Megs Jenkins

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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Innocents (1961) — Mrs. Grose
2. Oliver! (1968) — Mrs. Bedwin
3. Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) — Sister
4. Ivanhoe (1952) — Servant to Isaac
5. Indiscreet (1958) — Doris Banks
6. Asylum (1972) — Nurse Higgins
7. Murder Most Foul (1964) — Gladys Thomas
8. Green for Danger (1946) — Nurse Woods
9. The Cruel Sea (1953) — Tallow's Sister
10. Tiger Bay (1959) — Mrs. Phillips
11. Trouble in Store (1953) — Miss Gibson
12. Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948) — Frau Busche
13. Secret People (1952) — Penny
14. David Copperfield (1969) — Clara Peggotty
15. Jet Storm (1959) — Rose Brock
16. Millions Like Us (1943) — Gwen Price
17. The Story of Esther Costello (1957) — Nurse Evans
18. Personal Affair (1953) — Vi Vining
19. The Passionate Stranger (1957) — Millie
20. The Turn of the Screw (1974) — Mrs. Grose
21. Stranger in the House (1967) — Mrs. Christoforides
22. Worzel Gummidge (1979) — Mrs. Braithwaite
23. The Man in the Sky (1957) — Mrs. Snowden
24. Life for Ruth (1962) — Mrs Gordon
25. The History of Mr. Polly (1949) — The Innkeeper
26. The Smashing Bird I Used to Know (1969) — Matron
27. A Woman of Substance (1985) — Mrs Turner
28. The Monkey's Paw (1948) — Mrs. Alice Trelawne
29. Father Brown (1974) — Mrs Banks
30. A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949) — Nan Ritchie
31. The Brothers (1947) — Angustina
32. Painted Boats (1945) — Barmaid
33. John and Julie (1955) — Mrs. Pritchett
34. The Lamp Still Burns (1943) — Nurse (uncredited)
35. Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) — Gentlewoman
36. Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) — Miss Wellcome
37. Out of the Clouds (1955) — Mrs. Jones, the Landlady
38. Poison Pen (1939) — Barmaid
39. It's in the Bag (1944) — Peach St. Clair
40. Rough Shoot (1953) — Mrs. Powell