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Diana Rigg

Diana Rigg

Actor · Died September 10, 2020, aged 82 · Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK

Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg DBE (July 20, 1938 – September 10, 2020) was an English actress. She played Emma Peel in the TV series The Avengers (1965-1968) and Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones (2013-2017). She has also had a career in theatre, including playing the title role in Medea, both in London and New York, for which she won the 1994 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She was made a CBE in 1988 and a Dame in 1994 for services to drama. 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 the 1971 production of Abelard & Heloise. Her film roles include Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968); Countess Teresa di Vicenzo, wife of James Bond, in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969); Lady Holiday in The Great Muppet Caper (1981); and Arlena Marshall in Evil Under the Sun (1982). She won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for the BBC miniseries Mother Love (1989), and an Emmy Award for her role as Mrs. Danvers in an adaptation of Rebecca (1997). Her other television credits include You, Me and the Apocalypse (2015), Detectorists (2015), and the Doctor Who episode "The Crimson Horror" (2013) with her daughter, Rachael Stirling. Description above from the Wikipedia article Diana Rigg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
July 20, 1938
Died
September 10, 2020 (aged 82)
From
Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
42 on MovieCove · 75 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Up 3% in 30 days

What are Diana Rigg's films like?

Across their 30 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Comedy9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 74th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 83rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
30%
Morality
27%
Self
23%
Society
6%
Power
5%
Survival
4%
Ideas
3%
Romantic love11 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 27 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 15 · Serious 8 · Dark 4

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 10 · Stylized 11 · Heightened 6

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 9 · Charged 14 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 11 · Shifting 13 · Whiplash 3

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 14 · Funny 4

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 16 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 14 · Engaged 11 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 13 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 8

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 20 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

17 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 4 of 17 analyzed roles.

Ally
4 of 17
Mentor
3 of 17
Shadow
3 of 17
Herald
2 of 17
Shapeshifter
2 of 17
Hero
2 of 17
Threshold guardian
1 of 17
Show the 17 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
14
Absurd
11
Melancholic
12
Joyful
6
Warm
6
Other
30

How their films linger

Feel-good16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy14
  • Bittersweet9
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Diana Rigg's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 28 of their 42 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (15).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Diana Rigg's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

75 credits, 42 with a MovieCove page; 18 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Last Night in Soho(2021)

    as Ms. Collins

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Die Unbeugsamen(2021)

    as Emma Peel

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Black Narcissus(2020)

    Show 3 episodes · as Mother Dorothea

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows

  • The Snail and the Whale(2019)

    as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • All Creatures Great & Small(2020)

    Show 2 episodes · as Mrs Pumphrey

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong(2017)

    as Aunt Diana

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Breathe(2017)

    as Lady Neville

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Victoria(2016)

    Show 8 episodes · as Duchess of Buccleuch

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Professor Branestawm Returns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Lady Pagwell

  • The Honourable Rebel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Narrator

  • You, Me and the Apocalypse(2015)

    Show 4 episodes · as Sutton · as Sutton (voice)

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero(2014)

    Show 3 episodes · as Mayor Pink Panda (voice)

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • Detectorists(2014)

    Show 6 episodes · as Veronica

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Game of Thrones(2011)

    Show 18 episodes · as Olenna Tyrell

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • The Painted Veil(2006)

    as Mother Superior

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Heidi(2005)

    as Grandmamma

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Extras(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Diana Rigg

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Doctor Who(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Mrs Gillyflower

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • The Last King(2003)

    Show 2 episodes · as Queen Henrietta Maria

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Victoria & Albert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Baroness Lehzen

  • Victoria & Albert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · as Baroness Lehzen

  • Murder in Mind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Jill Craig

  • In the Beginning(2000)

    Show 2 episodes · as Mature Rebeccah

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows

  • Parting Shots(1998)

    as Lisa

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • The American(1998)

    as Madame de Bellegarde

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries(1998)

    Show 5 episodes · as Adela Bradley

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Zoya(1995)

    as Evgenia

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Rebecca(1997)

