Sad news for Game of Thrones fans.
Popular actress Dame Diana Ring passed away on Thursday.
It celebrated its first success in the 1960s.
Grief in the UK film and theater industry.
The actress Dame
Diana Rigg
is dead.
In the 1960s she celebrated great success, and she also played in a
series
that is
now known worldwide
.
The star of
"Game of Thrones"
died at the age of
82
years
surrounded by her family.
London - On Thursday afternoon, the British film and television industry received
painful news
.
The popular actress Dame
Diana Rigg
died on Thursday morning, as the
BBC announced
, citing its agent Simon Beresford.
At the age of 82 Rigg died "peacefully" with
her family
.
Beresford called her "an icon from theater, film and television".
Game of Thrones star Diana Rigg has passed away: She became known in an agent series in the 1960s
With the television series
"Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone"
(Original: "The Avengers"), she
became famous
in the mid-1960s through her role as the emancipated and style-conscious martial artist
Emma Peel
.
The series about the British secret agent John Steed was a great success, also because of its ambiguous humor and strong female characters.
"We are very sad to hear of the passing of Dame Diana Rigg, the legendary stage and screen actress who was much beloved by Bond fans for her memorable performance as Tracy di Vicenzo in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the only woman to have married James Bond. "
pic.twitter.com/nqQCSg35oM
- James Bond (@ 007) September 10, 2020
Although she only worked on the series for three years until 1968, she achieved
icon status
due to regular repetitions of the episodes
.
At the end of the 1960s, she celebrated another great success with an agent film.
In the
1969
James Bond film
"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" she played the agent wife Teresa "Tracy" di Vincenzo.
Actress Diana Rigg is dead: She appeared in world-famous series
Fans of the world-famous hit series
"Game of Thrones"
celebrated Rigg in her role as
Lady Olenna Tyrell
.
The award-winning actress also appeared in an episode of the well-known series
"Doctor Who" in
front of the camera.
In addition to her numerous roles in productions for the screen or television, she also appeared in the theater and was a member of the
Royal Shakespeare Company
theater
company
.
RIP Diana Rigg, who has passed away aged 82. And now her watch has ended đą pic.twitter.com/GzHmF1SILV
- Jon Snow (@LordSnow) September 10, 2020
Diana Rigg, who was named
Dame Commander
by
Queen Elizabeth II in
1994
, died as a result of
cancer
diagnosed in March
.
With Hilary Dwyer or Hilary Heath, another well-known actress who appeared in "With Umbrella, Charm and Melon" died of the consequences of a
coronavirus *
infection
.
(ajr)
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