Megs Jenkins
Born: 1917-04-21 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
Died: 1998-10-05
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1980
- A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special as Mrs Braithwaite
- Young at Heart as Ethel Collyer
1979
- Worzel Gummidge as Mrs. Braithwaite
1978
- Kay as Iris
1976
- The Daedalus Equations as Eileen Gray
1975
- The Amorous Milkman as Iris Peters
1974
- Playhouse as Eileen Gray
- The Turn of the Screw as Mrs. Grose
- If You Could See What I Can See as Mrs. Palmer
- Father Brown
- Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt! as Mum
- Weekend Guest as Beryl Steele
1973
- The Monkey's Paw as Mrs. White
- Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Mrs. White
1972
- Asylum as Nurse Higgins
- The Befrienders
1970
- Menace
- Ben Travers Farces as Mrs. Hewlett
1969
- David Copperfield as Clara Peggotty
- The Smashing Bird I Used to Know as Matron
1968
- Oliver! as Mrs. Bedwin
1967
- Stranger in the House as Mrs. Christoforides
1965
- Gideon's Way as Liz Rikker
- Thirty-Minute Theatre as Miss Wellcome
- Bunny Lake Is Missing as Sister
1964
- Macbeth as Gentlewoman
- Murder Most Foul as Gladys Thomas
1963
- The Human Jungle as Dr. Murphy
- The Barber of Stamford Hill
1962
- Life for Ruth as Mrs Gordon
- Heart to Heart as Lady Johnson
- The Old Curiosity Shop
1961
- The Green Helmet as Kitty Launder
- The Innocents as Mrs. Grose
1959
- Tiger Bay as Mrs. Phillips
- Jet Storm as Rose Brock
- Friends and Neighbours as Lily Grimshaw
1958
- Indiscreet as Doris Banks
1957
- The Man in the Sky as Mrs. Snowden
- The Story of Esther Costello as Nurse Evans
- The Passionate Stranger as Millie
1956
1955
- Out of the Clouds as Mrs Jones, the Landlady
- John and Julie as Mrs. Pritchett
1954
- The Gay Dog as Maggie Gay
1953
- Personal Affair as Vi Vining
- Rough Shoot as Mrs. Powell
- Trouble in Store as Miss Gibson
- The Cruel Sea as Tallow's Sister
1952
- Secret People as Penny
- Ivanhoe as Servant to Isaac
1951
- White Corridors as Mrs. Briggs
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Gentlewoman
1950
- No Place for Jennifer as Mrs. Marshall
1949
- The History of Mr. Polly as The Innkeeper
- A Boy, a Girl and a Bike as Nan Ritchie
1948
- Saraband for Dead Lovers as Frau Busche
- The Monkey's Paw as Mrs. Alice Trelawne
1947
- The Brothers as Angustina
1946
- Green for Danger as Nurse Woods
1945
- 29 Acacia Avenue as Shirley
- The Ten Year Plan as Housewife
- Painted Boats as Barmaid
1944
- It's in the Bag as Peach St. Clair
1943
- Millions Like Us as Gwen Price
- The Lamp Still Burns as Nurse (uncredited)
1939
- Poison Pen as Barmaid
- Secret Journey as Berta Von Reimer