Virginia McKenna

Virginia McKenna OBE (born the June 7th, 1931 with London) is an English actress of theater and cinema , author and activist ecologist.

She off follows a theatrical formation to the Central School Speech and Drama then is committed in several theaters of the western suburbs of London before making her cinematographic beginnings in 1952.

She continued to appear in several films and on scene into 1954/1955 while being member of the company of the theater Old Vic. It Maria a few months later with the actor Denholm Elliott before remarier in 1957 with another actor of the name of Bill Through. She remained with this actor until 1994 when this one died.

In 1956, McKenna gained the the price of best the actress with the BAFTA for her role in the film has Town Like Alice . Two years later, it was nominated for the price of the best actress for her interpretation of a secret agent of the name of Violette Szabo in a film being held during the second world war ( Carve Her Name with Pride ).

However, McKenna is better known for its role of 1966 when she interpreted the history of the true life of Joy Adamson in the film Born Free . It accepted for this film a nomination for the price of the best actress to the Award Golden Globe: Better actress in a dramatic film. Her husband also took part in this film and the experiment lived in this film telling the life of a naturalist led it to become an active member for the protection of the animals. With her husband, it created the foundation " Born Free Foundation " in 1991.

Over scene in 1979, it gained a Laurence Olivier Awards of the best actress for her performance near Yul Brynner in the film Anna and the king .

It was high in 2004 under officer of Ordre of the British Empire for its implication in the defense of arts and the wild life.

Catalog of films

  • The Cruel Sea (1953)
  • Simba (1955)
  • has Town Like Alice (1956) off
  • The Smallest Show one Earth (1957)
  • Secret agent S.Z (1958)
  • The Wreck the Mary Deare (1959)
  • has Passage to India (1965) (TV)
  • Vivre free (1966)
  • Ring off Bright Water (1969)
  • Year Elephant Called Slowly (1969)
  • Waterloo (1970)
  • The Gathering Storm (1974) (TV)
  • Holocaust 2000 (1977)
  • The Camomile Lawn (1992) TV miniseries
  • September (1996) (TV)
  • Pile and Face (1998)

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