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
Poison Pen (1939)
as Barmaid
Oliver! (1968)
as Mrs. Bedwin
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
as Sister
The Innocents (1961)
as Mrs. Grose
Kay (1978)
as Iris
Ivanhoe (1952)
as Servant to Isaac
Murder Most Foul (1964)
as Gladys Thomas
Asylum (1972)
as Nurse Higgins
The Cruel Sea (1953)
as Tallow's Sister
Indiscreet (1958)
as Doris Banks
Painted Boats (1945)
as Barmaid
Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
as Frau Busche
Tiger Bay (1959)
as Mrs. Phillips
Out of the Clouds (1955)
as Mrs. Jones, the Landlady
The Man in the Sky (1957)
as Mrs. Snowden
The Barber of Stamford Hill (1963)
Actor
Where the Buffalo Roam (1966)
Actor
Friends and Neighbours (1959)
as Lily Grimshaw
The Turn of the Screw (1974)
as Mrs. Grose
Stranger in the House (1967)
as Mrs. Christoforides
The Passionate Stranger (1957)
as Millie
The Daedalus Equations (1976)
as Eileen Gray
Trouble in Store (1953)
as Miss Gibson
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know (1969)
as Matron
Millions Like Us (1943)
as Gwen Price
Green for Danger (1946)
as Nurse Woods
The Story of Esther Costello (1957)
as Nurse Evans
The Ten Year Plan (1945)
as Housewife
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special (1980)
as Mrs Braithwaite
The Gay Dog (1954)
as Maggie Gay
The History of Mr. Polly (1949)
as The Innkeeper
David Copperfield (1969)
as Clara Peggotty
The Lamp Still Burns (1943)
as Nurse (uncredited)
The Amorous Milkman (1975)
as Iris Peters
Life for Ruth (1962)
as Mrs Gordon
29 Acacia Avenue (1945)
as Shirley
It's in the Bag (1944)
as Peach St. Clair
Jet Storm (1959)
as Rose Brock
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949)
as Nan Ritchie
Heart to Heart (1962)
as Lady Johnson
The Green Helmet (1961)
as Kitty Launder
The Brothers (1947)
as Angustina
Rough Shoot (1953)
as Mrs. Powell
White Corridors (1951)
as Mrs. Briggs
The Monkey's Paw (1973)
as Mrs. White
No Place for Jennifer (1950)
as Mrs. Marshall
Personal Affair (1953)
as Vi Vining
John and Julie (1955)
as Mrs. Pritchett
Secret People (1952)
as Penny
The Monkey's Paw (1948)
as Mrs. Alice Trelawne
Macbeth (1964)
as Gentlewoman
Secret Journey (1939)
as Berta Von Reimer
If You Could See What I Can See (1974)
as Mrs. Palmer
Weekend Guest (1974)
as Beryl Steele