Virginia McKenna
Filmography

Virginia McKenna

Section Title: Filmography
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Year	Film	Role	Notes

1952	Father's Doing Fine	Catherine

The Second Mrs. Tanqueray	Ellean Tanqueray

1953	The Cruel Sea	Julie Hallam

The Oracle	Shelagh

1955	Simba	Mary Crawford

The Ship That Died of Shame	Helen Randall

1956	A Town Like Alice	Jean Paget	BAFTA Award for Best British Actress

1957	The Barretts of Wimpole Street	Henrietta Barrett

The Smallest Show on Earth	Jean Spenser

1958	Carve Her Name with Pride	Violette Szabo	Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best British Actress

Passionate Summer	Judy Waring	aka Storm Over Jamaica

1959	The Wreck of the Mary Deare	Janet Taggart

1961	Two Living, One Dead	Helen Berger

1965	A Passage to India	Adela Quested	(TV)

1966	Born Free	Joy Adamson	Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama

1969	Ring of Bright Water	Mary MacKenzie

An Elephant Called Slowly	Ginny

1970	Waterloo	Duchess of Richmond

1974	Swallows and Amazons	Mother

The Gathering Storm	Clemmie Churchill	(TV)

1975	Beauty and the Beast	Lucy	(TV)

1977	Holocaust 2000	Eva Caine

The Disappearance	Catherine

1979	Julius Caesar	Portia	(BBC Television Shakespeare)

1982	Blood Link	Woman in Ballroom

1992	The Camomile Lawn	Older Polly	(TV miniseries)

1994	Staggered	Flora

1996	September	Violet	(TV)

1998	Sliding Doors	James's Mother

2005	A Murder is Announced	Belle Goedler

2010	Love/Loss	Mary

2012	Leona Calderon	Elderly British Lady

2016	Golden Years	Martha Goode

Ethel & Ernest	Lady of the House	(voice)

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In 1966, McKenna played as Joy Adamson in the film Born Free for which she received a nomination for a Golden Globe.

final_sentence: In 1966, McKenna played as Joy Adamson in the film Born Free for which she received a nomination for a Golden Globe.