Megs Jenkins
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
- 1980 · A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special as Mrs Braithwaite
- 1980 · Young at Heart as Ethel Collyer
- 1979 · Worzel Gummidge as Mrs. Braithwaite
- 1976 · The Daedalus Equations as Eileen Gray
- 1975 · The Amorous Milkman as Iris
- 1974 · Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt! as
- 1974 · Father Brown as
- 1974 · If You Could See What I Can See as Mrs. Palmer
- 1974 · The Turn of the Screw as Sra. Grose
- 1974 · Weekend Guest as Beryl Steele
- 1973 · The Monkey's Paw as Mrs. White
- 1973 · Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Mrs. White
- 1972 · Asylum as Nurse Higgins
- 1972 · The Befrienders as
- 1970 · Menace as
- 1969 · David Copperfield as Clara Peggotty
- 1969 · The Smashing Bird I Used to Know as Matron
- 1968 · Oliver! as Mrs. Bedwin
- 1967 · Cop-Out as Mrs. Christoforides
- 1966 · Where the Buffalo Roam as
- 1966 · Mystery and Imagination as
- 1965 · Thirty-Minute Theatre as Miss Wellcome
- 1965 · Bunny Lake Is Missing as Sister
- 1965 · Gideon's Way as Liz Rikker
- 1964 · Macbeth as Gentlewoman
- 1964 · Murder Most Foul as Gladys Thomas
- 1963 · The Human Jungle as Dr. Murphy
- 1963 · The Barber of Stamford Hill as
- 1962 · Heart to Heart as Lady Johnson
- 1962 · The Old Curiosity Shop as
- 1962 · Life for Ruth as Mrs Gordon
- 1961 · The Innocents as Mrs. Grose
- 1961 · The Green Helmet as Kitty Launder
- 1959 · Jet Storm as Rose Brock
- 1959 · Tiger Bay as Mrs. Phillips
- 1959 · Friends and Neighbours as Lily Grimshaw
- 1958 · Indiscreet as Doris Banks
- 1957 · The Story of Esther Costello as Nurse Evans
- 1957 · The Passionate Stranger as Millie
- 1957 · The Man in the Sky as Mrs. Snowden
- 1956 · Nathaniel Titlark as
- 1955 · John and Julie as Mrs. Pritchett
- 1955 · Out of the Clouds as Mrs Jones, the Landlady
- 1954 · The Gay Dog as Maggie Gay
- 1953 · Trouble in Store as Miss Gibson
- 1953 · Personal Affair as Vi Vining
- 1953 · Rough Shoot as Mrs. Powell
- 1953 · The Cruel Sea as Tallow's Sister
- 1952 · Ivanhoe as Servant to Isaac
- 1952 · Secret People as Penny
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Gentlewoman
- 1951 · White Corridors as Mrs. Briggs
- 1950 · No Place for Jennifer as Mrs. Marshall
- 1949 · A Boy, a Girl and a Bike as Nan Ritchie
- 1949 · The History of Mr. Polly as The Innkeeper
- 1948 · Saraband for Dead Lovers as Frau Busche
- 1948 · The Monkey's Paw as Mrs. Alice Trelawne
- 1947 · The Brothers as Angustina
- 1946 · Green for Danger as Nurse Woods
- 1945 · Painted Boats as Barmaid
- 1945 · 29 Acacia Avenue as Shirley
- 1945 · The Ten Year Plan as Housewife
- 1944 · It's in the Bag as Peach St. Clair
- 1943 · The Lamp Still Burns as Nurse (uncredited)
- 1943 · Millions Like Us as Gwen Price
- 1939 · Poison Pen as Barmaid