Virginia McKenna
Popularity:0.316
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1931-06-07
Place of Birth:London, England, UK
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Also Known As:Virginia Anne McKenna

The Lady in Waiting (1992)
In 1970s New York, a drag queen and elderly woman meet during a blackout. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

Blood Link (1982)
A man who has been having psychic visions of himself killing naked women soon discovers that it's not himself he's seeing, it's his Siamese twin....

The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them Bill's long-lost uncle has died...

Swallows and Amazons (1974)
On holiday with their mother in the Lake District in 1929 four children are allowed to sail over to the nearby island in their boat Swallow and set...

Born Free (1966)
At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three orphaned lion cubs. After the two larger lions are...

Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
London, England, during World War II. After living a tragic life experience, young Violette Szabo joins the Special Operations Executive and crosses...

The Cruel Sea (1953)
At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training....

The Ship That Died of Shame (1955)
After World War II the crew of a motor gunboat join together to buy their old vessel and go into business for themselves. This may sound like a...

Simba (1955)
A European family in East Africa finds itself caught up in an uprising by local black Africans against their white colonial masters. Based on the...

Ring of Bright Water (1969)
Stuck in a dead-end job, Graham Merrill adopts an otter, Mij, as a pet and then moves to an isolated village in western Scotland. Together they set...

A Town Like Alice (1956)
In 1941 Malaysia, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The men are sent off to labor camps, but they have no...

The Gathering Storm (1974)
Winston Churchill's life in the years leading up to World War II.

The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)
A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove the vessel was deliberately scuttled and, as a...

Father's Doing Fine (1952)
Lady Buckering, an English widow, has four daughters; Doreen, married to Dougall and about to give birth at home, and Gerda, Bicky and Catherine. The...

The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957)
Director Sidney Franklin's 1957 remake of his own 1934 film, about the romance of poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.

Two Living, One Dead (1961)
Three Post Office employees are at work when the facility is held up. The robber kills the supervisor and knocks out another employee. The third one...

Rosamunde Pilcher: September (1996)
Verena Steynton is holding a party for her daughter. All the aristocratic families of Strathcroy in the Scottish Highlands are attending, with all...

Julius Caesar (1979)
The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for Brutus and the republic.

An Elephant Called Slowly (1969)
Bill and Ginny are invited by a naturalist friend to take care of his home in Africa while he is away, and they find themselves adopted by three...

Beauty and the Beast (1976)
A beautiful girl agrees to marry a hideous, deformed beast and live in his castle in order to save her father's life.

Waterloo (1970)
After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the...

The Scold's Bridle (1998)
Detective Cooper investigates the bizarre circumstances surrounding the murder of Matilda who was found dead in her bath wearing the Scold's Bridle.

A Passage to India (1965)
The BBC's 1965 adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, screened as part of their Play of the Month strand, adapted by Santha Ramu Rau and John Maynard,...

Echoes of Camusfearna (1970)
This fascinating and haunting wildlife program is narrated by Virginia McKenna and centers on the West of Scotland not far from the Isle of Mull, the...

Love/Loss (2010)
A chance meeting reunites Mary and Joe, childhood sweethearts from the 1940s. But after 60 years apart, is there still love between them? How have...

Holocaust 2000 (1977)
An executive in charge of a nuclear power plant in the Mid-East must stop his son-- who turns out to be the Anti Christ -- from blowing it up.

The Lions Are Free (1969)
The true life sequel to the movie classic Born Free. The actors from the movie Born Free, Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna, with the help of their...

The Admirable Crichton (1968)
A group of people are shipwrecked when their yacht runs aground on a South Pacific island. The usual hierarchy in an upper-class British family...

Puccini (1984)
In Torre del Lago, by Lake Massaciuccoli, Puccini is writing "The Girl of the Golden West" when his wife Elvira accuses him of a dalliance with their...

