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

• 2020Wings — Dora
• 2019Widow's Walk — Myrtle
• 2016Ethel & Ernest — Lady of the House (voice)
• 2016Golden Years — Martha
• 2013Leona Calderon
• 2010Love/Loss — Mary
• Agatha Christie's Marple — Belle Goedler
• 2001The Whistle-Blower — Theresa Elliot
• 1998Sliding Doors — James' Mother
• 1998The Scold's Bridle — Violet Orloff
• September — Violet
• Kavanagh Q.C. — Alice Aldermarten
• 1994Staggered — Flora
• 1992Duel of Hearts — Lady Brecon
• The Camomile Lawn — Polly (older)
• 1992The Lady in Waiting — Miss Peach
• 1990Have a Nice Night — Jennifer Warrenton
• The Cook Report
• The Ruth Rendell Mysteries — Milborough Lang
• Lovejoy — Harriet Fisher
• 1984Puccini — Elvira
• Sharing Time — Phoebe
• The First Olympics: Athens 1896 — Annabel Flack
• Natural World — Participant
• 1983The Case of the Frightened Lady — Lady Lebanon Amersham
• 1983Waters of the Moon — Mrs. Whyte
• 1982Blood Link — Woman in Ballroom
• 1979Julius Caesar — Portia
• 1977Holocaust 2000 — Eva Caine
• 1977The Disappearance — Catherine
• 1976Beauty and the Beast — Lucy
• 1976Peter Pan — Mrs. Darling
• Shades of Greene — Mary
• 1974Swallows and Amazons — Mrs. Walker
• 1974The Gathering Storm — Clemmie Churchill
• The Dragon's Opponent — Margaret - Countess of Suffolk
• The Edwardians — Frances Evelyn 'Daisy' Greville
• 1971The Lion at World's End
• 1970Waterloo — Duchess of Richmond
• 1969An Elephant Called Slowly — Ginny
• 1969Ring of Bright Water — Mary MacKenzie
• 1969The Lions Are Free
• 1968The Admirable Crichton — Lady Mary
• Half Hour Story — Ann
• 1966Born Free — Joy Adamson
• Mystery and Imagination — Alice Oke
• 1965A Passage to India — Adela Quested
• BBC Play of the Month — Adela Quested, Fraulein von Bernburg, Mary Stuart, Hester
• 1961Two Living, One Dead — Helen Berger
• 1959The Wreck of the Mary Deare — Janet Taggart
• 1958Carve Her Name with Pride — Violette Szabo
• 1958Storm Over Jamaica — Judy Waring
• 1957The Barretts of Wimpole Street — Henrietta Barrett
• 1957The Smallest Show on Earth — Jean Spenser
• 1956A Town Like Alice — Jean Paget
• 1955Romeo and Juliet — Juliet Capulet
• 1955Simba — Mary Crawford
• 1955The Ship That Died of Shame — Helen Randall
• 1953The Cruel Sea — Julie Hallam
• 1953The Oracle — Shelagh
• 1952Father's Doing Fine — Catherine
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Lady Mary, Lucy, Mrs. Darling, Clementine Churchill
• Sunday Night Theatre — Juliet, Captain Janine Mayhew
• Echoes of Camusfearna — Narrator

Appearances as themselves (7)

• 2013Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips — Self
• After They Were Famous — Self
• Richard & Judy — Self
• Noel's Telly Years — Self
• GMTV — Self
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self