Virginia McKenna

Dame
Virginia McKenna
DBE
McKenna at an anti badger cull demonstration, Westminster, London, June 2013
Born
Virginia Anne McKenna

(1931-06-07) 7 June 1931 (age 93)
Marylebone, County of London, (now Inner London) England
Alma materRoyal Central School of Speech and Drama
Occupation(s)Stage and screen actress, author
Years active1952–present
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(m. 1954; div. 1957)​
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(m. 1957; died 1994)​
Children4

Dame Virginia Anne McKenna[1] DBE (born 7 June 1931) is a British stage and screen actress, author, animal rights 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.[2]

  1. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
  2. ^ "The History of Born Free". bornfree.org.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2019.