FILE - In this Sept. 20, 1972 file photo, British actress Diana Rigg and actor Anthony Hopkins attend the opening night of Macbeth at the National Theatre, London. Rigg plays Lady Macbeth opposite Hopkins' Macbeth in the Shakespearean tragedy. Actress Diana Rigg, who became a 1960s style icon as secret agent Emma Peel in TV series “The Avengers,” has died at age 82. Rigg’s agent Simon Beresford says she died Thursday Sept. 10, 2020 at home with her family.
Rigg’s agent Simon Beresford said she died Thursday morning at home with her family. Daughter Rachael Stirling said she died of cancer that was diagnosed in March. Rigg starred in “The Avengers” alongside Patrick McNee’s bowler-hatted John Steed. The pair were an impeccably dressed duo who fought villains and traded quips in a show whose mix of adventure and humor was enduringly influential.Rigg also starred in 1967 James Bond thriller “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” as the only woman ever to marry Agent 007
TerryAnneUSA OMG! I knew she was in GOT, but didnt know which role she played...Totally didnt put it together that it was HER!!! I can See it, Now! 😱
RIP 1960s, with 007 James Bond; Diana Rigg
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OMG Rest in peace
'Mrs Peel, you're needed'
RIP Diana. You are an amazing inspiration to many. You will be sorely missed.
RIP DIANA! You were truly a fav of mine as Emma! Thank you for being you!
JoshintheMosh
A very sad day. She was a great actress.
Noooooooo! Mrs Peel!!! I have to watch 'Evil Under The Sun' again.
RIP Ms. Ring, you entertained us all so very well. DianaRigg
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The Only Mrs. Bond!
cherly_u_jest Tracy Bond ... One and only wife of Commander James Bond
Feck Cancer !!
RIP Ollena🙏🏾
R.I.P. 😔
Avengers and the Bond film along with Theartre of Blood were my fav roles for Diana!
Rest in Peace Thank you for Emma Peel.
“Tell Cersei. I want her to know it was me. “
My heart🥺
Wow, Rest in Peace Dame Rigg. Long before her role in GOT, she was the baddest chick on tv.
No ones mentioned how hot she looked as Emma Peel! that was a major part of the show!
RIP To Her Soul 🙏
allisonkallin
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RIPDianaRigg DianaRigg She was such a strong actress/actor Memorable Roles TheAvengers Mrs Emma Peel JamesBond Tracy Di Vicenzo Tracy Bond GameOfThrones Lady Olenna Tyrell
She was still beautiful, still had the same hint of a smile. God Bless her and her family now.
Stylish, utterly self possessed, liberated and super cool, vale Diana Rigg
Be a Dragon ....she was. Rest In Peace
drwaheeduddin She was great in TheHospital with George C. Scott. And 2020 keeps rolling along.
Jane Fonda 82 looks gr8. Diana Rigg 82 not so good. 3 packs of cigs a day until she was 78...
Goddamn you 2020!!!
PartridgeCassie this is not okay?
RIP 🙏🙏
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GameOfThrones fans , send their regards . RIPDianaRigg
Even though we hated her character , she played it well. GameOfThrones
my deepest condolences to her friends and family this must be a really hard time for them, God bless everyone, take care of yourselves & the ones you love and keep them close
🏵🏵Lady Tyrell🏵🏵
RIP❤😢 The leather outfit was never worn so well.
I always liked her acting as Mrs. Peal and Steed was a Classic British TV show it rocked our American Television shows.Awesome She was so beautiful and so talented Actress. Fabulous
MimiLovesJesus5 Rip, let this be a reminder of how people can come and go so quickly! We need to strive to live our live for love before it's too late...
Loved her as the host of Masterpiece Mystery!.
Always thought she should have done another James Bond film.
She was a whip-smart person, a talented actress, and also, a world-class beauty. In that order.
gfunkee 😔
Valar Morgulis
RIP MA’AM
Rest In Peace legend. ♥️
Great actress, beautiful lady.
