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Virginia McKenna

ActorBorn June 7, 1931 (94 years)
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Dame Virginia Anne McKenna, DBE (born 7 June 1931) is a British stage and screen actress, author, activist, and wildlife campaigner. She is best known for the films A Town Like Alice (1956), Carve Her Name with Pride (1958), Born Free (1966), and Ring of Bright Water (1969), as well as her work with The Born Free Foundation.

Known For

  • Born Free
  • Sliding Doors
  • A Town Like Alice
  • Waterloo
  • Big Time Operators
  • Carve Her Name with Pride
  • Swallows and Amazons
  • Ring of Bright Water
  • Ethel & Ernest
  • The Wreck of the Mary Deare
  • Golden Years
  • The Cruel Sea
  • PT Raiders
  • The Chosen
  • Simba
  • An Elephant Called Slowly
  • The Lion Who Thought He Was People
  • The Disappearance
  • The Camomile Lawn
  • Widow's Walk
  • Two Living, One Dead
  • Storm Over Jamaica
  • Blood Link
  • Staggered

Filmography

2021
Free Billy · as Cast
2020
Wings · as Dora
2019
Widow's Walk · as Myrtle
2016
Ethel & Ernest · as Lady Of The House (voice)
2016
Golden Years · as Martha
2013
2010
Love/Loss · as Mary
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple (TV Series) · as Belle Goedler
2001
The Whistle-Blower · as Theresa Elliot
1998
Sliding Doors · as James' Mother
1998
The Scold's Bridle · as Violet Orloff
1998
The Scold's Bridle (TV Series) · as Violet Orloff
1996
September · as Violet
1995
Kavanagh Q.C. (TV Series) · as Alice Aldermarten
1994
Staggered · as Flora
1992
The Camomile Lawn (TV Series) · as Polly (older)
1991
Duel of Hearts · as Lady Brecon
1990
Have a Nice Night · as Jennifer Warrenton
1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV Series) · as Milborough Lang
1986
Lovejoy (TV Series) · as Harriet Fisher
1984
The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (TV Series) · as Annabel Flack
1984
Puccini · as Elvira
1983
Waters of the Moon · as Mrs. Whyte
1983
The Case of the Frightened Lady · as Lady Lebanon Amersham
1983
The Blue Dress · as Mrs. Lysarth
1983
Natural World (TV Series) · as Participant
1982
Blood Link · as Woman In Ballroom
1979
Julius Caesar · as Portia
1978
BBC Television Shakespeare (TV Series) · as Portia
1977
The Disappearance · as Catherine
1977
The Chosen · as Eva Caine
1976
1976
Peter Pan · as Mrs. Darling
1974
The Gathering Storm · as Clemmie Churchill
1974
Swallows and Amazons · as Mrs. Walker
1972
The Edwardians (TV Series) · as Frances Evelyn 'daisy' Greville
1971
1970
Waterloo · as Duchess Of Richmond
1970
1969
Ring of Bright Water · as Mary Mackenzie
1969
1968
The Admirable Crichton · as Lady Mary
1966
Born Free · as Joy Adamson
1966
Mystery and Imagination (TV Series) · as Alice Oke
1965
Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Mary Stuart
1961
Two Living, One Dead · as Helen Berger
1959
The Wreck of the Mary Deare · as Janet Taggart
1958
Storm Over Jamaica · as Judy Waring
1958
Carve Her Name with Pride · as Violette Szabo
1957
Big Time Operators · as Jean Spenser
1957
The Barretts of Wimpole Street · as Henrietta Barrett
1956
A Town Like Alice · as Jean Paget
1955
ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Jane Charlton
1955
PT Raiders · as Helen Randall
1955
Simba · as Mary Crawford
1953
The Cruel Sea · as Julie Hallam
1953
The Horse's Mouth · as Shelagh
1952
Father's Doing Fine · as Catherine
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV Series) · as Clementine Churchill
1950
Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Juliet

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