Megs Jenkins
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Wednesday Play
Mrs. Turner
1964
Series
The Wednesday Play
Molly Wilderness
1964
Series
ITV Playhouse
Beryl Steele
1967
Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Miss Wellcome
1965
Series
Playhouse
Eileen Gray
1974
Series
Gideon's Way
Liz Rikker
1965
Drama 61-67
Amy
1961
Series
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Mrs. White
1973
Series
A Woman of Substance
Mrs Turner
1985
Series
Father Brown
Mrs Banks
1974
Series
The Human Jungle
Dr. Murphy
1963
Series
Mystery and Imagination
Mrs Bunch
1966
Series
Mystery and Imagination
Mrs Smedhurst
1966
Series
Worzel Gummidge
Mrs. Braithwaite
1979
W. Somerset Maugham
Mrs. Bulfinch
1969
Nathaniel Titlark
1956
Film
Oliver!
Mrs. Bedwin
1968
Film
Ivanhoe
Servant to Isaac
1952
Film
The Innocents
Mrs. Grose
1961
Film
Bunny Lake Is Missing
Sister
1965
Menace
Mrs. Pepper
1970
Film
The Cruel Sea
Tallow's Sister
1953
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Gentlewoman
1951
Film
Indiscreet
Doris Banks
1958
Film
Murder Most Foul
Gladys Thomas
1964
Film
Asylum
Nurse Higgins
1972
Film
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Frau Busche
1948
Series
Young at Heart
Ethel Collyer
1980
Ben Travers Farces
Mrs. Hewlett
1970
Series
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
Mum
1974
The Old Curiosity Shop
Mrs Nubbles
1962
The Befrienders
Janet
1972
The Sound of Laughter
Emily Lloyd
1977
Series
Armchair Theatre
Ma Waite
1956
Film
Poison Pen
Barmaid
1939
Film
Tiger Bay
Mrs. Phillips
1959
Film
Secret People
Penny
1952
Film
Personal Affair
Vi Vining
1953
Film
Green for Danger
Nurse Woods
1946
Film
Out of the Clouds
Mrs. Jones, the Landlady
1955
Film
The Man in the Sky
Mrs. Snowden
1957
Film
Jet Storm
Rose Brock
1959
Film
Painted Boats
Barmaid
1945
Film
David Copperfield
Clara Peggotty
1969
Film
Kay
Iris
1978
Film
The Turn of the Screw
Mrs. Grose
1974
Film
The History of Mr. Polly
The Innkeeper
1949
Film
The Story of Esther Costello
Nurse Evans
1957
Film
Millions Like Us
Gwen Price
1943
Film
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
Matron
1969
Film
Stranger in the House
Mrs. Christoforides
1967
Film
The Lamp Still Burns
Nurse (uncredited)
1943
Film
The Daedalus Equations
Eileen Gray
1976
Film
Trouble in Store
Miss Gibson
1953
Film
Friends and Neighbours
Lily Grimshaw
1959
Film
Life for Ruth
Mrs Gordon
1962
Film
The Passionate Stranger
Millie
1957
Film
John and Julie
Mrs. Pritchett
1955
Film
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Nan Ritchie
1949
Film
The Amorous Milkman
Iris Peters
1975
Secret Journey
Berta Von Reimer
1939
Film
Rough Shoot
Mrs. Powell
1953
Film
The Monkey's Paw
Mrs. Alice Trelawne
1948
Film
Macbeth
Gentlewoman
1964
Film
White Corridors
Mrs. Briggs
1951
Film
The Green Helmet
Kitty Launder
1961
Film
The Brothers
Angustina
1947
Film
The Gay Dog
Maggie Gay
1954
Film
Heart to Heart
Lady Johnson
1962
Film
No Place for Jennifer
Mrs. Marshall
1950
Film
The Ten Year Plan
Housewife
1945
Film
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
Mrs Braithwaite
1980
Film
29 Acacia Avenue
Shirley
1945
Where the Buffalo Roam
1966
If You Could See What I Can See
Mrs. Palmer
1974
Film
The Monkey's Paw
Mrs. White
1973
Film
The Barber of Stamford Hill
1963
Weekend Guest
Beryl Steele
1974
It's in the Bag
Peach St. Clair
1944