Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
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Virginia McKenna. Dame Virginia Anne McKenna [1] DBE (born 7 June 1931) is a British stage and screen actress, author, animal rights activist, and wildlife campaigner. She is best known for the films A Town Like Alice (1956), Carve Her Name with Pride (1958), Born Free (1966), and Ring of Bright Water (1969), as well as her work with the Born ...
Nov 15, 2021 · McKenna with her late husband Bill Travers in Born Free (1966) Credit: Hutton Archive “Zoos should be phased out,” says Virginia McKenna . “I don’t believe in bumping off perfectly healthy ...
Travers died from a coronary thrombosis in his sleep at his home in the village of South Holmwood, near Dorking, Surrey, aged 72. [1] [2] He was survived by his wife and children. [2] His widow, Virginia McKenna, carries on his work to help suffering animals, [40] as does their son, Will Travers, who is president of the Born Free Foundation ...
Sep 6, 2012 · Virginia McKenna starred in the 1966 film “Born Free” alongside her husband Bill Travers. Deeply inspired by their work on the film, they became wildlife activists.
William Lindon-Travers (Bill Travers), actor, conservationist: born Newcastle upon Tyne 3 January 1922; married secondly 1957 Virginia McKenna (three sons, two daughters); died Dorking, Surrey 29 ...
Meet Virginia McKenna. By Shubhobroto Ghosh. As the star of ‘Born Free’, Virginia McKenna portrayed the character of Joy Adamson to demonstrate the relationship between her and her husband, George Adamson, with Elsa, a lioness. Together with her co-star, Bill Travers, she founded Zoo Check in 1984, an organisation that has now grown into ...
Born Free: Directed by James Hill, Tom McGowan. With Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Geoffrey Keen, Peter Lukoye. The story of George and Joy Adamson and the orphaned lion cub, Elsa, they adopt.
