Megs Jenkins
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An engineer's daughter, she had first planned on becoming a ballerina, using her original Christian name Muguette, but abandoned those plans by the age of 17 when she realized that her physique was more in keeping with her other first name, Megs. She trained in Liverpool at the School of Dancing and Dramatic Art and then joined the Liverpool Repertory Company in 1933 before moving to London to appear at the Player's Theatre four years later. During the 1950's, Megs was busy acting on stage and had considerable critical success in two plays by Emlyn Williams, 'Light of Heart' (1940) and 'The Wind of Heaven' (1945). Against character, she also played the vicious, unstable Alma Winemiller in 'Summer and Smoke' (1951) by Tennessee Williams. In 1956, she was awarded the Clarence Derwent Award as Best Supporting Actress for her role as the stoic wife of a longshoreman harbouring incestuous feelings for his niece in 'A View from the Bridge' by Arthur Miller. The previous year, she had made her Broadway debut in Chekhov's 'A Day by the Sea' as a supportive governess to an alcoholic physician.
Known for
Credits
Ivanhoe (1952)
as Servant to Isaac
Oliver! (1968)
as Mrs. Bedwin
The Innocents (1961)
as Mrs. Grose
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
as Sister
The Cruel Sea (1953)
as Tallow's Sister
Asylum (1972)
as Nurse Higgins
Murder Most Foul (1964)
as Gladys Thomas
Tiger Bay (1959)
as Mrs. Phillips
Indiscreet (1958)
as Doris Banks
The History of Mr. Polly (1949)
as The Innkeeper
Poison Pen (1939)
as Barmaid
Jet Storm (1959)
as Rose Brock
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know (1969)
as Matron
Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
as Frau Busche
Out of the Clouds (1955)
as Mrs. Jones, the Landlady
The Turn of the Screw (1974)
as Mrs. Grose
The Story of Esther Costello (1957)
as Nurse Evans
David Copperfield (1969)
as Clara Peggotty
Green for Danger (1946)
as Nurse Woods
Millions Like Us (1943)
as Gwen Price
The Man in the Sky (1957)
as Mrs. Snowden
Secret People (1952)
as Penny
Life for Ruth (1962)
as Mrs Gordon
The Monkey's Paw (1948)
as Mrs. Alice Trelawne
29 Acacia Avenue (1945)
as Shirley
White Corridors (1951)
as Mrs. Briggs
John and Julie (1955)
as Mrs. Pritchett
Rough Shoot (1953)
as Mrs. Powell
Friends and Neighbours (1959)
as Lily Grimshaw
The Amorous Milkman (1975)
as Iris Peters
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949)
as Nan Ritchie
Painted Boats (1945)
as Barmaid
Stranger in the House (1967)
as Mrs. Christoforides
The Brothers (1947)
as Angustina
Personal Affair (1953)
as Vi Vining
Heart to Heart (1962)
as Lady Johnson
Macbeth (1964)
as Gentlewoman
The Gay Dog (1954)
as Maggie Gay
The Lamp Still Burns (1943)
as Nurse (uncredited)
The Passionate Stranger (1957)
as Millie
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special (1980)
as Mrs Braithwaite
Where the Buffalo Roam (1966)
Actor
The Green Helmet (1961)
as Kitty Launder
The Daedalus Equations (1976)
as Eileen Gray
Trouble in Store (1953)
as Miss Gibson
No Place for Jennifer (1950)
as Mrs. Marshall
Kay (1978)
as Iris
The Ten Year Plan (1945)
as Housewife
It's in the Bag (1944)
as Peach St. Clair
The Monkey's Paw (1973)
as Mrs. White
The Barber of Stamford Hill (1963)
Actor
If You Could See What I Can See (1974)
as Mrs. Palmer
Secret Journey (1939)
as Berta Von Reimer
Weekend Guest (1974)
as Beryl Steele