Magnificent woman. Thank you for your entertaining movies and shows.
Mrs. Peel, my favorite Avenger. Back in the day. RIPDianaRigg My condolences to her entire family.
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Sad to hear, she was such a boss on that show. May she Rest In Peace
I absolutely loved her in The Avengers. I did not know that she was the actress in Game if Thrones. Geez I feel old. She was a gem ...RIP
I never could get into GOT, until Lesdoggg gave her interpretations. Since I know so many GOT fans, I will not be the bearer of this news to them. Thank goodness I do not have many followers.
Goodnight, Mrs. Peel. See you on the other side.
Watched her as Arlena Marshall, as Emma Peel, and Lady Olenna Tyrell. RIP great artist.
A beautiful and a brilliant actress, whom I've enjoyed for over 5 decades, passes on. 😔 It really does hurt, when all of one's film idols pass before your eyes. Requiescat in pace, Diana. 😌
Awwe I love her ♥️ RIP 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Loved her as Emma Peel. RIP!
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RIP ♥️
roberthulands Vale Dianna Rigg 💜💕Loved her and the Emma Peel doll was the best
ChaneladorGrr Aw
Karlos_W12 One of the best parts of GOT. Very sad.
Rest in peace ❤️
She was one of my favorites on Game of thrones... Damn Rip 🥀
She was so my hero as Emma Peel!
She reached the age of 82, but it wasn't enough time on this planet for the laikes of DianaRigg.
God that must have been the same poison they tried to give to Rasputin
Rest In Peace Gramma Thrones
So sad! RIP 😔❤
R.I.P. Mrs. Peele!
Radiotubetv1
But, Diana, you were still needed!
A great actress. Sad to hear she's gone. Her work remains a wonderful legacy.
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She was amazing! RIP
Ahhh sad news
Legend
She’s one of my favorite women roles in GOT. The poise and sneaky way she played her character definitely earned my respect.
The Avengers huge fan of the show. R.I.P Diana Rigg
Farewell Diana Rigg
RIP
I like how a young buff Anthony Hopkins is totally ignored here…jeez!! riggspigs restinpizza
please tell Cersei it was her. i lover her on GameOfThrones. rest in the throne up above the clouds, Dowager Lady of Highgarden. RIPDianaRigg
Oh my goodness, I didn't realize that was Diana Rigg. RIP
I always get her confused with Judy Dench
Oh😢💔 I loved DianaRigg. I feel like I grew up with her. Sending my sympathy & love to her family and those she knew and loved. ♥️🙏🕊️ DianaRiggRip
Sad news indeed, I am old enough to remember the Avengers first time around, awesome as Emma Peel and also simply the best Bond girl of them all. Great actress, Rest In Peace Diana
stagenhoe :(
Such an incredible presence!
RIP Mrs Peel.
So sorry to hear this!! According to her daughter she said that Ms. Rigg was surrounded by family and spent last few months joyfully reflecting on her life. Will be missed!
So sad. Truly an amazing actress. RIP Dame Diana Rigg. 🙏🏻🕯❤️
RIP
For ‘women of a certain age’, our Queen of Coolness. ❤️
rodeoman awwww Rest in Peace queen of thorns ♥️♥️
I’m in love with Emma Peel Smooth as Ivory heart of steel Wanna know the ways she feels Wanna touch her She appears upon the screen She’s a two-dimensional dream Are you really what you seem? Am I crazy? 1982 The Allies
long live 🙏🏾
Have watched her since I was a child, she will be missed.
You will truly be missed rest in peace
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I have very fond memories as a kid growing up in England and watching the Avengers. You will be missed greatly Diane.
julielerman We usually think of Diana Rigg in terms of the films and TV work she did, but I was fortunate to also see her onstage in London in a tiny theatre. She was great!
One of the greats. 😢💔
Awwww 💔😔 Loved her in Rebecca.
2020 is a terrible year.
