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Virginia McKenna

British actress, Virginia McKenna, wears a crucifix pendant — Virginia McKenna, British actress, wears a crucifix pendant

Virginia McKenna

(1931–)

British actress (age 90) | The Cruel Sea (1953), A Town Like Alice (1956), Born Free (1966)

Demure-looking but spirited British leading lady with stage experience; married to Bill Travers. With Travers she founded in 1984 the Born Free Foundation, which campaigns for wild animals that are suffering, imprisoned or in danger

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Virginia McKenna (as Violette Szabo) in a poster for Carve Her Name with Pride (1958) — Carve Her Name with Pride (1958) poster | Virginia McKenna

British actress, Virginia McKenna, wears a crucifix pendant — Virginia McKenna, British actress, wears a crucifix pendant

A Town Like Alice DVD from Network and the British Film — A Town Like Alice DVD – Network – The British Film

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Personal Details

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Virginia McKenna was born in Marylebone, London on 7^th June, 1931.

Watch Virginia McKenna on British television

- The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957)
- Saturday at 6am on TCM Movies HD
- Saturday at 7am on TCM Movies Plus 1
- 5^th October at 1.30am on TCM Movies HD
- 5^th October at 2.30am on TCM Movies Plus 1
- 8^th October at 7.10am on TCM Movies HD
- 8^th October at 8.10am on TCM Movies Plus 1
- Invalid Elizabeth Barrett plans to marry poet Robert Browning, against her tyrannical father’s wishes. Remake of the 1934 version.

Virginia McKenna News

- Carve Her Name With Pride outdoor film screening at Brookwood Cemetary
- 29^th September, 2017
- The Commonwealth War Graves Foundation presents an open-air screening at Brookwood Military Cemetery of the 1958 war film, Carve Her Name With Pride.