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Dame Virginia Anne McKenna [1] (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 Free Foundation .
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, [41] as does their son, Will Travers, who is president of the Born Free Foundation ...
Born Free is a 1966 British drama film starring the real-life couple Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy and George Adamson, another real-life couple, who raised Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned lion cub, to adulthood and released her into the wilderness of Kenya. The film was produced by Open Road Films Ltd. and Columbia Pictures.
The 91-year-old actress said she and her husband Bill Travers ‘shared a belief in the power’ of everyone to change society.
The Born Free Foundation was co-founded by British actress and wildlife campaigner Virginia McKenna. Wildlife charity co-founded by British actress ‘delighted’ by giraffe twins Skip to main ...
In 1969, actors Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers, who starred in the film Born Free, made the film An Elephant Called Slowly. This featured an elephant calf called Pole Pole who was given to London Zoo by the Kenyan government of the day when filming finished. In 1982, McKenna and Travers went to visit Pole Pole at London Zoo.
[8] [9] [10] Its death led to the foundation, Born Free, being created by the Late Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna to look after the welfare of animals, including elephants. [ 11 ] Cast
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