The Whistle-Blower (2001)
A bank employee, Laura Tracey, places herself and her family in mortal danger after reporting irregularities in the firm's overseas accounts to the...

Golden Years (2016)
Fate, the pensions crisis and a steadfast refusal to accept the injustice of old age have contrived to force law abiding, retired couple, Arthur and...

Staggered (1994)
Very much in love, Neil's wedding plans are sabotaged, beginning when he is abandoned, naked, on a Scottish island. A road trip ensues, with Neil...

The Lion at World's End (1971)
The astonishing true story of a zoo-born lion who found himself in the pet department of Harrods, then the cellar of an antique shop in London and,...

Ethel & Ernest (2016)
This hand drawn animated film, based on the award winning graphic novel by Raymond Briggs, is an intimate and affectionate depiction of the life and...

Storm Over Jamaica (1958)
A British schoolteacher moves to Jamaica to teach after a tumultuous divorce and meets an exciting new woman.

Sliding Doors (1998)
London publicist Helen, effortlessly slides between parallel storylines that show what happens when she does or does not catch a train back to her...

Leona Calderon (2013)
Leona Calderon is a retiring altruistic music lover earning her living cleaning establishments and private homes. Having a fun loving nature she is...

Peter Pan (1976)
Peter Pan is a 1976 musical adaptation of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, produced for television as part of the Hallmark...

The Oracle (1953)
An Irish "oracle" foretells the next day's track results to a newspaperman, resulting in a national uproar.

Hello: A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips (2013)
A Portrait Of Leslie Phillips takes a look at the life of Leslie Phillips; the legendary actor, writer and veritable British institution. Leslie's...

Widow's Walk (2019)
Eve's husband has been killed in Afghanistan. She takes her young son to a Suffolk beach house on the edge of the North Sea to grieve. But someone...

The Case of the Frightened Lady (1983)
A woman tries to protect her family's name when one relative becomes a murderer.

The Disappearance (1977)
The wife of a contract killer disappears. When he is hired by an international organisation to carry out a hit, he suspects they are connected with...

Wings (2020)
A heartwarming love story that spans over six decades, between two Land Army girls during World War II.

Duel of Hearts (1992)
Lady Caroline Faye meets Lord Vane Brecon and is attracted to him. When she finds out that he is being accused of a murder he did not commit, she...

Have a Nice Night (1990)
Movie star Barbara Jenkins arrives in Cannes to host an auction of her costumes, under protection of Tom Lepski. She is under surveillance of a...

The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC,...

Richard & Judy (2001)
Richard & Judy was a British chat show presented by the married couple Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan. The show originally aired on Channel 4,...

BBC Play of the Month (1965)
Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were usually broadcast on...

Lovejoy (1986)
The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a...

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

Mystery and Imagination (1966)
Mystery and Imagination is a British television anthology series of classic horror and supernatural dramas. Five series were broadcast from 1966 to...

The Camomile Lawn (1992)
The Camomile Lawn is British adaptation of the Mary Wesley's classic novel that aired on Channel 4. As storm clouds gather over Europe in 1939, five...

The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and...

GMTV (1993)
GMTV is the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3...

The Edwardians (1972)
It was a time when England was a nation on the cusp of change, an evolving landscape tht lay between Victorian England and the First World War. 'The...

Natural World (1983)
Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand....

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987)
The Ruth Rendell mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Television for ITV between 2 August 1987 and 11 October 2000.

The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984)
This two part mini-series shows the trials and tribulations all the participants endured to be a part of the very first Olympic Games in Athens in...

Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and...

September (1996)
Scottish aristocrats' secrets and relationships are threatened by the return of a woman who left under suspicious circumstances 20 years earlier.

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The...

Kavanagh Q.C. (1995)
James Kavanagh QC is one of the top flight barristers in Britain. Each episode has him handling challenging cases and defendants which put his skills...

Sunday Night Theatre (1950)
Sunday Night Theatre was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by BBC Television from early 1950 until 1959. The...