ranks 440 out of 13,578. Before her are Jamie Lee Curtis, Penélope Cruz, Matt Damon, John Gavin, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Hugh Laurie. After her are Barry Nelson, Michael Landon, Jean Seberg, Claudia Mori, Ryan O'Neal, and Anthony Perkins.

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Among people born in 1938, Diana Rigg ranks 44. Before her are Bounnhang Vorachith, Liv Ullmann, Abulfaz Elchibey, Fuad Masum, Oliver Reed, and Marina Vlady. After her are Jean Seberg, Donald Knuth, Alpha Condé, Gary Gygax, César Luis Menotti, and José Altafini. Among people deceased in 2020, Diana Rigg ranks 33. Before her are John Turner, Frances E. Allen, Rob Rensenbrink, Abdul Halim Khaddam, Stanley Cohen, and John Lewis. After her are John le Carré, Bettina Heinen-Ayech, Arthur Ashkin, Lee Teng-hui, Little Richard, and Juliette Gréco.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Diana Rigg ranks 675 out of 8,785. Before her are John Ross (1777), Thomas Bayes (1702), Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390), James Francis Edward Stuart (1688), Chaim Herzog (1918), and Hugh Laurie (1959). After her are Robert Burton (1577), David Hockney (1937), Peter D. Mitchell (1920), Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767), Philip Miller (1691), and Augustus Pugin (1812).

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Among actors born in United Kingdom, Diana Rigg ranks 73. Before her are Bob Hoskins (1942), Donald Pleasence (1919), Benny Hill (1924), Kate Winslet (1975), Oliver Reed (1938), and Hugh Laurie (1959). After her are Deborah Kerr (1921), Helena Bonham Carter (1966), Jane Seymour (1951), Joan Collins (1933), Kenneth Branagh (1960), and John Rhys-Davies (1944).

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