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