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