Virginia McKenna
Virginia McKenna is perhaps best known for her role as Joy Adamson in Born Free, one of many films she made with her late husband Bill Travers. A leading British star of the 1950s and ’60s, her other films include Carve Her Name with Pride, A Town Like Alice, The Smallest Show on Earth and Ring of Bright Water. Her stage career has ranged from Perdita in Peter Brook’s 1951 production of A Winter’s Tale to Gertrude in the RSC’s Hamlet in 1984. In the 1970s she starred in West End productions...
