Virginia McKenna: Biography, Facts and Career
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Dame Virginia Anne McKenna (born 7 June 1931) is a British actress. She is best known for the films The Cruel Sea (1953), 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. McKenna won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress in 1956. For A Town Like Alice, she won the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress in 1957, and in 1979 won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for The King and I, making her one of the few to have completed the British Triple Crown.
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- Full name: Virginia McKenna
- Born: 1931-06-07
- Nationality: United Kingdom
- Known as: Musician
- Wikidata ID: Q269872
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Virginia McKenna was born on 1931-06-07.
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