Megs Jenkins

Female
April 21, 1917

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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A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
6.90
movie1980United States
Character: Mrs BraithwaiteCredit: Acting
The Daedalus Equations
0.00
movie1976UK
Character: Eileen GrayCredit: Acting
The Amorous Milkman
6.60
movie1975United States
Character: Iris PetersCredit: Acting
If You Could See What I Can See
0.00
movie1974United States
Character: Mrs. PalmerCredit: Acting
The Turn of the Screw
6.80
movie1974United States
Character: Sra. GroseCredit: Acting
Weekend Guest
0.00
movie1974United States
Character: Beryl SteeleCredit: Acting
The Monkey's Paw
0.00
movie1973UK
Character: Mrs. WhiteCredit: Acting
Asylum
6.60
movie1972UK
Character: Nurse HigginsCredit: Acting
David Copperfield
6.80
movie1969UKUnited States
Character: Clara PeggottyCredit: Acting
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
6.70
movie1969UKUnited States
Character: MatronCredit: Acting
Oliver!
7.40
movie1968UK
Character: Mrs. BedwinCredit: Acting
Stranger in the House
6.80
movie1967UKUnited States
Character: Mrs. ChristoforidesCredit: Acting
Where the Buffalo Roam
0.00
movie1966UK
Credit: Acting
Bunny Lake Is Missing
7.20
movie1965UK
Character: SisterCredit: Acting
Macbeth
6.90
movie1964UKUnited States
Character: GentlewomanCredit: Acting
Murder Most Foul
7.00
movie1964UK
Character: Gladys ThomasCredit: Acting
The Barber of Stamford Hill
0.00
movie1963United StatesUK
Credit: Acting
Heart to Heart
0.00
movie1962UK
Character: Lady JohnsonCredit: Acting
Life for Ruth
6.90
movie1962UK
Character: Mrs GordonCredit: Acting
The Innocents
7.60
movie1961United StatesUK
Character: Mrs. GroseCredit: Acting