
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

The Lady in Waiting
as Miss Peach
1992

Blood Link
as Woman in Ballroom
1982

The Smallest Show on Earth
as Jean Spenser
1957

Swallows and Amazons
as Mrs. Walker
1974

Born Free
as Joy Adamson
1966

Carve Her Name with Pride
as Violette Szabo
1958

The Cruel Sea
as Julie Hallam
1953

The Ship That Died of Shame
as Helen Randall
1955

Simba
as Mary Crawford
1955

Ring of Bright Water
as Mary MacKenzie
1969

A Town Like Alice
as Jean Paget
1956

The Gathering Storm
as Clemmie Churchill
1974

The Wreck of the Mary Deare
as Janet Taggart
1959

Father's Doing Fine
as Catherine
1952

The Barretts of Wimpole Street
as Henrietta Barrett
1957
Two Living, One Dead
as Helen Berger
1961

Rosamunde Pilcher: September
as Violet
1996

Julius Caesar
as Portia
1979

An Elephant Called Slowly
as Ginny
1969

Beauty and the Beast
as Lucy
1976
TV Appearances

The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962

Richard & Judy
as Self
2001

BBC Play of the Month
as Adela Quested
1965

Lovejoy
as Harriet Fisher
1986

Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Lady Mary
1951
Noel's Telly Years
1996

The Camomile Lawn
as Polly (older)
1992

GMTV
as Self
1993

Natural World
as Participant
1983

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Milborough Lang
1987

The First Olympics: Athens 1896
as Annabel Flack
1984

Agatha Christie's Marple
as Belle Goedler
2004