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Virginia McKenna

1931 - Today

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Dame Virginia Anne McKenna (born 7 June 1931) is a British stage and screen actress, author, animal rights activist, and wildlife campaigner. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Virginia McKenna has received more than 1,410,644 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Virginia McKenna is the 5,092nd most popular actor (down from 5,088th in 2019), the 3,857th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,920th in 2019) and the 588th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Virginia McKennas by language

Over the past year Virginia McKenna has had the most page views in the with 180,752 views, followed by Italian (7,106), and German (6,348). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (500.00%), Czech (38.99%), and Finnish (37.00%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Virginia McKenna ranks 5,092 out of 13,578. Before her are Paul Anderson, Ariane Ascaride, Michael J. Anderson, Rosie O'Donnell, David Burke, and John Qualen. After her are Talulah Riley, Judith Godrèche, Ian Keith, Vera-Ellen, Paula Strasberg, and Cristine Rose.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Virginia McKenna ranks 420. Before her are Agustín García-Gasco Vicente, Richard Murphy, Walter Taibo, Géza Gulyás, Zoltán Latinovits, and Ruth Klüger. After her are William Deane, Aldo Aureggi, Jacques Miller, Maria Gusakova, Sergei Adian, and Mark Midler.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Virginia McKenna ranks 3,857 out of 8,785. Before her are Paul Anderson (1978), Grey Owl (1888), Curt Smith (1961), Spike Edney (1951), David Burke (1934), and Nicholas Grimshaw (1939). After her are Seán Lester (1888), Talulah Riley (1985), Ray Wilkins (1956), John Arthur Jarvis (1872), Paul Radmilovic (1886), and Leslie Johnson (1912).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Virginia McKenna ranks 588. Before her are Freddie Jones (1927), Ben Chaplin (1969), Patricia Hayes (1909), Alun Armstrong (1946), Paul Anderson (1978), and David Burke (1934). After her are Talulah Riley (1985), Stanley Holloway (1890), H. B. Warner (1876), Alex Kingston (1963), David Jason (1940), and Julian Richings (1955).

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Television and Movie Roles

Sliding Doors
James's Mother
London publicist Helen, effortlessly slides between parallel storylines that show what happens when she does or does not catch a train back to her apartment. Love. Romantic entanglements. Deception. Trust. Friendship. Comedy. All come into focus as the two stories shift back and forth, overlap and surprisingly converge.
Apr 23o 19986.561 / 10
Waterloo
Duchess of Richmond
After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, beat Napolean's best generals in Spain and Portugal, but now must beat Napoleon himself with an Anglo Allied army.
Oct 26o 19707.2 / 10
Born Free
Joy Adamson
At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three orphaned lion cubs. After the two larger lions are shipped off to a zoo in the Netherlands, the smallest of the three, Elsa, stays with the couple. When Elsa is blamed for causing an elephant stampede in the nearby village, head warden John Kendall demands the young lion either be trained to survive in the wilds of the Serengeti or be sent to a zoo.
Apr 20o 19666.772 / 10