Megs Jenkins
Acting
1917-04-21 · Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
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
A Woman of Substance
1985 · Series
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
1980 · Movie
Young at Heart
1980 · Series
Worzel Gummidge
1979 · Series
Kay
1978 · Movie
The Sound of Laughter
1977 · Series
The Daedalus Equations
1976 · Movie
The Amorous Milkman
1975 · Movie
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
1974 · Series
Father Brown
1974 · Series
If You Could See What I Can See
1974 · Movie
The Turn of the Screw
1974 · Movie
Playhouse
1974 · Series
Weekend Guest
1974 · Movie
The Monkey's Paw
1973 · Movie
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973 · Series
Asylum
1972 · Movie
The Befrienders
1972 · Series
Menace
1970 · Series
Ben Travers Farces
1970 · Series
David Copperfield
1969 · Movie
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
1969 · Movie
W. Somerset Maugham
1969 · Series
Oliver!
1968 · Movie
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Series
Stranger in the House
1967 · Movie
Where the Buffalo Roam
1966 · Movie
Mystery and Imagination
1966 · Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Series
Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965 · Movie
Gideon's Way
1965 · Series
The Wednesday Play
1964 · Series
Macbeth
1964 · Movie
Murder Most Foul
1964 · Movie
The Human Jungle
1963 · Series
The Barber of Stamford Hill
1963 · Movie
Heart to Heart
1962 · Movie
The Old Curiosity Shop
1962 · Series
Life for Ruth
1962 · Movie
The Innocents
1961 · Movie
The Green Helmet
1961 · Movie
Drama 61-67
1961 · Series
Jet Storm
1959 · Movie
Tiger Bay
1959 · Movie
Friends and Neighbours
1959 · Movie
Indiscreet
1958 · Movie
The Story of Esther Costello
1957 · Movie
The Passionate Stranger
1957 · Movie
The Man in the Sky
1957 · Movie
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Series
Nathaniel Titlark
1956 · Series
John and Julie
1955 · Movie
Out of the Clouds
1955 · Movie
The Gay Dog
1954 · Movie
Trouble in Store
1953 · Movie
Personal Affair
1953 · Movie
Rough Shoot
1953 · Movie
The Cruel Sea
1953 · Movie
Ivanhoe
1952 · Movie
Secret People
1952 · Movie
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
White Corridors
1951 · Movie
No Place for Jennifer
1950 · Movie
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1949 · Movie
The History of Mr. Polly
1949 · Movie
Saraband for Dead Lovers
1948 · Movie
The Monkey's Paw
1948 · Movie
The Brothers
1947 · Movie
Green for Danger
1946 · Movie
Painted Boats
1945 · Movie
29 Acacia Avenue
1945 · Movie
The Ten Year Plan
1945 · Movie
It's in the Bag
1944 · Movie
The Lamp Still Burns
1943 · Movie
Millions Like Us
1943 · Movie
Secret Journey
1939 · Movie
Poison Pen
1939 · Movie