
Virginia McKenna
Department: Acting
Biography
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.
Known For

The Lady in Waiting
1992

Blood Link
1982

The Smallest Show on Earth
1957

Swallows and Amazons
1974

Born Free
1966

Carve Her Name with Pride
1958

The Cruel Sea
1953

The Ship That Died of Shame
1955

Simba
1955

Ring of Bright Water
1969

A Town Like Alice
1956

The Gathering Storm
1974

The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959

Father's Doing Fine
1952

The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1957

Two Living, One Dead
1961

Rosamunde Pilcher: September
1996

Julius Caesar
1979

An Elephant Called Slowly
1969

Beauty and the Beast
1976

Waterloo
1970

The Scold's Bridle
1998

A Passage to India
1965

Echoes of Camusfearna
—

Love/Loss
2010

Holocaust 2000
1977

The Lions Are Free
1969

The Admirable Crichton
1968

Puccini
1984

The Whistle-Blower
2001

Golden Years
2016

Staggered
1994

The Lion at World's End
1971

Ethel & Ernest
2016

Storm Over Jamaica
1958

Sliding Doors
1998

Leona Calderon
2013

Peter Pan
1976

The Oracle
1953

Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
2013

Widow's Walk
2019

The Case of the Frightened Lady
1983

The Disappearance
1977

Wings
2020

Duel of Hearts
1992

Have a Nice Night
1990

Romeo and Juliet
1955

The Merv Griffin Show
1962

Richard & Judy
2001

BBC Play of the Month
1965

Lovejoy
1986

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Noel's Telly Years
1996

The Camomile Lawn
1992

GMTV
1993

Natural World
1983

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987

The First Olympics: Athens 1896
1984

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004

September
1996

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

After They Were Famous
2002

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Kavanagh Q.C.
1995

Sunday Night Theatre
1950

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

BBC Play of the Month
1965

BBC Play of the Month
1965

BBC Play of the Month
1965

Sunday Night Theatre
1950

The Edwardians
1972

Mystery and Imagination
1966

The Cook Report
1987