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Birthday: Jun 07, 1931
Place of Birth: London, England, UK

Virginia McKenna

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
The Lady in Waiting Miss Peach 1992
Blood Link Woman in Ballroom 1982
The Smallest Show on Earth Jean Spenser 1957
Swallows and Amazons Mrs. Walker 1974
Born Free Joy Adamson 1966
Carve Her Name with Pride Violette Szabo 1958
The Cruel Sea Julie Hallam 1953
The Ship That Died of Shame Helen Randall 1955
Simba Mary Crawford 1955
Ring of Bright Water Mary MacKenzie 1969
A Town Like Alice Jean Paget 1956
The Gathering Storm Clemmie Churchill 1974
The Wreck of the Mary Deare Janet Taggart 1959
Father's Doing Fine Catherine 1952
The Barretts of Wimpole Street Henrietta Barrett 1957
Two Living, One Dead Helen Berger 1961
Rosamunde Pilcher: September Violet 1996
Julius Caesar Portia 1979
An Elephant Called Slowly Ginny 1969
Beauty and the Beast Lucy 1976
Waterloo Duchess of Richmond 1970
The Scold's Bridle Violet Orloff 1998
A Passage to India Adela Quested 1965
Echoes of Camusfearna Narrator 1970
Love/Loss Mary 2010
Holocaust 2000 Eva Caine 1977
The Lions Are Free 1969
The Admirable Crichton Lady Mary 1968
Puccini Elvira 1984
The Whistle-Blower Theresa Elliot 2001
Golden Years Martha 2016
Staggered Flora 1994
The Lion at World's End 1971
Ethel & Ernest Lady of the House (voice) 2016
Storm Over Jamaica Judy Waring 1958
Sliding Doors James' Mother 1998
Leona Calderon 2013
Peter Pan Mrs. Darling 1976
The Oracle Shelagh 1953
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips Self 2013
Widow's Walk Myrtle 2019
The Case of the Frightened Lady Lady Lebanon Amersham 1983
The Disappearance Catherine 1977
Wings Dora 2020
Duel of Hearts Lady Brecon 1992
Have a Nice Night Jennifer Warrenton 1990
Series Cast Year
The Merv Griffin Show Self 1962
Richard & Judy Self 2001
BBC Play of the Month Adela Quested 1965
Lovejoy Harriet Fisher 1986
Hallmark Hall of Fame Lady Mary 1951
Mystery and Imagination 1966
Noel's Telly Years 1996
The Camomile Lawn Polly (older) 1992
BBC Television Shakespeare 1978
GMTV Self 1993
The Edwardians 1972
Natural World Participant 1983
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Milborough Lang 1987
The First Olympics: Athens 1896 Annabel Flack 1984
Agatha Christie's Marple Belle Goedler 2004
September Violet 1996
Hallmark Hall of Fame Mrs. Darling 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame Lucy 1951
After They Were Famous Self 2002
Hallmark Hall of Fame Clementine Churchill 1951
Kavanagh Q.C. Alice Aldermarten 1995
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