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Acting

Virginia McKenna

Career: Active from 1952 to 2020, busiest in 1955 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles: 26
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: Born Free
81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 33 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Virginia McKenna Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.7, average 5.4
Pop Culture
1.1, average 2.2
Absurdist Humor
1.2, average 2.0
Coming of Age
2.2, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 3
Political Intrigue 3
Biographical Drama 3
Nostalgic 3
Character Study 3
Classic Cinema 2
Moral Ambiguity 2
Historical Drama 2
World War II 2
Psychological Tension 2
Scottish Highlands 2
Nostalgic Charm 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

61

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Echoes of Camusfearna

as Narrator

2020s

1 title

Wings

as Dora

2010s

4 titles · average score 55

Widow's Walk

44

as Myrtle

Golden Years

39

as Martha

Ethel & Ernest

81

as Lady of the House (voice)

Love/Loss

as Mary

2000s

2 titles · average score 76

Agatha Christie's Marple

75

TV show · as Belle Goedler

The Whistle-Blower

76

as Theresa Elliot

1990s

9 titles · average score 62

The Scold's Bridle

66

as Violet Orloff

Sliding Doors

64

as James' Mother

September

54

TV show · as Violet

Kavanagh Q.C.

75

TV show · as Alice Aldermarten

Staggered

49

as Flora

The Lady in Waiting

as Miss Peach

Duel of Hearts

64

as Lady Brecon

The Camomile Lawn

65

TV show · as Polly (older)

Have a Nice Night

as Jennifer Warrenton

1980s

10 titles · average score 56

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

45

TV show · as Milborough Lang

The Cook Report

TV show

Lovejoy

50

TV show · as Harriet Fisher

Puccini

as Elvira

The First Olympics: Athens 1896

67

TV show · as Annabel Flack

TV show · as Phoebe

Waters of the Moon

as Mrs. Whyte

The Case of the Frightened Lady

as Lady Lebanon Amersham

Natural World

80

TV show · as Participant

Blood Link

40

as Woman in Ballroom

1970s

11 titles · average score 61

Julius Caesar

80

as Portia

The Disappearance

35

as Catherine

Holocaust 2000

47

as Eva Caine

Beauty and the Beast

64

as Lucy

Peter Pan

63

as Mrs. Darling

Shades of Greene

TV show · as Mary

Swallows and Amazons

71

as Mrs. Walker

The Gathering Storm

76

as Clemmie Churchill

The Dragon's Opponent

TV show · as Margaret - Countess of Suffolk

The Edwardians

TV show · as Frances Evelyn 'Daisy' Greville

Waterloo

51

as Duchess of Richmond

1960s

9 titles · average score 72

Ring of Bright Water

75

as Mary MacKenzie

An Elephant Called Slowly

as Ginny

The Admirable Crichton

as Lady Mary

Half Hour Story

TV show · as Ann

Born Free

81

as Joy Adamson

Mystery and Imagination

TV show · as Alice Oke

A Passage to India

as Adela Quested

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as Fraulein von Bernburg / Adela Quested

Two Living, One Dead

as Helen Berger

1950s

14 titles · average score 66

The Wreck of the Mary Deare

62

as Janet Taggart

Carve Her Name with Pride

52

as Violette Szabo

Storm Over Jamaica

as Judy Waring

The Smallest Show on Earth

68

as Jean Spenser

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

62

as Henrietta Barrett

A Town Like Alice

71

as Jean Paget

Simba

64

as Mary Crawford

The Ship That Died of Shame

66

as Helen Randall

The Oracle

as Shelagh

Father's Doing Fine

as Catherine

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Clementine Churchill / Lady Mary

Sunday Night Theatre

51

TV show · as Captain Janine Mayhew / Juliet