Virginia McKenna
Acting • Born 1931-06-07
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.
Filmography
74 credits
The Lady in Waiting
Movie • 1992
Miss Peach
Blood Link
Movie • 1982
Woman in Ballroom
The Smallest Show on Earth
Movie • 1957
Jean Spenser
Swallows and Amazons
Movie • 1974
Mrs. Walker
Born Free
Movie • 1966
Joy Adamson
Carve Her Name with Pride
Movie • 1958
Violette Szabo
The Cruel Sea
Movie • 1953
Julie Hallam
The Ship That Died of Shame
Movie • 1955
Helen Randall
Simba
Movie • 1955
Mary Crawford
Ring of Bright Water
Movie • 1969
Mary MacKenzie
A Town Like Alice
Movie • 1956
Jean Paget
The Gathering Storm
Movie • 1974
Clemmie Churchill
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
Movie • 1959
Janet Taggart
Father's Doing Fine
Movie • 1952
Catherine
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Movie • 1957
Henrietta Barrett
Two Living, One Dead
Movie • 1961
Helen Berger
Rosamunde Pilcher: September
Movie • 1996
Violet
Julius Caesar
Movie • 1979
Portia
An Elephant Called Slowly
Movie • 1969
Ginny
Beauty and the Beast
Movie • 1976
Lucy
Waterloo
Movie • 1970
Duchess of Richmond
The Scold's Bridle
Movie • 1998
Violet Orloff
A Passage to India
Movie • 1965
Adela Quested
Echoes of Camusfearna
Movie
Narrator
Love/Loss
Movie • 2010
Mary
Holocaust 2000
Movie • 1977
Eva Caine
The Lions Are Free
Movie • 1969
The Admirable Crichton
Movie • 1968
Lady Mary
Puccini
Movie • 1984
Elvira
The Whistle-Blower
Movie • 2001
Theresa Elliot
Golden Years
Movie • 2016
Martha
Staggered
Movie • 1994
Flora
The Lion at World's End
Movie • 1971
Ethel & Ernest
Movie • 2016
Lady of the House (voice)
Storm Over Jamaica
Movie • 1958
Judy Waring
Sliding Doors
Movie • 1998
James' Mother
Leona Calderon
Movie • 2013
Peter Pan
Movie • 1976
Mrs. Darling
The Oracle
Movie • 1953
Shelagh
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
Movie • 2013
Self
Widow's Walk
Movie • 2019
Myrtle
The Case of the Frightened Lady
Movie • 1983
Lady Lebanon Amersham
The Disappearance
Movie • 1977
Catherine
Wings
Movie • 2020
Dora
Duel of Hearts
Movie • 1992
Lady Brecon
Have a Nice Night
Movie • 1990
Jennifer Warrenton
Romeo and Juliet
Movie • 1955
Juliet Capulet
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
Richard & Judy
TV • 2001
Self
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Adela Quested
Lovejoy
TV • 1986
Harriet Fisher
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Lady Mary
Noel's Telly Years
TV • 1996
The Camomile Lawn
TV • 1992
Polly (older)
GMTV
TV • 1993
Self
Natural World
TV • 1983
Participant
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
TV • 1987
Milborough Lang
The First Olympics: Athens 1896
TV • 1984
Annabel Flack
Agatha Christie's Marple
TV • 2004
Belle Goedler
September
TV • 1996
Violet
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Mrs. Darling
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Lucy
After They Were Famous
TV • 2002
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Clementine Churchill
Kavanagh Q.C.
TV • 1995
Alice Aldermarten
Sunday Night Theatre
TV • 1950
Juliet
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Fraulein von Bernburg
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Mary Stuart
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Hester
Sunday Night Theatre
TV • 1950
Captain Janine Mayhew
The Edwardians
TV • 1972
Frances Evelyn 'Daisy' Greville
Mystery and Imagination
TV • 1966
Alice Oke
The Cook Report
TV • 1987