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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 film follows Born Free actor Bill Travers as he journeys to a remote area in Kenya to visit George Adamson, and several of Adamson's lion friends. Born Free (1974), television series based on the film, starring Gary Collins and Diana Muldaur. The Born Free Legacy (2010); Documentary marking the 50th anniversary of Joy Adamson's book Born ...
Her book, Born Free, describes her experiences raising a lion cub named Elsa. Born Free was printed in several languages and made into an Academy Award-winning movie of the same name. In 1977, she was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art. [2]
Just prior to her departure Mara gave birth to male and female twin cubs, sired by Ugas during the filming of Born Free. In 1966, Irene Grindlay wrote a book titled Velvet Paws which detailed the life of Mara up to and including her appearance in the movie Born Free. "We have no reason to reproach ourselves.
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.
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Born Free is an American adventure/drama series based on the 1966 movie of the same name. It aired on the NBC television network from September 9 to December 30, 1974, produced by Columbia Pictures Television and starring and narrated by Diana Muldaur .
Betty Marion White was born in Oak Park, Illinois, on January 17, 1922. [11] She later clarified that "Betty" was her legal name and not a shortened version of "Elizabeth" as some people had assumed. [12] [13] She was the only child of housewife Christine Tess (née Cachikis) and lighting company executive Horace Logan White.