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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.


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Born:
Apr 21, 1917
Movie/TV Credits:
41
First Appeared:
In the movie Poison Pen 1939-07-03
Latest Project:
Movie The Amorous Milkman 1975-01-01
Known For
Filmography
Movie The Amorous Milkman Iris 1975-01-01
Movie The Turn of the Screw Sra. Grose 1974-04-15
Series The Befrienders 1972-02-19
Movie Asylum Nurse Higgins 1972-11-17
Movie The Smashing Bird I Used to Know Matron 1969-08-25
Movie David Copperfield Clara Peggotty 1969-12-01
Movie Oliver! Mrs. Bedwin 1968-09-26
Movie Cop-Out Mrs. Christoforides 1967-05-23
Movie Where the Buffalo Roam 1966-11-02
Movie Murder Most Foul Gladys Thomas 1964-03-01
Movie Macbeth Gentlewoman 1964-03-16
Movie Life for Ruth Mrs Gordon 1962-09-06
Movie The Green Helmet Kitty Launder 1961-04-20
Movie The Innocents Mrs. Grose 1961-12-15
Movie Tiger Bay Mrs. Phillips 1959-03-01
Movie Jet Storm Rose Brock 1959-09-16
Movie Indiscreet Doris Banks 1958-07-16
Movie The Man in the Sky Mrs. Snowden 1957-01-24
Movie The Story of Esther Costello Nurse Evans 1957-11-06
Movie The Passionate Stranger Millie 1957-03-04
Movie Out of the Clouds Mrs Jones, the Landlady 1955-02-15
Movie John and Julie Mrs. Pritchett 1955-07-26
Movie The Gay Dog Maggie Gay 1954-06-01
Movie The Cruel Sea Tallow's Sister 1953-02-24
Movie Rough Shoot Mrs. Powell 1953-03-30
Movie Personal Affair Vi Vining 1953-10-20
Movie Trouble in Store Miss Gibson 1953-12-14
Movie Secret People Penny 1952-02-05
Movie Ivanhoe Servant to Isaac 1952-07-31
Movie No Place for Jennifer Mrs. Marshall 1950-01-17
Movie The History of Mr. Polly The Innkeeper 1949-02-08
Movie A Boy, a Girl and a Bike Nan Ritchie 1949-05-23
Movie The Monkey's Paw Mrs. Alice Trelawne 1948-06-01
Movie Saraband for Dead Lovers Frau Busche 1948-10-04
Movie The Brothers Angustina 1947-05-07
Movie Green for Danger Nurse Woods 1946-12-07
Movie 29 Acacia Avenue Shirley 1945-05-01
Movie It's in the Bag Peach St. Clair 1944-02-07
Movie Millions Like Us Gwen Price 1943-06-01
Movie The Lamp Still Burns Nurse (uncredited) 1943-11-29
Movie Poison Pen Barmaid 1939-07-03
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