Megs 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.

Known For

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Playhouse

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

ITV Playhouse

Gideon's Way

Mystery and Imagination

Mystery and Imagination

All Movies (54)

• A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special1980 · as Mrs Braithwaite
• Kay1978 · as Iris
• The Daedalus Equations1976 · as Eileen Gray
• The Amorous Milkman1975 · as Iris Peters
• If You Could See What I Can See1974 · as Mrs. Palmer
• The Turn of the Screw1974 · as Mrs. Grose
• Weekend Guest1974 · as Beryl Steele
• The Monkey's Paw1973 · as Mrs. White
• Asylum1972 · as Nurse Higgins
• David Copperfield1969 · as Clara Peggotty
• The Smashing Bird I Used to Know1969 · as Matron
• Oliver!1968 · as Mrs. Bedwin
• Stranger in the House1967 · as Mrs. Christoforides
• Where the Buffalo Roam1966
• Bunny Lake Is Missing1965 · as Sister
• Macbeth1964 · as Gentlewoman
• Murder Most Foul1964 · as Gladys Thomas
• The Barber of Stamford Hill1963
• Heart to Heart1962 · as Lady Johnson
• Life for Ruth1962 · as Mrs Gordon
• The Innocents1961 · as Mrs. Grose
• The Green Helmet1961 · as Kitty Launder
• Jet Storm1959 · as Rose Brock
• Tiger Bay1959 · as Mrs. Phillips
• Friends and Neighbours1959 · as Lily Grimshaw
• Indiscreet1958 · as Doris Banks
• The Story of Esther Costello1957 · as Nurse Evans
• The Passionate Stranger1957 · as Millie
• The Man in the Sky1957 · as Mrs. Snowden
• John and Julie1955 · as Mrs. Pritchett
• Out of the Clouds1955 · as Mrs. Jones, the Landlady
• The Gay Dog1954 · as Maggie Gay
• Trouble in Store1953 · as Miss Gibson
• Personal Affair1953 · as Vi Vining
• Rough Shoot1953 · as Mrs. Powell
• The Cruel Sea1953 · as Tallow's Sister
• Ivanhoe1952 · as Servant to Isaac
• Secret People1952 · as Penny
• White Corridors1951 · as Mrs. Briggs
• No Place for Jennifer1950 · as Mrs. Marshall
• A Boy, a Girl and a Bike1949 · as Nan Ritchie
• The History of Mr. Polly1949 · as The Innkeeper
• Saraband for Dead Lovers1948 · as Frau Busche
• The Monkey's Paw1948 · as Mrs. Alice Trelawne
• The Brothers1947 · as Angustina
• Green for Danger1946 · as Nurse Woods
• Painted Boats1945 · as Barmaid
• 29 Acacia Avenue1945 · as Shirley
• The Ten Year Plan1945 · as Housewife
• It's in the Bag1944 · as Peach St. Clair
• The Lamp Still Burns1943 · as Nurse (uncredited)
• Millions Like Us1943 · as Gwen Price
• Secret Journey1939 · as Berta Von Reimer
• Poison Pen1939 · as Barmaid

All TV Shows (24)

• A Woman of Substance1985 · as Mrs Turner
• Young at Heart1980 · as Ethel Collyer
• Worzel Gummidge1979 · as Mrs. Braithwaite
• Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!1974 · as Mum
• Father Brown1974 · as Mrs Banks
• Playhouse1974 · as Eileen Gray
• Orson Welles' Great Mysteries1973 · as Mrs. White
• The Befrienders1972 · as Janet
• Menace1970 · as Mrs. Pepper
• Ben Travers Farces1970 · as Mrs. Hewlett
• W. Somerset Maugham1969 · as Mrs. Bulfinch
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Beryl Steele
• Mystery and Imagination1966 · as Mrs Bunch
• Mystery and Imagination1966 · as Mrs Smedhurst
• Thirty-Minute Theatre1965 · as Miss Wellcome
• Gideon's Way1965 · as Liz Rikker
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Mrs. Turner
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Molly Wilderness
• The Human Jungle1963 · as Dr. Murphy
• The Old Curiosity Shop1962
• Drama 61-671961 · as Amy
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Ma Waite
• Nathaniel Titlark1956
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Gentlewoman