Megs Jenkins
Known for: Acting
Born: April 21, 1917
Died: October 5, 1998
Place of birth: Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
54 movies · 23 TV shows, newest first
7.6
A Woman of Substance
1985
10.0
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
1980
NR
Young at Heart
1980
6.2
Worzel Gummidge
1979
NR
Kay
1978NR
The Sound of Laughter
1977
7.0
The Daedalus Equations
1976
2.5
The Amorous Milkman
1975
6.5
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
1974
6.8
Father Brown
1974NR
If You Could See What I Can See
1974
6.6
The Turn of the Screw
1974
7.0
Playhouse
1974NR
Weekend Guest
1974
NR
The Monkey's Paw
1973
6.8
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
6.0
Asylum
19729.0
The Befrienders
1972NR
Menace
1970NR
Ben Travers Farces
1970
5.6
David Copperfield
1969
4.9
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
1969NR
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
7.0
Oliver!
1968
7.0
ITV Playhouse
1967
5.4
Stranger in the House
19678.0
Where the Buffalo Roam
1966
5.8
Mystery and Imagination
1966
4.3
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
7.2
Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965
7.0
Gideon's Way
1965
5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964
7.3
Macbeth
1964
7.1
Murder Most Foul
1964
8.2
The Human Jungle
1963
10.0
The Barber of Stamford Hill
1963
8.0
Heart to Heart
196210.0
The Old Curiosity Shop
1962
7.0
Life for Ruth
1962
7.5
The Innocents
1961
9.0
The Green Helmet
1961NR
Drama 61-67
1961
7.0
Jet Storm
1959
7.2
Tiger Bay
1959
8.0
Friends and Neighbours
1959
6.6
Indiscreet
1958
7.0
The Story of Esther Costello
1957
5.5
The Passionate Stranger
1957
7.5
The Man in the Sky
1957
6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956NR
Nathaniel Titlark
1956
4.9
John and Julie
1955
6.1
Out of the Clouds
1955
7.0
The Gay Dog
1954
6.1
Trouble in Store
1953
6.3
Personal Affair
1953
6.7
Rough Shoot
1953
6.9
The Cruel Sea
1953
6.8
Ivanhoe
1952
6.4
Secret People
1952
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
6.8
White Corridors
1951
5.8
No Place for Jennifer
1950
4.9
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1949
7.5
The History of Mr. Polly
1949
6.6
Saraband for Dead Lovers
1948
5.9
The Monkey's Paw
1948
5.4
The Brothers
1947
6.7
Green for Danger
1946
7.0
Painted Boats
1945
6.0
29 Acacia Avenue
1945
7.0
The Ten Year Plan
19455.7
It's in the Bag
1944
5.8
The Lamp Still Burns
1943
5.6
Millions Like Us
19438.0
Secret Journey
1939
6.7
Poison Pen
1939