About
Virginia McKenna
Overview
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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
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| 2020 | Wings | Actor | Dora | N/A N/A |
| 2019 | Widow's Walk | Actor | Myrtle | 58 Average |
| 2016 | Ethel & Ernest | Actor | Lady of the House (voice) | 61 Fair |
| 2016 | Golden Years | Actor | Martha | 59 Average |
| 2013 | Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2013 | Leona Calderon | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2010 | Love/Loss | Actor | Mary | N/A N/A |
| 2005 | A Murder Is Announced | Actor | Belle Goedler | N/A N/A |
| 2001 | The Whistle-Blower | Actor | Theresa Elliot | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Sliding Doors | Actor | James' Mother | 64 Fair |
| 1998 | The Scold's Bridle | Actor | Violet Orloff | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Rosamunde Pilcher: September | Actor | Violet | 59 Average |
| 1996 | September | Actor | Violet | 69 Fair |
| 1994 | Staggered | Actor | Flora | 58 Average |
| 1992 | The Camomile Lawn | Actor | Polly (older) | 68 Fair |
| 1992 | Duel of Hearts | Actor | Lady Brecon | 58 Average |
| 1992 | The Lady in Waiting | Actor | Miss Peach | 58 Average |
| 1990 | Have a Nice Night | Actor | Jennifer Warrenton | 59 Average |
| 1984 | The First Olympics: Athens 1896 | Actor | Annabel Flack | 68 Fair |
| 1984 | Puccini | Actor | Elvira | 59 Average |
| 1983 | The Case of the Frightened Lady | Actor | Lady Lebanon Amersham | N/A N/A |
| 1982 | Blood Link | Actor | Woman in Ballroom | 58 Average |
| 1979 | Julius Caesar | Actor | Portia | 59 Average |
| 1977 | The Disappearance | Actor | Catherine | 58 Average |
| 1977 | Holocaust 2000 | Actor | Eva Caine | 59 Average |
| 1976 | Peter Pan | Actor | Mrs. Darling | 59 Average |
| 1976 | Beauty and the Beast | Actor | Lucy | 58 Average |
| 1974 | The Gathering Storm | Actor | Clemmie Churchill | 59 Average |
| 1974 | Swallows and Amazons | Actor | Mrs. Walker | 59 Average |
| 1971 | The Lion at World's End | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1970 | Waterloo | Actor | Duchess of Richmond | 62 Fair |
| 1969 | Ring of Bright Water | Actor | Mary MacKenzie | 58 Average |
| 1969 | The Lions Are Free | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1969 | An Elephant Called Slowly | Actor | Ginny | 59 Average |
| 1968 | The Admirable Crichton | Actor | Lady Mary | 58 Average |
| 1966 | Born Free | Actor | Joy Adamson | 60 Fair |
| 1965 | A Passage to India | Actor | Adela Quested | N/A N/A |
| 1961 | Two Living, One Dead | Actor | Helen Berger | 59 Average |
| 1959 | The Wreck of the Mary Deare | Actor | Janet Taggart | 59 Average |
| 1958 | Storm Over Jamaica | Actor | Judy Waring | 59 Average |
| 1958 | Carve Her Name with Pride | Actor | Violette Szabo | 58 Average |
| 1957 | The Smallest Show on Earth | Actor | Jean Spenser | 59 Average |
| 1957 | The Barretts of Wimpole Street | Actor | Henrietta Barrett | 59 Average |
| 1956 | A Town Like Alice | Actor | Jean Paget | 59 Average |
| 1955 | The Ship That Died of Shame | Actor | Helen Randall | 59 Average |
| 1955 | Simba | Actor | Mary Crawford | 59 Average |
| 1953 | The Oracle | Actor | Shelagh | 58 Average |
| 1953 | The Cruel Sea | Actor | Julie Hallam | 60 Fair |
| 1952 | Father's Doing Fine | Actor | Catherine | 59 Average |
| Echoes of Camusfearna | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
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