McKenna, Virginia (1931–)
McKenna, Virginia (1931–)
English stage and actress. Born June 7, 1931, in London, England; m. Denholm Elliott (actor), 1954 (div.); m. Bill Travers (actor), 1957 (died 1994).
Made film debut in The Second Mrs. Tanqueray (1952), followed by The Cruel Sea, Simba, A Town Like Alice, The Wreck of the Mary Deare, Ring of Bright Water and An Elephant Called Slowly, among others; portrayed Violette Szabo in Carve Her Name with Pride (1958) and Joy Adamson in Born Free (1966); helped found the Born Free Foundation (1984) and opened a museum in Hereford dedicated to Szabo.
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