Virginia McKenna
Date of birth: 1931-06-07
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Virginia Anne 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.
Movie Credits
The Lady in Waiting
1992-01-01
In 1970s New York, a drag queen and elderly woman meet during a blackout. The film was nominated for
Blood Link
1982-10-15
A man who has been having psychic visions of himself killing naked women soon discovers that it's no
The Smallest Show on Earth
1957-04-09
Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegra
Swallows and Amazons
1974-06-01
On holiday with their mother in the Lake District in 1929 four children are allowed to sail over to
Born Free
1966-03-26
At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three or
Carve Her Name with Pride
1958-02-18
London, England, during World War II. After living a tragic life experience, young Violette Szabo jo
The Cruel Sea
1953-02-24
At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexp
The Ship That Died of Shame
1955-04-19
After World War II the crew of a motor gunboat join together to buy their old vessel and go into bus
Simba
1955-01-07
A European family in East Africa finds itself caught up in an uprising by local black Africans again
Ring of Bright Water
1969-06-18
Stuck in a dead-end job, Graham Merrill adopts an otter, Mij, as a pet and then moves to an isolated
A Town Like Alice
1956-03-01
In 1941 Malaysia, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The
The Gathering Storm
1974-11-29
Winston Churchill's life in the years leading up to World War II.
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959-11-17
A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove t
Father's Doing Fine
1952-08-15
Lady Buckering, an English widow, has four daughters; Doreen, married to Dougall and about to give b
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1957-01-16
Director Sidney Franklin's 1957 remake of his own 1934 film, about the romance of poets Elizabeth Ba
Two Living, One Dead
1961-04-03
Three Post Office employees are at work when the facility is held up. The robber kills the superviso
Rosamunde Pilcher: September
1996-04-07
Verena Steynton is holding a party for her daughter. All the aristocratic families of Strathcroy in
Julius Caesar
1979-02-11
The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic conseq
An Elephant Called Slowly
1969-01-01
Bill and Ginny are invited by a naturalist friend to take care of his home in Africa while he is awa
Beauty and the Beast
1976-12-03
A beautiful girl agrees to marry a hideous, deformed beast and live in his castle in order to save h
Waterloo
1970-10-26
After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocke
The Scold's Bridle
1998-04-10
Detective Cooper investigates the bizarre circumstances surrounding the murder of Matilda who was fo
A Passage to India
1965-11-16
The BBC's 1965 adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, screened as part of their Play of the Month stran
Echoes of Camusfearna
This fascinating and haunting wildlife program is narrated by Virginia McKenna and centers on the We
Love/Loss
2010-01-01
A chance meeting reunites Mary and Joe, childhood sweethearts from the 1940s. But after 60 years apa
Holocaust 2000
1977-11-25
An executive in charge of a nuclear power plant in the Mid-East must stop his son-- who turns out to
The Lions Are Free
1969-01-23
The true life sequel to the movie classic Born Free. The actors from the movie Born Free, Bill Trave
The Admirable Crichton
1968-05-02
A group of people are shipwrecked when their yacht runs aground on a South Pacific island. The usual
Puccini
1984-01-01
In Torre del Lago, by Lake Massaciuccoli, Puccini is writing "The Girl of the Golden West" when his
The Whistle-Blower
2001-04-14
A bank employee, Laura Tracey, places herself and her family in mortal danger after reporting irregu
Golden Years
2016-04-29
Fate, the pensions crisis and a steadfast refusal to accept the injustice of old age have contrived
Staggered
1994-07-08
Very much in love, Neil's wedding plans are sabotaged, beginning when he is abandoned, naked, on a S
The Lion at World's End
1971-02-28
The astonishing true story of a zoo-born lion who found himself in the pet department of Harrods, th
Ethel & Ernest
2016-10-15
This hand drawn animated film, based on the award winning graphic novel by Raymond Briggs, is an int
Storm Over Jamaica
1958-09-25
A British schoolteacher moves to Jamaica to teach after a tumultuous divorce and meets an exciting n
Sliding Doors
1998-04-23
London publicist Helen, effortlessly slides between parallel storylines that show what happens when
Leona Calderon
2013-05-08
Leona Calderon is a retiring altruistic music lover earning her living cleaning establishments and p
Peter Pan
1976-12-12
Peter Pan is a 1976 musical adaptation of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up,
The Oracle
1953-06-01
An Irish "oracle" foretells the next day's track results to a newspaperman, resulting in a national
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips
2013-09-28
A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips takes a look at the life of Leslie Phillips; the legendary actor, writ
Widow's Walk
2019-10-19
Eve's husband has been killed in Afghanistan. She takes her young son to a Suffolk beach house on th
The Case of the Frightened Lady
1983-01-01
A woman tries to protect her family's name when one relative becomes a murderer.
The Disappearance
1977-11-30
The wife of a contract killer disappears. When he is hired by an international organisation to carry
Wings
2020-10-06
A heartwarming love story that spans over six decades, between two Land Army girls during World War
Duel of Hearts
1992-01-01
Lady Caroline Faye meets Lord Vane Brecon and is attracted to him. When she finds out that he is bei
Have a Nice Night
1990-01-27
Movie star Barbara Jenkins arrives in Cannes to host an auction of her costumes, under protection of
Romeo and Juliet
1955-05-22
Premiering on BBC as a part of their Sunday-Night Theatre program, this 1955 adaptation of Shakespea