"Game of Thrones" star Diana Rigg dies: Film community mourns

Sad news for Game of Thrones fans.

Popular actress Dame Diana Rigg 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

.

The popular actress Dame

died on Thursday morning, as the

, citing its agent Simon Beresford.

At the age of 82 Rigg died "peacefully" with

.

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

(Original: "The Avengers"), she

became famous

in the mid-1960s through her role as the emancipated and style-conscious martial artist

.

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

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

"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

celebrated Rigg in her role as

.

The award-winning actress also appeared in an episode of the well-known series

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

theater

.

RIP Diana Rigg, who has passed away aged 82. And now her watch has ended 😢 pic.twitter.com/GzHmF1SILV

- Jon Snow (@LordSnow) September 10, 2020

Diana Rigg, who was named

 Dame Commander

by

1994

, died as a result of

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

.

(ajr)

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