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Virginia McKenna

(1931-), Actress and writer

Dame Virginia Anne McKenna

Sitter in 12 portraits
Stage and screen actress. In the 1950s films included The Cruel Sea (1953), A Town Like Alice (1956) and Carve Her Name with Pride (1958). First married to Denholm Elliott (1954-6) she co-starred with her second husband Bill Travers in The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957), Born Free (1966) and Ring of Bright Water (1969). Their Born Free Foundation campaigns for threatened wild animals.

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Virginia McKenna, by Paul Popper - NPG x194290

Virginia McKenna

by Paul Popper
vintage print, 6 June 1952
NPG x194290

Virginia McKenna, by Paul Tanqueray - NPG x20334

Virginia McKenna

by Paul Tanqueray
vintage bromide print, 1952
NPG x20334

Virginia McKenna, by Paul Tanqueray - NPG x20335

Virginia McKenna

by Paul Tanqueray
vintage bromide print, 1952
NPG x20335

Virginia McKenna, by Dorothy Wilding - NPG x34860

Virginia McKenna

by Dorothy Wilding
chlorobromide print on tissue and card mount, 1953
NPG x34860

Virginia McKenna, by Anthony Buckley - NPG x76052

Virginia McKenna

by Anthony Buckley
modern bromide print from original negative, 1953
NPG x76052

The Young Look in the Theatre, by Norman Parkinson - NPG x30113

The Young Look in the Theatre

by Norman Parkinson
bromide print, 1953
NPG x30113

Roger Moore; Virginia McKenna, by Anthony Buckley - NPG x76098

Roger Moore; Virginia McKenna

by Anthony Buckley
modern bromide print from original negative, 1954
NPG x76098

Virginia McKenna, by Cornel Lucas - NPG x27888

Virginia McKenna

by Cornel Lucas
bromide fibre print, 1954
NPG x27888

Virginia McKenna and Dame Margaret Rutherford at the Women of the Year Luncheon, by Unknown photographer - NPG x198467

Virginia McKenna and Dame Margaret Rutherford at the Women of the Year Luncheon

by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, 29 September 1959
NPG x198467

Stars of the British Screen, by Norman Parkinson - NPG x126889

Stars of the British Screen

by Norman Parkinson
cibachrome print, 11 December 1985
NPG x126889

Stars of the British Screen, by Norman Parkinson - NPG x126895

Stars of the British Screen

by Norman Parkinson
bromide fibre print, 11 December 1985
NPG x126895

Virginia McKenna, by Bryan Adams - NPG x131981

Virginia McKenna

by Bryan Adams
chromogenic print, 21 February 2008
NPG x131981

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