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