Diana Rigg, Star of ‘The Avengers’ and ‘Game of Thrones,’ Dies at 82

, the Tony and Emmy winner who splashed into the world of television with her commanding turn as intelligence agent Emma Peel on “The Avengers” in the 1960s and played Lady Olenna Tyrell on “Game of Thrones” decades later, died Thursday at her home in England. She was 82.

“She was a beautiful kind and generous human being that enhanced the lives of all that knew her as well as a great actress. She leaves a great void in my heart,” said Lionel Larner, Rigg’s longtime friend and talent agent. Rigg was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1959-64, touring Europe and the U.S. as Cordelia in a RSC production of “King Lear” ; she was also Viola in a 1966 RSC staging of “Twelfth Night.”

Rigg also made a number of notable appearances on the big screen. She played a significant role in the history of the James Bond film franchise by portraying, with great élan, Tracy Di Vicenzo, the woman whom Bond, played by George Lazenby, marries with great joy in 1969’s “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service,” only to see her murdered by the minions of arch villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

She starred as Clytemnestra in a BBC miniseries adaptation of Sophocles’ “Oresteia” in 1979, and she starred in an adaptation of “Hedda Gabler” for English television in 1981. The following year she starred in a Hallmark Hall of Fame remake of “Witness for the Prosecution,” in which she took the part played by Marlene Dietrich in the 1957 Billy Wilder film .

Very disappointing film & rather long. Sean Connery must be very pleased that no one was ever to play the character with any level of quality & perfection as he did.

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Still the best Avenger RIP Diana

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RIP

Significant? The character died immediately and was briefly referred to in only one other Bond movie.

RIP.... she was great in GoT. StevenASnow CMunoz_Thoughts araceli55

Lovely lady and actress.

Nibellion Rip to a real one.

Fucking RIP :(

Nibellion She was poisoned

Wow. RIPDianaRigg

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Diana Rigg Dies: ‘Games Of Thrones’, ‘The Avengers’ & Bond Actress Was 82English actress Diana Rigg has died at the age of 82, her representatives have confirmed to the BBC. A celebrated performer on stage and screen, Rigg was known for her roles in The Avengers, Games … Rip RIP, here's a better picture ya jerks sr_k_ RIP
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