Megs Jenkins
- Acting
- April 21, 1917 · Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
- October 5, 1998
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.
Known for
Filmography
- A Woman of Substance · Mrs Turner
- A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special · Mrs Braithwaite
- Young at Heart · Ethel Collyer
- Worzel Gummidge · Mrs. Braithwaite
- Kay · Iris
- The Sound of Laughter · Emily Lloyd
- The Daedalus Equations · Eileen Gray
- The Amorous Milkman · Iris Peters
- Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt! · Mum
- Father Brown · Mrs Banks
- If You Could See What I Can See · Mrs. Palmer
- The Turn of the Screw · Mrs. Grose
- Playhouse · Eileen Gray
- Weekend Guest · Beryl Steele
- The Monkey's Paw · Mrs. White
- Orson Welles' Great Mysteries · Mrs. White
- Asylum · Nurse Higgins
- The Befrienders · Janet
- Menace · Mrs. Pepper
- Ben Travers Farces · Mrs. Hewlett
- David Copperfield · Clara Peggotty
- The Smashing Bird I Used to Know · Matron
- W. Somerset Maugham · Mrs. Bulfinch
- Oliver! · Mrs. Bedwin
- ITV Playhouse · Beryl Steele
- Stranger in the House · Mrs. Christoforides
- Where the Buffalo Roam
- Mystery and Imagination · Mrs Bunch, Mrs Smedhurst
- Thirty-Minute Theatre · Miss Wellcome
- Bunny Lake Is Missing · Sister
- Gideon's Way · Liz Rikker
- The Wednesday Play · Mrs. Turner, Molly Wilderness
- Macbeth · Gentlewoman
- Murder Most Foul · Gladys Thomas
- The Human Jungle · Dr. Murphy
- The Barber of Stamford Hill
- Heart to Heart · Lady Johnson
- The Old Curiosity Shop · Mrs Nubbles
- Life for Ruth · Mrs Gordon
- The Innocents · Mrs. Grose
- The Green Helmet · Kitty Launder
- Drama 61-67 · Amy
- Jet Storm · Rose Brock
- Tiger Bay · Mrs. Phillips
- Friends and Neighbours · Lily Grimshaw
- Indiscreet · Doris Banks
- The Story of Esther Costello · Nurse Evans
- The Passionate Stranger · Millie
- The Man in the Sky · Mrs. Snowden
- Armchair Theatre · Ma Waite
- Nathaniel Titlark
- John and Julie · Mrs. Pritchett
- Out of the Clouds · Mrs. Jones, the Landlady
- The Gay Dog · Maggie Gay
- Trouble in Store · Miss Gibson
- Personal Affair · Vi Vining
- Rough Shoot · Mrs. Powell
- The Cruel Sea · Tallow's Sister
- Ivanhoe · Servant to Isaac
- Secret People · Penny
- Hallmark Hall of Fame · Gentlewoman
- White Corridors · Mrs. Briggs
- No Place for Jennifer · Mrs. Marshall
- A Boy, a Girl and a Bike · Nan Ritchie
- The History of Mr. Polly · The Innkeeper
- Saraband for Dead Lovers · Frau Busche
- The Monkey's Paw · Mrs. Alice Trelawne
- The Brothers · Angustina
- Green for Danger · Nurse Woods
- Painted Boats · Barmaid
- 29 Acacia Avenue · Shirley
- The Ten Year Plan · Housewife
- It's in the Bag · Peach St. Clair
- The Lamp Still Burns · Nurse (uncredited)
- Millions Like Us · Gwen Price
- Secret Journey · Berta Von Reimer
- Poison Pen · Barmaid