Megs Jenkins
54 movies · 23 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 21, 1917
- Died
- Oct 5, 1998 (age 81)
- Place of birth
- Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Мегс Дженкинс · Muguette Mary "Megs" Jenkins · Muguette Mary 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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Megs Jenkins: movies and TV shows
Acting (77)
- 1985
- 1980 A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
as Mrs Braithwaite
- 1980
- 1979
- 1978 Kay
as Iris
- 1977
- 1976 The Daedalus Equations
as Eileen Gray
- 1975 The Amorous Milkman
as Iris Peters
- 1974
- 1974
- 1974 If You Could See What I Can See
as Mrs. Palmer
- 1974 The Turn of the Screw
as Mrs. Grose
- 1974
- 1974 Weekend Guest
as Beryl Steele
- 1973 The Monkey's Paw
as Mrs. White
- 1973
- 1972 Asylum
as Nurse Higgins
- 1972
- 1970
- 1970
- 1969 David Copperfield
as Clara Peggotty
- 1969 The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
as Matron
- 1969
- 1968 Oliver!
as Mrs. Bedwin
- 1967
- 1967 Stranger in the House
as Mrs. Christoforides
- 1966
- 1966
- 1965
- 1965 Bunny Lake Is Missing
as Sister
- 1965
- 1964
- 1964 Macbeth
as Gentlewoman
- 1964 Murder Most Foul
as Gladys Thomas
- 1963
- 1963
- 1962 Heart to Heart
as Lady Johnson
- 1962
- 1962 Life for Ruth
as Mrs Gordon
- 1961 The Innocents
as Mrs. Grose
- 1961 The Green Helmet
as Kitty Launder
- 1961
- 1959 Jet Storm
as Rose Brock
- 1959 Tiger Bay
as Mrs. Phillips
- 1959 Friends and Neighbours
as Lily Grimshaw
- 1958 Indiscreet
as Doris Banks
- 1957 The Story of Esther Costello
as Nurse Evans
- 1957 The Passionate Stranger
as Millie
- 1957 The Man in the Sky
as Mrs. Snowden
- 1956
- 1956
- 1955 John and Julie
as Mrs. Pritchett
- 1955 Out of the Clouds
as Mrs. Jones, the Landlady
- 1954 The Gay Dog
as Maggie Gay
- 1953 Trouble in Store
as Miss Gibson
- 1953 Personal Affair
as Vi Vining
- 1953 Rough Shoot
as Mrs. Powell
- 1953 The Cruel Sea
as Tallow's Sister
- 1952 Ivanhoe
as Servant to Isaac
- 1952 Secret People
as Penny
- 1951
- 1951 White Corridors
as Mrs. Briggs
- 1950 No Place for Jennifer
as Mrs. Marshall
- 1949 A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
as Nan Ritchie
- 1949 The History of Mr. Polly
as The Innkeeper
- 1948 Saraband for Dead Lovers
as Frau Busche
- 1948 The Monkey's Paw
as Mrs. Alice Trelawne
- 1947 The Brothers
as Angustina
- 1946 Green for Danger
as Nurse Woods
- 1945 Painted Boats
as Barmaid
- 1945 29 Acacia Avenue
as Shirley
- 1945 The Ten Year Plan
as Housewife
- 1944 It's in the Bag
as Peach St. Clair
- 1943 The Lamp Still Burns
as Nurse (uncredited)
- 1943 Millions Like Us
as Gwen Price
- 1939 Secret Journey
as Berta Von Reimer
- 1939 Poison Pen
as Barmaid