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
1985
- A Woman of Substance as Mrs Turner
1980
- Young at Heart as Ethel Collyer
- A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special as Mrs Braithwaite
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
- Father Brown
- Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt! as Mum
- The Turn of the Screw as Mrs. Grose
- If You Could See What I Can See as Mrs. Palmer
- Weekend Guest as Beryl Steele
1973
- Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Mrs. White
- The Monkey's Paw 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
- ITV Playhouse as Beryl Steele
- Stranger in the House as Mrs. Christoforides
1966
- Mystery and Imagination as Mrs Bunch
- Where the Buffalo Roam
1965
- Gideon's Way as Liz Rikker
- Thirty-Minute Theatre as Miss Wellcome
- Bunny Lake Is Missing as Sister
1964
- Murder Most Foul as Gladys Thomas
- Macbeth as Gentlewoman
1963
- The Human Jungle as Dr. Murphy
- The Barber of Stamford Hill
1962
- The Old Curiosity Shop
- Life for Ruth as Mrs Gordon
- Heart to Heart as Lady Johnson
1961
- Drama 61-67 as Amy
- The Innocents as Mrs. Grose
- The Green Helmet as Kitty Launder
1959
- Tiger Bay as Mrs. Phillips
- Jet Storm as Rose Brock
- Friends and Neighbours as Lily Grimshaw
1958
- Indiscreet as Doris Banks
1957
- The Passionate Stranger as Millie
- The Man in the Sky as Mrs. Snowden
- The Story of Esther Costello as Nurse Evans
1956
- Armchair Theatre as Ma Waite
- Nathaniel Titlark
1955
- John and Julie as Mrs. Pritchett
- Out of the Clouds as Mrs. Jones, the Landlady
1954
- The Gay Dog as Maggie Gay
1953
- The Cruel Sea as Tallow's Sister
- Trouble in Store as Miss Gibson
- Rough Shoot as Mrs. Powell
- Personal Affair as Vi Vining
1952
- Ivanhoe as Servant to Isaac
- Secret People as Penny
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Gentlewoman
- White Corridors as Mrs. Briggs
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
- Painted Boats as Barmaid
- 29 Acacia Avenue as Shirley
- The Ten Year Plan as Housewife
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