Megs Jenkins
- Recitazione
- 21 aprile 1917 · Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
- 5 ottobre 1998
Biografia
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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Filmografia
- 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
- La morte dietro il cancello · 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
- Uno sconosciuto in casa · Mrs. Christoforides
- Where the Buffalo Roam
- Mystery and Imagination · Mrs Bunch, Mrs Smedhurst
- Thirty-Minute Theatre · Miss Wellcome
- Bunny Lake è scomparsa · Sister
- Gideon's Way · Liz Rikker
- The Wednesday Play · Mrs. Turner, Molly Wilderness
- Macbeth · Gentlewoman
- Assassinio sul palcoscenico · Gladys Thomas
- The Human Jungle · Dr. Murphy
- The Barber of Stamford Hill
- Heart to Heart · Lady Johnson
- The Old Curiosity Shop · Mrs Nubbles
- Delitto di coscienza · Mrs Gordon
- Suspense · Mrs. Grose
- I bolidi · Kitty Launder
- Drama 61-67 · Amy
- Jet Storm · Rose Brock
- Questione di vita o di morte · Mrs. Phillips
- Friends and Neighbours · Lily Grimshaw
- Indiscreto · Doris Banks
- La storia di Esther Costello · Nurse Evans
- The Passionate Stranger · Millie
- L'uomo nel cielo · 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
- La voce della calunnia · Vi Vining
- Servizio segreto · Mrs. Powell
- Mare crudele · 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
- Sarabanda tragica · Frau Busche
- The Monkey's Paw · Mrs. Alice Trelawne
- The Brothers · Angustina
- Delitto in bianco · 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)
- Due nella tempesta · Gwen Price
- Secret Journey · Berta Von Reimer
- Poison Pen · Barmaid