Megs Jenkins
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.
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
Mrs Braithwaite
Kay
Iris
The Daedalus Equations
Eileen Gray
The Amorous Milkman
Iris Peters
If You Could See What I Can See
Mrs. Palmer
The Turn of the Screw
Mrs. Grose
Weekend Guest
Beryl Steele
The Monkey's Paw
Mrs. White
Asylum
Nurse Higgins
David Copperfield
Clara Peggotty
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
Matron
Oliver!
Mrs. Bedwin
Stranger in the House
Mrs. Christoforides
Where the Buffalo Roam
Bunny Lake Is Missing
Sister
Macbeth
Gentlewoman
Murder Most Foul
Gladys Thomas
The Barber of Stamford Hill
Heart to Heart
Lady Johnson
Life for Ruth
Mrs Gordon
The Innocents
Mrs. Grose
The Green Helmet
Kitty Launder
Jet Storm
Rose Brock
Tiger Bay
Mrs. Phillips
Friends and Neighbours
Lily Grimshaw
Indiscreet
Doris Banks
The Story of Esther Costello
Nurse Evans
The Passionate Stranger
Millie
The Man in the Sky
Mrs. Snowden
John and Julie
Mrs. Pritchett
Out of the Clouds
Mrs. Jones, the Landlady
The Gay Dog
Maggie Gay
Trouble in Store
Miss Gibson
Personal Affair
Vi Vining
Rough Shoot
Mrs. Powell
The Cruel Sea
Tallow's Sister
Ivanhoe
Servant to Isaac
Secret People
Penny
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
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Frau Busche
The Monkey's Paw
Mrs. Alice Trelawne
The Brothers
Angustina
Green for Danger
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)
Millions Like Us
Gwen Price
Secret Journey
Berta Von Reimer
Poison Pen
Barmaid