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Virginia Anne McKenna, OBE, is a British stage and screen actress, author 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.
Birth Name
Virginia Anne McKenna
Born
Sunday, 07 June 1931
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Free Billy | 2021 | |
| Widow's Walk | Myrtle | 2019 |
| Jill Robinson: To the Moon and Back | Self | 2017 |
| Ethel & Ernest | Lady of the House (voice) / Lady of the House | 2016 |
| Golden Years | Martha | 2016 |
| Leona Calderon | Elderly English Lady | 2013 |
| Mad As Hell: Peter Finch | Self | 2011 |
| Love/Loss | Mary | 2010 |
| Piers Morgan's Life Stories | Self - Friend | 2009 |
| Untamed & Uncut | Self | 2008 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Free Billy | 2021 | |
| Widow's Walk | Myrtle | 2019 |
| Jill Robinson: To the Moon and Back | Self | 2017 |
| Ethel & Ernest | Lady of the House (voice) / Lady of the House | 2016 |
| Golden Years | Martha | 2016 |
| Leona Calderon | Elderly English Lady | 2013 |
| Mad As Hell: Peter Finch | Self | 2011 |
| Love/Loss | Mary | 2010 |
| Piers Morgan's Life Stories | Self - Friend | 2009 |
| Untamed & Uncut | Self | 2008 |
| British Film Forever | Self | 2007 |
| Marple | Belle Goedler | 2004 |
| Timeshift | Herself - Actress | 2002 |
| The Whistle-Blower | Theresa Elliot | 2001 |
| Loose Women | Herself | 1999 |
| After They Were Famous | Herself | 1999 |
| Sliding Doors | James's Mother | 1998 |
| September | Violet | 1996 |
| Kavanagh QC | Alice Aldermarten | 1995 |
| Staggered | Flora | 1994 |
| The Camomile Lawn | Polly (older) | 1992 |
| The Lady in Waiting | Miss Peach | 1992 |
| Duel of Hearts | Lady Brecon | 1991 |
| Have a Nice Night | Jennifer | 1990 |
| Challenge Anneka | Self | 1987 |
| Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Milborough Lang | 1987 |
| Best of British | (archive footage) | 1987 |
| Lovejoy | Harriet Fisher | 1986 |
| The First Olympics: Athens 1896 | Annabel Flack | 1984 |
| Puccini | Elvira | 1984 |
| Natural World | Self - Participant | 1983 |
| The Case of the Frightened Lady | Lady Lebanon Amersham | 1983 |
| Blood Link | Woman in Ballroom | 1982 |
| Nature | Self | 1982 |
| Julius Caesar | Portia | 1979 |
| The Disappearance | Catherine | 1977 |
| The Chosen | Eva Caine | 1977 |
| The Queen's Garden | Self - Narrator | 1977 |
| Beauty and the Beast | Lucy | 1976 |
| Arena | Herself | 1975 |
| The Gathering Storm | Clemmie Churchill / Clementine Churchill | 1974 |
| Swallows and Amazons | Mrs. Walker / Mother - Mrs. Walker | 1974 |
| The Edwardians | Daisy | 1972 |
| The Lion Who Thought He Was People | 1971 | |
| Waterloo | Duchess of Richmond | 1970 |
| Ring of Bright Water | Mary MacKenzie | 1969 |
| An Elephant Called Slowly | Ginny | 1969 |
| Born Free | Joy Adamson | 1966 |
| Mystery and Imagination | Mrs. Oke | 1966 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Adela Quested / Fraulein von Bernburg / Hester / Mary Stuart | 1965 |
| Call My Bluff | Self | 1965 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Herself | 1961 |
| Two Living, One Dead | Helen Berger | 1961 |
| The Wreck of the Mary Deare | Janet Taggart | 1959 |
| Storm Over Jamaica | Judy Waring | 1958 |
| Carve Her Name with Pride | Violette Szabo | 1958 |
| Big Time Operators | Jean Spenser | 1957 |
| The Barretts of Wimpole Street | Henrietta Barrett | 1957 |
| A Town Like Alice | Jean Paget | 1956 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Jane Charlton | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| PT Raiders | Helen Randall | 1955 |
| Simba | Mary Crawford | 1955 |
| The Oracle | Shelagh | 1953 |
| The Cruel Sea | Julie Hallam | 1953 |
| The Second Mrs. Tanqueray | Ellean Tanqueray | 1952 |
| Father's Doing Fine | Catherine / Catherine her daughter | 1952 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1967 | Golden Globe | Best Actress - Drama | Nominated |