    Show 2 episodes · as Mrs. Danvers

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows

  • Samson and Delilah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 2 episodes · as Mara

  • The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Mrs Golightly

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Mrs. Golightly

  • The Haunting of Helen Walker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Mrs. Grose

  • The World of Jim Henson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Lady Holiday (archive footage)

  • A Good Man in Africa(1994)

    as Chloe Fanshawe

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Running Delilah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Judith

  • Genghis Cohn(1993)

    as Baroness Frieda von Stangel

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris(1992)

    as Mme. Colbert

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Mother Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 4 episodes · as Helena Vesey

  • Unexplained Laughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Lydia

  • Black Leather Jacket (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Emma Peel (segment "Death at Bargain Prices") (archive footage)

  • The Play on One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 1 episode · as Lydia

  • A Hazard of Hearts(1987)

    as Lady Harriet Vulcan

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Snow White(1987)

    as Evil Queen

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Worst Witch(1986)

    as Constance Hardbroom

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Bleak House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 7 episodes · as Lady Honoria Dedlock

  • Screen Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Frieda von Stangel

  • King Lear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Regan

  • Witness for the Prosecution(1982)

    as Christine Vole

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Little Eyolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Rita Allmers

  • Evil Under the Sun(1982)

    as Arlena Stuart Marshall

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • The Great Muppet Caper(1981)

    as Lady Holiday

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Hedda Gabler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Hedda Gabler

  • The Marquise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as The Marquise Eloise

  • The Serpent Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 3 episodes · as Clytemnestra

  • A Little Night Music(1977)

    as Charlotte Mittelheim

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Three Piece Suite (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 6 episodes · as Various Roles

  • Three Piece Suite (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Various Roles

  • In This House of Brede(1975)

    as Dame Philippa

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Affairs of the Heart(1974)

    Show 1 episode · as Grace Gracedew

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Diana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 15 episodes · as Diana Smythe

  • Theater of Blood(1973)

    as Edwina Lionheart

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Hospital(1971)

    as Barbara Drummond

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Julius Caesar(1970)

    as Portia

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • On Her Majesty's Secret Service(1969)

    as Tracy Di Vicenzo

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Assassination Bureau(1969)

    as Sonya Winter

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Minikillers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Woman tourist

  • The Diadem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Secret Agent

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream(1969)

    as Helena

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • BBC Play of the Month (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 1 episode · as Rita Allmers

  • The Hothouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Anita Fender

  • Our Man in the Caribbean (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Francy (archive footage)

  • Festival (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 1 episode · as Adriana, Wife to Antipholus of Ephesus

  • The Avengers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 51 episodes · as Emma Peel

  • Armchair Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Show 1 episode · as Anita Fender

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Show 1 episode · as Christine

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 74 titles from 1951 to 2021; peak year 1986.

Biggest box office

The Great Muppet Caper (1981)

$31M worldwide

Highest rated

The Painted Veil (2006)

Midcredits 92nd

Most popular right now

Last Night in Soho (2021)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19512021

Peak 1986 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 8 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting74 of 74: 74 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score74th

By decade

1950s2 · acting1960s10 · acting1970s10 · acting1980s16 · acting1990s14 · acting2000s9 · acting2010s9 · acting2020s4 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 17% of 18 roles
697994

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Diana Rigg's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 74th percentile, the median of all 27; across their 27 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 74th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 27

Approval · how many liked their films

80thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 27

Reach · how many have seen their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 27

Midcredits score across 42 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up21
  • 50th to 74th14
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

22 of their 42 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved9
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser22
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · actor

Parting Shots (1998)

86th percentile spread · 32% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Game of Thrones (2011)

Midcredits 99th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 26 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 48. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Diana Rigg's work okay for kids?

Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, frightening / intense runs heavier than most films and profanity lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore8 titles18–78 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity9 titles15–47 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity8 titles5–45 · median 25 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs8 titles25–45 · median 35 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense7 titles26–72 · median 49 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Diana Rigg work with?

People who share at least 2 of Diana Rigg's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Rebecca Eaton shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers