Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1931-06-07 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As

Virginia Anne McKenna

Virginia McKenna

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

6.6%

Sliding Doors

Apr 23, 1998

7.1%

Waterloo

Oct 26, 1970

7.6%

Agatha Christie's Marple

Dec 12, 2004

6.8%

Born Free

Mar 26, 1966

7.4%

Ethel & Ernest

Oct 15, 2016

7.0%

The Cruel Sea

Feb 24, 1953

5.9%

Holocaust 2000

Nov 25, 1977

7.3%

Lovejoy

Jan 10, 1986

6.3%

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

Nov 17, 1959

6.3%

Golden Years

Apr 29, 2016

6.3%

A Town Like Alice

Mar 1, 1956

6.6%

The Smallest Show on Earth

Apr 9, 1957

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Acting

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Echoes of Camusfearna as Narrator

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		Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips as Self
2013		Leona Calderon

2010

Love/Loss as Mary

2004

Agatha Christie's Marple as Belle Goedler

2002

After They Were Famous as Self

2001		Richard & Judy as Self
2001		The Whistle-Blower as Theresa Elliot

1998		Sliding Doors as James' Mother
1998		The Scold's Bridle as Violet Orloff

1996		Rosamunde Pilcher: September as Violet
1996		Noel's Telly Years
1996		September as Violet

1995

Kavanagh Q.C. as Alice Aldermarten

1994

Staggered as Flora

1993

GMTV as Self

1992		The Camomile Lawn as Polly (older)
1992		The Lady in Waiting as Miss Peach
1992		Duel of Hearts as Lady Brecon

1990

Have a Nice Night as Jennifer Warrenton

1987

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Milborough Lang

1986

Lovejoy as Harriet Fisher

1984		The First Olympics: Athens 1896 as Annabel Flack
1984		Puccini as Elvira

1983		Natural World as Participant
1983		The Case of the Frightened Lady as Lady Lebanon Amersham

1982

Blood Link as Woman in Ballroom

1979

Julius Caesar as Portia

1978

The BBC Television Shakespeare

1977		The Disappearance as Catherine
1977		Holocaust 2000 as Eva Caine

1976		Peter Pan as Mrs. Darling
1976		Beauty and the Beast as Lucy

1974		The Gathering Storm as Clemmie Churchill
1974		Swallows and Amazons as Mrs. Walker

1972

The Edwardians as Daisy

1971

The Lion at World's End

1970

Waterloo as Duchess of Richmond

1969		Ring of Bright Water as Mary MacKenzie
1969		The Lions Are Free
1969		An Elephant Called Slowly as Ginny

1968

The Admirable Crichton as Lady Mary

1966		Born Free as Joy Adamson
1966		Mystery and Imagination

1965		A Passage to India as Adela Quested
1965		BBC Play of the Month as Adela Quested

1962

The Merv Griffin Show as Self

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		The Smallest Show on Earth as Jean Spenser
1957		The Barretts of Wimpole Street as Henrietta Barrett

1956

A Town Like Alice as Jean Paget

1955		The Ship That Died of Shame as Helen Randall
1955		Simba as Mary Crawford

1953		The Oracle as Shelagh
1953		The Cruel Sea as Julie Hallam

1952

Father's Doing Fine as Catherine

1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame as Lady Mary
1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame as Mrs. Darling
1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame as Lucy
1951		Hallmark Hall of Fame as Clementine Churchill

1950

Sunday Night Theatre as Juliet