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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.
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Filmography
all 65
Movies 47
TV Shows 18
self 7
Voice 1
Narrator 1
Self / Born Free Foundation
Harambe (2023)
Movie
Dora
Wings (2020)
Movie
Self
Land of the Free: Animal Trafficking Redefined (2020)
Movie
Myrtle
Widow's Walk (2019)
Movie
Lady of the House (voice)
Ethel & Ernest (2016)
Movie
Martha
Golden Years (2016)
Movie
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips (2013)
Movie
Elderly English Lady
Leona Calderon (2013)
Movie
Mary
Love/Loss (2010)
Movie
Belle Goedler
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
TV
6.11
Self
After They Were Famous (2002)
TV
Self
Richard & Judy (2001)
TV
8
Theresa Elliot
The Whistle-Blower (2001)
Movie
Violet Orloff
The Scold's Bridle (1998)
TV
James's Mother
Sliding Doors (1998)
Movie
1
Violet Orloff
The Scold's Bridle (1998)
Movie
Violet
Rosamunde Pilcher: September (1996)
Movie
Noel's Telly Years (1996)
TV
Violet
September (1996)
TV
Flora
Staggered (1994)
Movie
Self
GMTV (1993)
TV
Polly (older)
The Camomile Lawn (1992)
TV
Miss Peach
The Lady in Waiting (1992)
Movie
Lady Brecon
Duel of Hearts (1992)
Movie
Milborough Lang
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987)
TV
6
Harriet Fisher
Lovejoy (1986)
TV
5
Annabel Flack
The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984)
TV
Elvira
Puccini (1984)
Movie
Participant
Natural World (1983)
TV
6
Lady Lebanon Amersham
The Case of the Frightened Lady (1983)
Movie
Woman in Ballroom
Blood Link (1982)
Movie
Portia
Julius Caesar (1979)
Movie
BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
TV
Catherine
The Disappearance (1977)
Movie
Eva Caine
Holocaust 2000 (1977)
Movie
Mrs. Darling
Peter Pan (1976)
Movie
Lucy
Beauty and the Beast (1976)
Movie
Clementine Churchill
The Gathering Storm (1974)
Movie
Mother - Mrs. Walker
Swallows and Amazons (1974)
Movie
Daisy
The Edwardians (1972)
TV
Actress
The Lion at World's End (1971)
Movie
Duchess of Richmond
Waterloo (1970)
Movie
Mary MacKenzie
Ring of Bright Water (1969)
Movie
Self
The Lions Are Free (1969)
Movie
Ginny
An Elephant Called Slowly (1969)
Movie
Lady Mary
The Admirable Crichton (1968)
Movie
Joy Adamson
Born Free (1966)
Movie
Mystery and Imagination (1966)
TV
Adela Quested
A Passage to India (1965)
Movie
Adela Quested
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
TV
Self
The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
TV
Helen Berger
Two Living, One Dead (1961)
Movie
Janet Taggart
The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)
Movie
Judy Waring
Storm Over Jamaica (1958)
Movie
Violette Szabo
Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
Movie
6
Jean Spenser
The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
Movie
Henrietta Barrett
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957)
Movie
Jean Paget
A Town Like Alice (1956)
Movie
Helen Randall
The Ship That Died of Shame (1955)
Movie
Mary Crawford
Simba (1955)
Movie
Shelagh
The Oracle (1953)
Movie
Julie Hallam
The Cruel Sea (1953)
Movie
6
Catherine - Her Daughter
Father's Doing Fine (1952)
Movie
Mrs. Darling / Lady Mary / Lucy / Clementine Churchill
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
Narrator
Echoes of Camusfearna
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.8
Based on 144 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1951
1966
1979
1970
2023
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1931-06-07 (92 years old)
Birth PlaceMarylebone, United Kingdom
Height
RelationshipsBill Travers (1957-09-18 - 1994-03-29), Denholm Elliott (1954-03-01 - 1957-06-18)
ChildrenWill Travers
FatherTerence Morell McKenna
MotherAnne Maria de Nys
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsVirginia Anne McKenna
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire, Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical, British Academy Television Award for Best Actress, Laurence Olivier Award
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