Virginia McKenna
British actress · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Born 1931 · age 95
Dame Virginia Anne McKenna is a British actress. She is best known for the films The Cruel Sea (1953), 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.
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2019
Widow's WalkFilm, Myrtle2013
Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie PhillipsFilm2004
Agatha Christie's MarpleSeries, Belle Goedler2001
Richard & JudySeries1998
Sliding DoorsFilm, James' Mother1995
Kavanagh Q.C.Series, Alice Aldermarten1992
Duel of HeartsFilm, Lady Brecon1987
The Cook ReportSeries1984Sharing TimeSeries, Phoebe
PucciniFilm, 1984Elvira1979Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a MusicalAward
Julius CaesarFilm, 1979Portia1976
Beauty and the BeastFilm, Lucy1975
Shades of GreeneSeries, Mary1972
The EdwardiansSeries, Frances Evelyn 'Daisy' Greville1970
WaterlooFilm, Duchess of Richmond1968
The Admirable CrichtonFilm, Lady Mary1965
BBC Play of the MonthSeries, Adela Quested
A Passage to IndiaFilm, 1965Adela Quested1961
The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1959
The Wreck of the Mary DeareFilm, Janet Taggart1957
The Barretts of Wimpole StreetFilm, Henrietta Barrett1956British Academy Television Award for Best ActressAward1955
Romeo and JulietFilm, Juliet Capulet1952
Father's Doing FineFilm, Catherine1950
Sunday Night TheatreSeries, Juliet1931Born7 June 1931
Widow's WalkFilm, Myrtle2013Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie PhillipsFilm2004Agatha Christie's MarpleSeries, Belle Goedler2001Richard & JudySeries1998Sliding DoorsFilm, James' Mother1995Kavanagh Q.C.Series, Alice Aldermarten1992Duel of HeartsFilm, Lady Brecon1987The Cook ReportSeries1984Sharing TimeSeries, PhoebePucciniFilm, 1984Elvira1979Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a MusicalAwardJulius CaesarFilm, 1979Portia1976Beauty and the BeastFilm, Lucy1975Shades of GreeneSeries, Mary1972The EdwardiansSeries, Frances Evelyn 'Daisy' Greville1970WaterlooFilm, Duchess of Richmond1968The Admirable CrichtonFilm, Lady Mary1965BBC Play of the MonthSeries, Adela QuestedA Passage to IndiaFilm, 1965Adela Quested1961The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1959The Wreck of the Mary DeareFilm, Janet Taggart1957The Barretts of Wimpole StreetFilm, Henrietta Barrett1956British Academy Television Award for Best ActressAward1955Romeo and JulietFilm, Juliet Capulet1952Father's Doing FineFilm, Catherine1950Sunday Night TheatreSeries, Juliet1931Born7 June 1931People around Virginia
Herbert Wise Directed The Gathering Storm and Julius Caesar
Basil Dearden Directed The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
Alberto De Martino Directed Holocaust 2000 (1978)- Geoffrey Keen Also in Holocaust 2000 and A Town Like Alice
- Michael Relph Produced The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
Sydney Pollack Produced Sliding Doors (1998)
Dino De Laurentiis Produced Waterloo (1970)- Lewis Gilbert Directed Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
Michael Anderson Directed The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)
Leslie Phillips Also in The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
Jack Hawkins Also in Waterloo and The Cruel Sea
Anthony Asquith Directed Two Living, One Dead (1961)- Eric Ambler Wrote The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)
Martin Clunes Directed Staggered (1994)
Ian Ogilvy Also in Waterloo and The Gathering Storm
Donald Sinden Also in The Cruel Sea and Simba
Sam Zimbalist Produced The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957)
Sidney Gilliat Produced The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
Suzanna Hamilton Also in Swallows and Amazons and Duel of Hearts- Harold Goodwin Also in The Cruel Sea (1953)
Charles Frend Directed The Cruel Sea (1953)- Susan Stephen Also in Father's Doing Fine (1952)
- Leslie Norman Produced The Cruel Sea (1953)
- Noel Willman Also in Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
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Ethel & Ernest 2016
Waterloo 1970
The Cruel Sea 1953
Born Free 1966
Sliding Doors 1998
Filmography 40
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Television 24
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Born 1931 · age 95
