James Bond’s wife Countess Teresa di Vincenzo in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Emma Peel in the TV series The Avengers and, most recently, Olenna Tyrell in Game Of Thrones.
Dame Diana was one of the UK’s most accomplished actresses, establishing a successful career on stage and on the small and big screens since her debut in 1957.
Most recently, she filmed the Edgar Wright thriller Last Night In Soho alongside Matt Smith and Anya Taylor-Joy, with the film due for release next year.
Playwright David Hare said: ‘Diana Rigg had a dazzling change of direction in middle age as a great classical actor. When Emma Peel played Euripides’ Medea, Albee’s Martha and Brecht’s Mother Courage she swept all before her.’Jonathan Kent, who directed Dame.
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