About

Known credits:
57
Birthday:
1917-04-21
Place of birth:
Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
Website:
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Megs Jenkins

Overview

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

Acting
1980 A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special Actor Mrs Braithwaite 59
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1980 Young at Heart Actor Ethel Collyer N/A
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1976 The Daedalus Equations Actor Eileen Gray N/A
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1975 The Amorous Milkman Actor Iris 58
Average
1974 Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt! Actor 69
Fair
1974 If You Could See What I Can See Actor Mrs. Palmer N/A
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1974 The Turn of the Screw Actor Sra. Grose 59
Average
1974 Weekend Guest Actor Beryl Steele N/A
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1973 The Monkey's Paw Actor Mrs. White N/A
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1972 Asylum Actor Nurse Higgins 59
Average
1972 The Befrienders Actor N/A
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1969 David Copperfield Actor Clara Peggotty 58
Average
1969 The Smashing Bird I Used to Know Actor Matron 58
Average
1968 Oliver! Actor Mrs. Bedwin 63
Fair
1967 Cop-Out Actor Mrs. Christoforides 58
Average
1966 Where the Buffalo Roam Actor N/A
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1965 Bunny Lake Is Missing Actor Sister 62
Fair
1964 Macbeth Actor Gentlewoman 58
Average
1964 Murder Most Foul Actor Gladys Thomas 61
Fair
1963 The Barber of Stamford Hill Actor N/A
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1962 Heart to Heart Actor Lady Johnson N/A
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1962 The Old Curiosity Shop Actor N/A
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1962 Life for Ruth Actor Mrs Gordon 59
Average
1961 The Innocents Actor Mrs. Grose 67
Fair
1961 The Green Helmet Actor Kitty Launder N/A
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1959 Jet Storm Actor Rose Brock 59
Average
1959 Tiger Bay Actor Mrs. Phillips 60
Fair
1959 Friends and Neighbours Actor Lily Grimshaw 59
Average
1958 Indiscreet Actor Doris Banks 60
Fair
1957 The Story of Esther Costello Actor Nurse Evans 59
Average
1957 The Passionate Stranger Actor Millie 58
Average
1957 The Man in the Sky Actor Mrs. Snowden 59
Average
1956 Nathaniel Titlark Actor N/A
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1955 John and Julie Actor Mrs. Pritchett 58
Average
1955 Out of the Clouds Actor Mrs Jones, the Landlady 59
Average
1954 The Gay Dog Actor Maggie Gay 59
Average
1953 Trouble in Store Actor Miss Gibson 59
Average
1953 Personal Affair Actor Vi Vining 59
Average
1953 Rough Shoot Actor Mrs. Powell 59
Average
1953 The Cruel Sea Actor Tallow's Sister 60
Fair
1952 Ivanhoe Actor Servant to Isaac 61
Fair
1952 Secret People Actor Penny 58
Average
1951 White Corridors Actor Mrs. Briggs 59
Average
1950 No Place for Jennifer Actor Mrs. Marshall 59
Average
1949 A Boy, a Girl and a Bike Actor Nan Ritchie 58
Average
1949 The History of Mr. Polly Actor The Innkeeper 59
Average
1948 Saraband for Dead Lovers Actor Frau Busche 59
Average
1948 The Monkey's Paw Actor Mrs. Alice Trelawne 59
Average
1947 The Brothers Actor Angustina 58
Average
1946 Green for Danger Actor Nurse Woods 60
Fair
1945 Painted Boats Actor Barmaid 59
Average
1945 29 Acacia Avenue Actor Shirley 59
Average
1945 The Ten Year Plan Actor Housewife N/A
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1944 It's in the Bag Actor Peach St. Clair 58
Average
1943 The Lamp Still Burns Actor Nurse (uncredited) 59
Average
1943 Millions Like Us Actor Gwen Price 58
Average
1939 Poison Pen Actor Barmaid 59
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