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.
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Films (54)
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
1980 · Mrs Braithwaite
Kay
1978 · Iris
The Daedalus Equations
1976 · Eileen Gray
The Amorous Milkman
1975 · Iris Peters
If You Could See What I Can See
1974 · Mrs. Palmer
The Turn of the Screw
1974 · Mrs. Grose
Weekend Guest
1974 · Beryl Steele
The Monkey's Paw
1973 · Mrs. White
Asylum
1972 · Nurse Higgins
David Copperfield
1969 · Clara Peggotty
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
1969 · Matron
Oliver!
1968 · Mrs. Bedwin
Stranger in the House
1967 · Mrs. Christoforides
Where the Buffalo Roam
1966
Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965 · Sister
Macbeth
1964 · Gentlewoman
Murder Most Foul
1964 · Gladys Thomas
The Barber of Stamford Hill
1963
Heart to Heart
1962 · Lady Johnson
Life for Ruth
1962 · Mrs Gordon
The Innocents
1961 · Mrs. Grose
The Green Helmet
1961 · Kitty Launder
Jet Storm
1959 · Rose Brock
Tiger Bay
1959 · Mrs. Phillips
Friends and Neighbours
1959 · Lily Grimshaw
Indiscreet
1958 · Doris Banks
The Story of Esther Costello
1957 · Nurse Evans
The Passionate Stranger
1957 · Millie
The Man in the Sky
1957 · Mrs. Snowden
John and Julie
1955 · Mrs. Pritchett
Out of the Clouds
1955 · Mrs. Jones, the Landlady
The Gay Dog
1954 · Maggie Gay
Trouble in Store
1953 · Miss Gibson
Personal Affair
1953 · Vi Vining
Rough Shoot
1953 · Mrs. Powell
The Cruel Sea
1953 · Tallow's Sister
Ivanhoe
1952 · Servant to Isaac
Secret People
1952 · Penny
White Corridors
1951 · Mrs. Briggs
No Place for Jennifer
1950 · Mrs. Marshall
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1949 · Nan Ritchie
The History of Mr. Polly
1949 · The Innkeeper
Saraband for Dead Lovers
1948 · Frau Busche
The Monkey's Paw
1948 · Mrs. Alice Trelawne
The Brothers
1947 · Angustina
Green for Danger
1946 · Nurse Woods
Painted Boats
1945 · Barmaid
29 Acacia Avenue
1945 · Shirley
The Ten Year Plan
1945 · Housewife
It's in the Bag
1944 · Peach St. Clair
The Lamp Still Burns
1943 · Nurse (uncredited)
Millions Like Us
1943 · Gwen Price
Secret Journey
1939 · Berta Von Reimer
Poison Pen
1939 · Barmaid
Séries (23)
A Woman of Substance
1985 · Mrs Turner
Young at Heart
1980 · Ethel Collyer
Worzel Gummidge
1979 · Mrs. Braithwaite
The Sound of Laughter
1977 · Emily Lloyd
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
1974 · Mum
Father Brown
1974 · Mrs Banks
Playhouse
1974 · Eileen Gray
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973 · Mrs. White
The Befrienders
1972 · Janet
Menace
1970 · Mrs. Pepper
Ben Travers Farces
1970 · Mrs. Hewlett
W. Somerset Maugham
1969 · Mrs. Bulfinch
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Beryl Steele
Mystery and Imagination
1966 · Mrs Bunch, Mrs Smedhurst
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Miss Wellcome
Gideon's Way
1965 · Liz Rikker
The Wednesday Play
1964 · Mrs. Turner, Molly Wilderness
The Human Jungle
1963 · Dr. Murphy
The Old Curiosity Shop
1962 · Mrs Nubbles
Drama 61-67
1961 · Amy
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Ma Waite
Nathaniel Titlark
1956
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Gentlewoman