Virginia McKenna

Virginia McKenna at a demonstration in London (2013)

Virginia McKenna (born June 7, 1931 in London ) is a British theater and film actress and founder of the Born Free Foundation .

Life

Virginia McKenna trained at drama school and began her career in the theater, but soon found her way to film. She was internationally known with the film Free Born - Queen of the Wild , in which she played the naturalist Joy Adamson . Animals were also the focus of the plot in other films made in East Africa. Virginia McKenna's first marriage to actor Denholm Elliott lasted only eight months. The second marriage to Bill Travers , also a fellow actor, had four children. In 1984 McKenna founded the Zoo Check Campaign with her second husband and son to critically examine zoos . On July 20, 1998, the Born Free Foundation was officially founded.

Filmography (selection)

• 1955: Simba
• 1956: March through Hell (A town like Alice)
• 1959: The do not fear death (The wreck of Mary Deare)
• 1957: The smallest show on earth (The smallest show on earth)
• 1965: Born free - Queen of the Wild
• 1969: My friend, the otter (Ring of bright water)
• 1969: Onkel Bob's Hut (An Elephant called slowly)
• 1970: Waterloo
• 1976: Christian the Lion (Christian the Lion)
• 1976: Beauty and the Beast
• 1977: Swallows and Amazons (Swallows and amazons)
• 1977: Inferno 2000 (Holocaust 2000)
• 1982: Blood Link
• 1992: The Lady in Waiting
• 1994: Staggered
• 1995: Rosamunde Pilchers September (Rosamunde Pilcher's September)

Web links

• Virginia McKenna in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 194.