Mary – Virginia McKenna
“Love/Loss” tells the story of Mary Bishop, a 78-year-old woman who fell in love as a teenager, only for her to lose that love when her young man left to fight in the Korean War. Sixty years later, he returns to her life. The film tells the story of how Mary rediscovers her love for Joe, even though it is tragically too late...
Photo: Virginia McKenna as Mary
(c) Gitte Daniels
Virginia McKenna won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1956 film, ‘A Town Like Alice’ and two years later was nominated for Best Actress again for her role as Violette Szabo in ‘Carve Her Name with Pride’. However, she is best remembered for her 1966 role as Joy Adamson in the true-life film ‘Born Free’ for which she received a nomination for a Golden Globe. She won the 1979 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a British musical for her performance opposite Yul Brynner in ‘The King and I’. She established the "Born Free Foundation" in 1991 with her late husband Bill Travers, and was awarded an OBE in 2004.
“Love/Loss” tells the story of Mary Bishop, a 78-year-old woman who fell in love as a teenager, only for her to lose that love when her young man left to fight in the Korean War. Sixty years later, he returns to her life. The film tells the story of how Mary rediscovers her love for Joe, even though it is tragically too late...
Photo: Virginia McKenna as Mary
(c) Gitte Daniels
Virginia McKenna won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1956 film, ‘A Town Like Alice’ and two years later was nominated for Best Actress again for her role as Violette Szabo in ‘Carve Her Name with Pride’. However, she is best remembered for her 1966 role as Joy Adamson in the true-life film ‘Born Free’ for which she received a nomination for a Golden Globe. She won the 1979 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a British musical for her performance opposite Yul Brynner in ‘The King and I’. She established the "Born Free Foundation" in 1991 with her late husband Bill Travers, and was awarded an OBE in 2004.