She appeared opposite Carlos Thompson, who played Argentinian import-export agentCarlosVarela.
Emma would become a global feminist role model and pop-culture iconas would Rigg.
In 1968, she snagged a leading role in director Peter Hall’s more modern take.
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An earlier theater piece was a rendition of Willam Shakespeare’sMacbeth.
Charles Grodin also featured among the human cast.
Rigg played an actress, Arlena Marshall, in the star-studded ensemble.
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Medea, 1992
Rigg starred as the title role inMedeaon stage starting in 1992.
The 1997 miniseries take on the story saw Rigg in the role of Mrs. Danvers, the sinister housekeeper.
The part earned Rigg’s first and only Primetime Emmy.
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The actress appeared as Mrs. Winifred Gillyflower, a chemist and founder of Sweetville.
“I loved the complexity of Olenna,” she told EW in 2019.
“She was a political woman, and she played the game brilliantly.
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She played the non-musical part of Mrs. Higgins, which led to her fourth Tony nomination.
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