RIP DianaRigg
Rip bond girl and game thrones
No one could steal a scene better... RIP
Oh no. I will never forget Diana Riggs. Oh gosh what a gift to the world.
A fantastic actress who's performance in game of thrones was an absolute delight. Yet another absolute loss of talent this year.
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Diana stole my schoolboy heart as Mrs Peel in the Avengers.A great actress and a lovely ladyRIPDianaRigg
RIP Diana. 😪
Never saw 'Game of Thrones,' but her Emma Peel was BAD ASS! Those outfits she wore still hold up after 50 years!
This is a angel 😇.... no words
Oh how very sad! Diane was just so cool, gorgeous, sexy and smart! Everyone loved her as Emma Peel and how she typified the English invasion of the 60s - the Beatles, the Rolling Stones etc - real joy!! Who’d have thought so underpaid! Outrageous!
A classy Dame An Avenger The sultry sidekick to the dashing Patrick MacNee They are dashing along in the other world in new adventures galore May this Great Dame of England RIP Deepest sympathies to her family
Damn! That’s my girl! She took Joffrey’s ass out. Loved her. RIPDianaRigg
swaggner_
Cancer takes another person. Great actress. RIP.
rip legend😞🙏
Growing up the Avengers was one of my favorites. Dame Riggs was one of TV’s 1st female action “kick-ass” stars. Blessings and RIP🙏🏾🇺🇸
lrozen Such an elegant lady. She will be missed.
OMG, no! ...how many out there remember The Avengers, one of the coolest shows on TV during the 60s?👌👍❤
To the very end she was a wonderful actress. In GOT she was head and shoulders above.
How sad what a beautiful person ..my Dad loved her..In the Adventures..So sad Diana Right Rest in peace you are going to be missed by all...thank you
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And now I'm officially saddened.
Phenomenal actor. 🙏🏻
Rip. Thank you for your life
First saw her in the Avengers when I was a child. She was always fascinating. May she Rest in Peace.
Love her. RIP
Has left a legacy of acting roles which has depth and will resonate for a long time RIP Dame Diana 🎭
You guys notice that ever since Kobe Bryant was killed - A LOT of Celebrities and other prominent people have died this year - and not because if COVID? This year is crazy. Every month it seems like a famous person dies. What the hell!!!
Rest in Power.
I used to watch “The Avengers”.
DianaRigg was everything I wanted to be when I grew up. RIP badasswomen
Rip 😥😥😥
donnastjohn R.I.P. Diana Riggs.
Eggys0ul RIP😥
What an incredible career. RIP Diana Rigg
RIP Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg, deepest sympathy to her family and friends. Her extensive acting career of tv, film and stage is brilliant. Her Mrs. Emma Peel role of 'The Avengers' is iconic. Of her award-winning performances, her roles in Mother Love and Rebecca are superb.
MWenrich1 Oh no! She was so cool
One of the standout GOT performances RIP
Oh no Mrs. Peel passed away. Yes, there was a 'The Avengers' before Marvel people.
RIP Ms Peel ♥️
RIP
Oh no... RIP to an incredible lady. RIPDianaRigg
Yes you were, my Lady. Yes you were. 🥰🥰 RIPDianaRigg
Rest in Peace Queen of Thorns.
She was an excellent actor ! She will he missed.
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RIP ... 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Release the Mother Love DVD!
RIP gentle lady.
May her spul rest in peace !!!!
A cancer death caused by newscum & the demorats - she was diagnosed in March - no demorat states allowed any cancer treatments in late March through May. Another death for the china demorats.
StevenErick1976 Sad to hear. RIP Diana.
So sad a great talent
Oh. No.
Diagnosed in March🥺 That prognosis must have been so awful for her family to hear. Like getting the wind knocked out of you. Not to mention, the virus preventing them from certain things they wished to do with the time left, I’m sure. I hope she, at least, was at peace♥️
Sad sad sad day. Incredible actress and one of the first women I had a crush on. Emma Peel was beautiful, wickedly sexy and incredibly smart, and her intelligence was her most attractive feature. As was Diana Rigg ... rest in peace! OHMSS DianaRigg emmapeel
I was in love with Mrs. Peel.
