Virginia McKenna
Born: 1931-06-07 in London, England, UK
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2020
- Wings as Dora
2019
- Widow's Walk as Myrtle
2016
- Ethel & Ernest as Lady of the House (voice)
- Golden Years as Martha
2013
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
- The Whistle-Blower as Theresa Elliot
1998
- Sliding Doors as James' Mother
- The Scold's Bridle as Violet Orloff
1996
- Noel's Telly Years
- September as Violet
- Rosamunde Pilcher: 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)
- Duel of Hearts as Lady Brecon
- The Lady in Waiting as Miss Peach
1990
- Have a Nice Night as Jennifer Warrenton
1987
- The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Milborough Lang
- The Cook Report
1986
- Lovejoy as Harriet Fisher
1984
- The First Olympics: Athens 1896 as Annabel Flack
- Sharing Time as Phoebe
- Puccini as Elvira
1983
- Natural World as Participant
- Waters of the Moon as Mrs. Whyte
- The Case of the Frightened Lady as Lady Lebanon Amersham
1982
- Blood Link as Woman in Ballroom
1979
- Julius Caesar as Portia
1977
- Holocaust 2000 as Eva Caine
- The Disappearance as Catherine
1976
- Peter Pan as Mrs. Darling
- Beauty and the Beast as Lucy
1975
- Shades of Greene as Mary
1974
- The Gathering Storm as Clemmie Churchill
- Swallows and Amazons as Mrs. Walker
1973
- The Dragon's Opponent as Margaret - Countess of Suffolk
1972
- The Edwardians as Frances Evelyn 'Daisy' Greville
1970
- Waterloo as Duchess of Richmond
1969
- An Elephant Called Slowly as Ginny
- Ring of Bright Water as Mary MacKenzie
- The Lions Are Free
1968
- The Admirable Crichton as Lady Mary
1967
- Half Hour Story as Ann
1966
- Mystery and Imagination as Alice Oke
- Born Free as Joy Adamson
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Adela Quested
- A Passage to India as Adela Quested
1962
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- Two Living, One Dead as Helen Berger
1959
- The Wreck of the Mary Deare as Janet Taggart
1958
- Carve Her Name with Pride as Violette Szabo
- Storm Over Jamaica as Judy Waring
1957
- The Barretts of Wimpole Street as Henrietta Barrett
- The Smallest Show on Earth as Jean Spenser
1956
- A Town Like Alice as Jean Paget
1955
- The Ship That Died of Shame as Helen Randall
- Simba as Mary Crawford
- Romeo and Juliet as Juliet Capulet
1953
- The Cruel Sea as Julie Hallam
- The Oracle as Shelagh
1952
- Father's Doing Fine as Catherine
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Lady Mary
1950
- Sunday Night Theatre as Juliet