Dame Diana Rigg, best known for her work in Game of Thrones and The Avengers, has passed away at the age of 82.
Well known for her performance as the indomitable Lady Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones, her career spans six decades.
Born Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, on 20 July 1938, she trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Her acting debut came in 1957 in a production of Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle and she later joined the Royal Shakespeare Company.
In 1965 she took the lead role as Emma Peel in the TV series The Avengers — a role that brought her international fame. Read more…
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