History Creator / DianaRigg

* [[invoked]]PosthumousCredit: Both ''Series/BlackNarcissus'' and ''Film/LastNightInSoho'' were released after she passed away. Also counts for her second episode of ''[[Series/AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall2020 All Creatures Great & Small]]'', "A Tricki Case", which aired 12 days after her passing.

* ''[[Series/AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall2020 All Creatures Great & Small]]'' (2020)

Her daughter, Creator/RachaelStirling, is also an actress, with a prolific career on both stage and TV. The two of them appeared in ''Series/DoctorWho'', in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E11TheCrimsonHorror an episode that was apparently written specifically for them]].

Her daughter, Creator/RachaelStirling, is also an actress, with a prolific career on both stage and TV. The two of them appeared in ''Series/DoctorWho'', in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E11TheCrimsonHorror an episode that was apparently written specifically for them]]. In other words, Diana went from helping to invent the SpyCatsuit trope by wearing it, to playing a seriously scary sort of CoolOldLady. When Lady Olenna Tyrell boasts about her sexual charms when she was young, it's a fair bet that many viewers are remembering Emma Peel in leather. And one advantage of her acting skill was that she was able to play a formidable DeadpanSnarker at any and every age.

* [[invoked]]PosthumousCredit: Both ''Series/BlackNarcissus'' and ''Film/LastNightInSoho'' were released after she passed away. Also counts for her second episode of ''[[Series/AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall2020 All Creatures Great & Small]]'', "A Tricki Case".

* [[invoked]]PosthumousCredit: Both ''Series/BlackNarcissus'' and ''Film/LastNightInSoho'' were released after she passed away.

* [[invoked]]PosthumousCredit: ''Series/BlackNarcissus'' and ''Film/LastNightInSoho'' were both released after she passed away.

* ''Film/JuliusCaesar'' (1970) as Portia

She was of course well known for her groundbreaking and iconic role as Emma Peel, the most famous female partner of British agent John Steed (Creator/PatrickMacnee) in the British TV series ''Series/{{The Avengers|1960s}}'', and for playing the only woman Film/JamesBond has ever married in ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''. In keeping with that spirit, Rigg was the host of PBS' ''Mystery'' from 1989-2003. She also made a new mark in the 2010s by playing Lady Olenna Tyrell (aka "The Queen of Thorns") in ''Series/GameOfThrones''.

* ''Film/LastNightInSoho'' (2021) as Miss Collins (posthumous release, and [[InMemoriam dedicated to her]])

* ''Series/BlackNarcissus'' (2020) as Mother Dorothea (posthumous release)

She passed away from cancer on September 10, 2020, at age 82.

* ''Film/LastNightInSoho'' (2021) as Miss Collins (posthumous release)

She passed away from cancer on September 10, 2020 at age 82.

* ''Film/LastNightInSoho'' (2021) as Miss Collins

* ''Series/BlackNarcissus'' (2020) as Mother Dorothea

* ''Last Night in Soho'' (2021) as Miss Collins

[[UsefulNotes/KnightFever Dame]] Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg, [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever DBE]] (20 July 1938 – 10 September 2020), was a classically-trained English actress who worked with Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre, as well as appearing on Broadway. She received the [[UsefulNotes/TonyAwardWinners Tony Award]] for ''Theatre/{{Medea}}'', as well as an UsefulNotes/EmmyAward for playing Mrs. Danvers in a TV adaptation of ''Literature/{{Rebecca}}''. She also played ''Theatre/HeddaGabler'' and Regan in ''Theatre/KingLear'', among many other parts. She was made CBE in 1988 and a Dame in 1994.

* ''Series/AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall2020'' (2020)

* ''Series/BlackNarcissus'' (2020) as Mother Dorothea [[note]]Diana's final role[[/note]]

* [[invoked]]IAmNotSpock: To her, Emma Peel was just a role among many and she rapidly moved on from it, but to many people, it's the only one they know of her, and this was much to her chagrin. She flat out ''refused'' to attend fan conventions about ''The Avengers'', tended to avoid questions about the series when interviews didn't call for it, and sent back fan mail with pictures of Emma Peel without signing them.

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* ''Film/BlackNarcissus'' (2020) as Mother Dorothea [[note]]Diana's final role[[/note]]

* ''Black Narcissus'' (2020) as Mother Dorothea [[note]]Diana's final role[[/note]]

Oh, and, she was also known for her groundbreaking and iconic role as Emma Peel, the most famous female partner of British agent John Steed (Creator/PatrickMacnee) in the British TV series ''Series/{{The Avengers|1960s}}'', and for playing the only woman Film/JamesBond has ever married in ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService''. In keeping with that spirit, Rigg was the host of PBS' ''Mystery'' from 1989-2003. She also made a new mark in the 2010s by playing Lady Olenna Tyrell (aka "The Queen of Thorns") in ''Series/GameOfThrones''.

* [[invoked]]IAmNotSpock: To her, Emma Peel was just a role among many, but to many people, it's the only one they know of her, and this was much to her chagrin. She flat out ''refused'' to attend fan conventions about ''The Avengers'', tended to avoid questions about the series when interviews didn't call for it, and sent back fan mail with pictures of Emma Peel without signing them.

* ''Snow White'' (1987) as The Evil Queen