--- title: "4 Virginia McKenna Quotes - Famous Actor (Beyond the bars)" description: "Dame Virginia Anne McKenna is a British actress. Browse 4 Virginia McKenna quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-virginia-mckenna-93898.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Virginia McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-virginia-mckenna-93898.jpg) # Virginia McKenna (1931) Actor United Kingdom **4** quotes in **51** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Virginia McKenna is an actor from the United Kingdom, best known for *Beyond the bars*. ## Quick Facts About Virginia McKenna Born June 7, 1931 Nationality United Kingdom Profession Actor Notable works Beyond the bars Spouse Q862624 ## About Virginia McKenna Dame Virginia Anne McKenna is a British actress. She is best known for the films The Cruel Sea (1953), 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. ## Awards & Honors Laurence Olivier Awards British Academy Television Award for Best Actress Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical Officer of the Order of the British Empire ## Quotes by Virginia McKenna > [“I cling to the beauty and strength of nature and all wild creatures with a passion born of certainty that only through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-mckenna/i-cling-to-the-beauty-and-strength-of-nature-and-all-wild-creatures/) [Virginia McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-mckenna/) [Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f64/virginia-mckenna-66932_beauty_i-cling-to-the-beauty-and-strength-of-na_359150.jpg) > [We would consider it cruel to confine a dog permanently in a kennel. Yet we visit zoos where hundreds of wild animals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-mckenna/we-would-consider-it-cruel-to-confine-a-dog-permanently-in-a-kennel/) [Virginia McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-mckenna/) [Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5e/virginia-mckenna-66932_animal_we-would-consider-it-cruel-to-confine-a_640916.jpg) > [Elephants are living treasures. Nature's gardeners. Nature's great teachers. Tragically some people don't give a damn. They prefer the dead treasure to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-mckenna/elephants-are-living-treasures-nature-s-gardeners-nature-s-great/) [Virginia McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-mckenna/) [Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b56/virginia-mckenna-66932_animal_elephants-are-living-treasures-nature-s_702215.jpg) > [Otter is the most brilliant mix of facts ancient and modern about the otter species and its vulnerability to man's seemingly insatiable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-mckenna/otter-is-the-most-brilliant-mix-of-facts-ancient-and-modern-about-the/) [Virginia McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-mckenna/) [Ancient](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ancient/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e74/virginia-mckenna-66932_ancient_otter-is-the-most-brilliant-mix-of-facts_2558353.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-mckenna/#itemlist", "name": "Virginia McKenna Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I cling to the beauty and strength of nature and all wild creatures with a passion born of certainty that only through them can i retain my perspective about life and my own part in it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Virginia McKenna" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-mckenna/i-cling-to-the-beauty-and-strength-of-nature-and-all-wild-creatures/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f64/virginia-mckenna-66932_beauty_i-cling-to-the-beauty-and-strength-of-na_359150.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f64/virginia-mckenna-66932_beauty_i-cling-to-the-beauty-and-strength-of-na_359150.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f64/virginia-mckenna-66932_beauty_i-cling-to-the-beauty-and-strength-of-na_359150.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I cling to the beauty and strength of nature and all wild creatures with a passion born of certainty that…” — Virginia McKenna", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We would consider it cruel to confine a dog permanently in a kennel. 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