Megs Jenkins

Birthday:
04/21/1917
Place of birth:
Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK:
Biography:
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.

Credits

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

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