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.
TV Shows(20)
A Woman of Substance
Mrs Turner
1985
Young at Heart
Ethel Collyer
1980
Worzel Gummidge
Mrs. Braithwaite
1979
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
Mum
1974
Father Brown
1974
Playhouse
Eileen Gray
1974
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Mrs. White
1973
The Befrienders
1972
Menace
1970
Ben Travers Farces
Mrs. Hewlett
1970
ITV Playhouse
Beryl Steele
1967
Mystery and Imagination
Mrs Bunch
1966
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Miss Wellcome
1965
Gideon's Way
Liz Rikker
1965
The Human Jungle
Dr. Murphy
1963
The Old Curiosity Shop
1962
Drama 61-67
Amy
1961
Armchair Theatre
Ma Waite
1956
Nathaniel Titlark
1956
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Gentlewoman
1951
Movies(54)
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
Mrs Braithwaite
1980
Kay
Iris
1978
The Daedalus Equations
Eileen Gray
1976
The Amorous Milkman
Iris Peters
1975
If You Could See What I Can See
Mrs. Palmer
1974
The Turn of the Screw
Mrs. Grose
1974
Weekend Guest
Beryl Steele
1974
The Monkey's Paw
Mrs. White
1973
Asylum
Nurse Higgins
1972
David Copperfield
Clara Peggotty
1969
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
Matron
1969
Oliver!
Mrs. Bedwin
1968
Stranger in the House
Mrs. Christoforides
1967
Where the Buffalo Roam
1966
Bunny Lake Is Missing
Sister
1965
Macbeth
Gentlewoman
1964
Murder Most Foul
Gladys Thomas
1964
The Barber of Stamford Hill
1963
Heart to Heart
Lady Johnson
1962
Life for Ruth
Mrs Gordon
1962
The Innocents
Mrs. Grose
1961
The Green Helmet
Kitty Launder
1961
Jet Storm
Rose Brock
1959
Tiger Bay
Mrs. Phillips
1959
Friends and Neighbours
Lily Grimshaw
1959
Indiscreet
Doris Banks
1958
The Story of Esther Costello
Nurse Evans
1957
The Passionate Stranger
Millie
1957
The Man in the Sky
Mrs. Snowden
1957
John and Julie
Mrs. Pritchett
1955
Out of the Clouds
Mrs. Jones, the Landlady
1955
The Gay Dog
Maggie Gay
1954
Trouble in Store
Miss Gibson
1953
Personal Affair
Vi Vining
1953
Rough Shoot
Mrs. Powell
1953
The Cruel Sea
Tallow's Sister
1953
Ivanhoe
Servant to Isaac
1952
Secret People
Penny
1952
White Corridors
Mrs. Briggs
1951
No Place for Jennifer
Mrs. Marshall
1950
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Nan Ritchie
1949
The History of Mr. Polly
The Innkeeper
1949
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Frau Busche
1948
The Monkey's Paw
Mrs. Alice Trelawne
1948
The Brothers
Angustina
1947
Green for Danger
Nurse Woods
1946
Painted Boats
Barmaid
1945
29 Acacia Avenue
Shirley
1945
The Ten Year Plan
Housewife
1945
It's in the Bag
Peach St. Clair
1944
The Lamp Still Burns
Nurse (uncredited)
1943
Millions Like Us
Gwen Price
1943
Secret Journey
Berta Von Reimer
1939
Poison Pen
Barmaid
1939