[piltdownman]

A towering presence of British stage and screen, with Dame Judi Dench being about the last of that golden generation since the passing of Diana Riggs (Olenna Tyrell).

Time for a rewatch of Gosford Park while archly sipping gin out of a china teacup with a raised pinkie.

[jszymborski]

I didn't know Diana Riggs died :( She really brought the Queen of Thorns to life.

[Angostura]

One of her last pieces of work was in the excellent BBC series The Detectorists, where she played a character who was mother to her real-life daughter

[jszymborski]

Oh I love that series!

[piltdownman]

Yeah she was a big loss, a 60s bond girl and all-round sex symbol who went on to completely transcend that label and developed into a serious thespian and RSC/Old Vic stalwart. She absolutely holds her own as the Wife of Olivier's Lear.

I'm delighted she got to work with Edgar Wright before her death and put in a great turn in Last Night in Soho; I'd a big fear she'd peter out with a few Dr.Who episodes in a fairly unceremonious end to a glittering and exremely accomplished career.

[kitd]

One of her last roles was in the fantastic BBC comedy "Detectorists" where she played the mother of Rachael Stirling, her daughter in real life.

There was definitely a big hole when series 2 came out without her.