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In the three major film roles most strongly associated with Virginia McKenna - Born Free (), Carve Her Name With Pride () and A Town Called Alice () - she played women of courage, compassion and integrity.
Her ability to convey ordinary women undertaking extraordinary tasks made her one of Britain's finest actresses in an era where good female leading roles were scarce.
Born in London in , she went to South Africa with her mother in for the duration of WWII.
On returning to England, she trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Her film career took off after The Cruel Sea (d.
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Charles Frend, ) where she met actor Denholm Elliott. They married in , but only for a few months.
McKenna earned a BAFTA for her lead performance in the adaptation of Nevil Shute's A Town Like Alice (d.
Jack Lee, ). In Carve Her Name With Pride (d. Lewis Gilbert, ), she again excelled as Violette Szabo, a young British agent who was posthumously awarded the George Cross during the