So sorry 💔 Rest in Peace
What a lovely lady! I was in love with her in my early teen years. RIP dear.
I loved her. Such a great actress! I've been a massive fan since I saw her in The Avengers in the 80s. I even wrote a book about the show called 'Quite Quite Fantastic! The Avengers for Modern Viewers.' She was indeed quite, quite fantastic! I'll miss her.
Rest In Peace Lady Holiday.
HeyJamie Dame Diana Rigg if you please. RIP
So sorry to hear this.
Emma Peel. I loved her. Rest in peace, Ms. Rigg.
She was wonderful as a Bond girl. She had real beauty, not just sex appeal. Will be missed, But not forgotten
She’s been my inspiration my whole life. RestInpowerDianaRigg avengers
RIP. One of my favorite GoT character.
Rest in Peace Olenna Tyrell.
RIP
An amazing role, that gave a lot of us young women a vision of what we were capable of. An amazing woman for decades after. Sympathy to her family & friends for their loss. 💐
naughtywriter2 Because who else could possibly marry James Bond?!
So sorry to hear this. I loved her in Game of Thrones. I don't remember her as Emma Peel but I know the men loved her.
She was my role model as Emma Peel in 'The Avengers' when I was a child. Tough, smart, beautiful...& rocked a leather jumpsuit. Also great as 'Mrs. Danvers.' Condolences to her family. I am so sad. Another idol gone.
Didn't Bond get married in 'You Only Live Twice'? 🤔
Too bad. She was great. Loved her on GOT. RIPDianaRigg
2020 officially cancelled!
RIP
Noooo. 2020 sucks big time.
She absolutely nailed it as Olenna in GoT. One of the most badass characters who never had to touch a sword. Quick witted and one of the only ones to truly fuck over Cersei. RIP to a real one, the Queen of Thorns.
Smart, talented, beautiful (okay, and sexy) and classy -- so sorry that she's no longer with us. RIP, Diana, and love to her family!
RIP Queen 👸
Loved her.
Wonderful actress. Classy woman. Rest easy. 😢 😿 💔 🌠
RIP to one of Britains best ever actresses.
Now Sleeping with the angels 👼 Diana was a great actress . God bless her 🙏💫🤗
Awww, she was such an awesome actress. I was thrilled to see her on Games of Thrones--to see that Hollywood had not forgotten her. I love Avengers--I marathon watched it last winter. Amazon starts it at season 2 though.
RIP 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Forever in love with Mrs. Peel. Still in my top ten all-time TV shows. Diana Rigg was always beautiful & classy. In my architecture practice we had a very high powered computer for the time, naming it Emma Peel. Even our IT Guy referred to it as Emma. R.I.P. Ms. Rigg. 😥😥
'Mrs. Peel' Diana Rigg, The First Avenger! RIP
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also Game of Thrones.
This lady had a long career and body of work.
Dame Diana Rigg was a great role model for young women in Bond and Avengers! and a GREAT Cat Woman in Batman!
the woman was an legend and your best summary is about her style and that she was known for being married to James Bond? Clearly this is what the AP believes about the value of women.
So sad. Praying for her family. May God comfort them during this difficult time. May she RIP. 😪
I grew up watching her play Emma Peel on The Avengers! Those outfits she wore were so stylish. May she rest in eternal peace
JillHennessy 😢 Mrs. Peel.
Throw this whole year in the trash.
Oh no! My first girl crush.
I loved her in the Avengers series. She did all the hard lifting, fighting while her male costar did most of mental work.
As Emma Peel, she has had such an influence on me. Beautiful, witty, and capable. She was the first female role model that didn’t need to be rescued by a man. I used to pretend to be Emma Peel when I was 5 years old. Thanks so much Diana for bringing her to life. ❤️
Diana Rigg as Emma Peel. Perfection. Rest In Peace Diana Rigg.
