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Virginia McKenna

Virginia McKenna

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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.

Wings

2020

as Dora

Widow's Walk

2019

as Myrtle

Ethel & Ernest

2016

as Lady of the House (voice)

Golden Years

2016

as Martha

Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips

2013

Leona Calderon

2013

Love/Loss

2010

as Mary

Agatha Christie's Marple

2004

as Belle Goedler

After They Were Famous

2002

as Self

The Whistle-Blower

2001

as Theresa Elliot

Sliding Doors

1998

as James' Mother

The Scold's Bridle

1998

as Violet Orloff

Rosamunde Pilcher: September

1996

as Violet

Noel's Telly Years

1996

September

1996

as Violet

Staggered

1994

as Flora

The Camomile Lawn

1992

as Polly (older)

Duel of Hearts

1992

as Lady Brecon

The Lady in Waiting

1992

as Miss Peach

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

1987

as Milborough Lang

Lovejoy

1986

as Harriet Fisher

The First Olympics: Athens 1896

1984

as Annabel Flack

Puccini

1984

as Elvira

Natural World

1983

as Participant

The Case of the Frightened Lady

1983

as Lady Lebanon Amersham

Blood Link

1982

as Woman in Ballroom

Julius Caesar

1979

as Portia

BBC Television Shakespeare

1978

The Disappearance

1977

as Catherine

Holocaust 2000

1977

as Eva Caine

Peter Pan

1976

as Mrs. Darling

Beauty and the Beast

1976

as Lucy

The Gathering Storm

1974

as Clemmie Churchill

Swallows and Amazons

1974

as Mrs. Walker

The Edwardians

1972

The Lion at World's End

1971

Waterloo

1970

as Duchess of Richmond

Ring of Bright Water

1969

as Mary MacKenzie

The Lions Are Free

1969

An Elephant Called Slowly

1969

as Ginny

The Admirable Crichton

1968

as Lady Mary

Born Free

1966

as Joy Adamson

Mystery and Imagination

1966

A Passage to India

1965

as Adela Quested

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as Adela Quested

Two Living, One Dead

1961

as Helen Berger

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

1959

as Janet Taggart

Storm Over Jamaica

1958

as Judy Waring

Carve Her Name with Pride

1958

as Violette Szabo

The Smallest Show on Earth

1957

as Jean Spenser

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

1957

as Henrietta Barrett

A Town Like Alice

1956

as Jean Paget

The Ship That Died of Shame

1955

as Helen Randall

Simba

1955

as Mary Crawford

The Oracle

1953

as Shelagh

The Cruel Sea

1953

as Julie Hallam

Father's Doing Fine

1952

as Catherine

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Lady Mary

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Clementine Churchill

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Lucy

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Mrs. Darling

Echoes of Camusfearna

as Narrator