Creator / Virginia McKenna

Virginia Anne McKenna OBE (born 7 June 1931 in Marylebone, London) is an English actress active since the 1950s. She is also a wildlife activist and cofounder with husband Bill Travers of the Born Free Foundation, which works to keep animals in the wild. It was named after what might be McKenna’s best-known role, as Real Life naturalist Joy Adamson in Born Free.

McKenna’s first husband was Denholm Elliott. Her granddaughter by Travers is actress Lily Travers.

Works on this wiki with McKenna

Film

• 1953 The Cruel Sea: Julie Hallam
• 1956 A Town Like Alice: Jean Paget
• 1958 Carve Her Name with Pride: Violette Szabo
• 1966 Born Free: Joy Adamson
• 1970 Waterloo: Duchess of Richmond
• 1974 Swallows and Amazons: Mother
• 1976 Peter Pan: Mrs. Darling (TV Production)
• 1977 Holocaust 2000: Eva Caine
• 1998 Sliding Doors: James’s Mother
• 2016 Ethel & Ernest: Lady of the House

Television

• 1992 Lovejoy: Harriet Fisher
• 2005 Marple: Belle Goedler