MerlinofCanada Iconic actress.
Another of my childhood icons gone. I loved watching Diana Rigg in her role as Mrs. Peel. May she rest in peace.
I saw Diana Rigg on stage in London... 1970s... was it a Pinter play perhaps. .?
What an awesome actress Ms Rigg was — RIP!
This feels like a punch to the gut. I watched reruns of The Avengers as a kid and she was an absolute hero -- so cool, brilliant and powerful. Rest in peace, Dame Diana -- you remain an inspiration.
RIP Diana Rigg what an actress 🙏🙏
1WitchyChick I guess Mrs. Peel was needed elsewhere.
Emma Peel and John Steed in “The Avengers”
pfanderson RIP Diana Rigg
A great combination of class, charm and badassery. We shall miss her.
UltraHDBluray One of my favourite actresses of all time – already since The Avengers, and even more so after her unforgettable performance in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
The calmest, most badass super avenger of her time and so much more! RIPDianaRigg🎟🎬🎥🎞🎭Bond🔥 EmmaPeel👢🌂 GameOfThrones👑 TheGreatMuppetCaper🛵
Rest In Peace Dame Emma Peel 🕯 TheAvengersDianaRigg GOTLadyOleannaTyrell 007TracyBond
JB_SF Remember her well, R I P
It is Macnee, not McNee. OHMSS opened in December 1969. Not 1967
Sad. I'll always remember her as the Bond Girl who married James Bond.
Dame and GOAT RIP DianaRigg
well find Contessa's Bond again.. Banko ?
R.I.P.🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️
NeilWeekes RIP Diana ❤ many a 60's and 70's schoolboy will mourn your passing!
RIP Diana.
Awful news, she was such a talented actress, I couldn't imagine anyone else as Olenna Tyrell, RIP
RIP Dame Diana Rigg!
Rip/ may the lord be with her and her family/ you will be missed but never ever forgotten/ legend
wonderful, intelligent actress and a sexy young lady. RIP Madame
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This year is brutal for losing so many talented people!
Sleep well, dearest Lady of the scene & screen both big and small. I watched you all my life in shades of grey and later into color & light. Thank you, M’Lady. Bless your family and friends in their time of sorrow. We, her fans, share a small measure of that pain with them. 🕯
Such a fine actress. Sad 😪
al bundy liked that high leg kick
MrsWoodruff1 Her bond film was the best one until Skyfall.
Terribly sad to hear about Diana Rigg's passing. My father and I adored The Avengers and she personified a sharp, capable woman. Thoughts to her family.
RIP DianaRigg Never missed an episode of The Avengers.
jaywhyelle 😢
Yes, I always thought that was interesting that she was the one to marry James Bond. She will be missed.🌷
What a joy she was. RIPDianaRigg
I absolutely adored her in Victoria on ITV 💔
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JimLeitrim1 Any good news? Ugh 😞
loved her in Avengers and GoT...damn she played lady Olenna both dangerous and sensitive
RIPDianaRigg UTS 😢🌹
NO!!!!!!!!!!
Actor.
RIP Dame Diana Rigg.
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As a young man, I had the biggest crush on her as Emma Peel. Thought she was the ideal woman. Beautiful, witty, brainy, and strong.
PaulZeise my first love
RIP
2020, you suck.
Fare thee well, Dame Diana Rigg. Loved you as Lady Olenna on GOT and Lady Holiday in the Great Muppet Caper.
One of the prettiest Bond girls ever. But she was a great actress as well. RIP.....😢😢😢
bokoo143 Loved her, RIP!
Bettie003 I know that with her great body of work this may seem odd. I so enjoyed her gem of a performance in The Detectorists.
Mrs. Peel. Never to be forgotten.
R.i.P
R.I.P
A wonderful actress. Rest In Peace 🙏🏼
Oh hell! I LOVED her! R.I.P., Diana Rigg
Diana Rigg was gorgeous, cool, smart, fabulous. She stated when she started on The Avengers she was paid less than the cameraman and peanuts next to her male costar. She said no support or sisterhood back in that day: RIP Diana Rigg!
💜💜💜💜💜💜🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
She was on a spy show in the 70's condolences to her family 🙏.
Maybe it’s good that NoTimeToDie was not released yet
Very sad. 😢
RIP Queen of Thorns. Beautiful. Badass.
I LOVE the Detectorists! Such a loss.
billineastala God speed Mrs. Peel🕵
Oh damn it!! ☹️ RIP
I wanted to be her when I was a kid. Adored her!
She was the first really un Hollywood fabulous smart female lead on TV.
RIP Queen of Thorns
RIP Lady Olene Tyrell. You were a great actress.
I saw that movie on TV and loved it. RIPDianaRigg
Amazing - she was that only Bond Girl who married Bond !!
Farewell Mrs. Peel.
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She will be missed, but she seems to have led a rich, full life. RIP.
😢RIP
That hurts
If you saw this woman in her black latex one piece while on the Avengers, and you were a 12 year old boy, you were in love... RIP.
Dame Diana was such an absolute badass it took my breath away
VesperUK 😢RIP
RIP
I love her!!!
hard not to feel sad about this
NOLALeyda I loved Emma Peel. And Diana.
RIP Diana Rigg. Thank you for your many, many entertaining roles.
bummer. RIP mrspeel
Shit! 😞
Very sad to read of the passing of a true legend. Such a remarkable talent. Elevated everything in which she took part. Rest well, Lady.
She was the only woman to marry James Bond, does that imply that men married James Bond.
RIP
Diana Rigg, Mrs. Peel from the Avengers tv series is gone and my spirit wails. 😭
RIPEmmaPeel
💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔
LEGEND
Rest peacefully... she was amazing. 🙏
Diana rocked Emma Peel. Rest in Peace Dame Diana.
RIP Mrs Peale! Never missed a show as a kid!😢
When I was a kid, I thought Diana Rigg was the coolest person in the world and I wanted to be just like her. I came pretty close.
Emma Peel is what the boys in my 60s neighborhood called me. An honor for me. May Diana Rigg rest in peace.
Very sad to lose a decent, clean living person.
RIP, Diana Rigg. As Mrs. Emma Peele, you were the teenage fantasy of so many boys!
So sad to hear loved her in the avengers as mrs peel she was wonderful landing the bond film marvelous in that. Diana will be so sadly missed x
Thank you for killing joffery for us! Rip
RIP 💙
Serbia mafia led by Aleksandar Vucic and his brother Andrej Vucic giving illegal cannabis in the centre of Europe!
SIP. Boy crush on her from the Avengers back in the day, beautiful woman.
Emma Peel was an amazing character. Beautiful, sexy, smart, charming and capable. Diana was a terrific actress. She became the focus of almost every scene she was in, even at 80 in Game of Thrones.
Sad to hear. As Emma Peel she was wonderfully witty and sexy. Absolutely captivating to watch. RIP.
Weird tweet. All about her style and marrying James Bond but nothing about her acting?
Fuck 2020
RIP Great Lady. All ages go when their women and men die. We will remember, however.
I mourn. She was a great crush of mine when I was about 12. She was great as the Queen of Thorns in Game of Thrones.
RIP Diana
R.I.P.
She was such a great actress. I loved her in the “Mrs. Bradley Mysteries”. I wish the series had lasted longer. It was fantastic. Her character was so fun.
We're sorry to hear that. My cousin liked her in 'The Avengers'.
House Tyrell and all GameOfThrones fans mourn her loss. RIPDianaRigg 😔😥🥺 krisandbugachi
She was also in Game of Thrones.
All the time in the world
We have all the time in the world.
Mrs. Peel first girl crush... RIP Mrs. Peel
Yes. Yes you were. RIP
RIP
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