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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 21, 1917
Died
October 5, 1998
Place of Birth
Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
Also Known As
- Мегс Дженкинс
- Muguette Mary "Megs" Jenkins
- Muguette Mary Jenkins
Megs Jenkins
0.5 Popularity
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
10.0
Mrs Braithwaite
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
1980
0.0
Ethel Collyer
Young at Heart
1980
6.2
Mrs. Braithwaite
Worzel Gummidge
1979
0.0
Iris
Kay
1978
0.0
Eileen Gray
The Daedalus Equations
1976
1.0
Iris Peters
The Amorous Milkman
1975
6.3
Mum
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
1974
6.6
Father Brown
1974
🎬
0.0
Mrs. Palmer
If You Could See What I Can See
1974
6.5
Mrs. Grose
The Turn of the Screw
1974
Credits
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
as Mrs Braithwaite
1980
10.0
Young at Heart
as Ethel Collyer
1980
0.0
Worzel Gummidge
as Mrs. Braithwaite
1979
6.2
Kay
as Iris
1978
0.0
The Daedalus Equations
as Eileen Gray
1976
0.0
The Amorous Milkman
as Iris Peters
1975
1.0
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
as Mum
1974
6.3
Father Brown
1974
6.6
🎬
If You Could See What I Can See
as Mrs. Palmer
1974
0.0
The Turn of the Screw
as Mrs. Grose
1974
6.5
Playhouse
as Eileen Gray
1974
7.0
🎬
Weekend Guest
as Beryl Steele
1974
0.0
The Monkey's Paw
as Mrs. White
1973
0.0
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
as Mrs. White
1973
6.7
Asylum
as Nurse Higgins
1972
6.0
🎬
The Befrienders
1972
0.0
🎬
Menace
1970
0.0
🎬
Ben Travers Farces
as Mrs. Hewlett
1970
0.0
David Copperfield
as Clara Peggotty
1969
5.4
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
as Matron
1969
4.4
Oliver!
as Mrs. Bedwin
1968
7.0
Stranger in the House
as Mrs. Christoforides
1967
5.2
🎬
Where the Buffalo Roam
1966
0.0
Mystery and Imagination
1966
5.5
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Miss Wellcome
1965
3.4
Bunny Lake Is Missing
as Sister
1965
7.2
Gideon's Way
as Liz Rikker
1965
6.8
Macbeth
as Gentlewoman
1964
6.0
Murder Most Foul
as Gladys Thomas
1964
7.0
The Human Jungle
as Dr. Murphy
1963
8.2
The Barber of Stamford Hill
1963
0.0
Heart to Heart
as Lady Johnson
1962
0.0
🎬
The Old Curiosity Shop
1962
0.0
Life for Ruth
as Mrs Gordon
1962
6.7
The Innocents
as Mrs. Grose
1961
7.5
The Green Helmet
as Kitty Launder
1961
0.0
🎬
Drama 61-67
as Amy
1961
0.0
Jet Storm
as Rose Brock
1959
6.8
Tiger Bay
as Mrs. Phillips
1959
7.2
Friends and Neighbours
as Lily Grimshaw
1959
7.0
Indiscreet
as Doris Banks
1958
6.6
The Story of Esther Costello
as Nurse Evans
1957
7.0
The Passionate Stranger
as Millie
1957
5.3
The Man in the Sky
as Mrs. Snowden
1957
7.4
🎬
Nathaniel Titlark
1956
0.0
John and Julie
as Mrs. Pritchett
1955
4.6
Out of the Clouds
as Mrs Jones, the Landlady
1955
5.8
The Gay Dog
as Maggie Gay
1954
6.5
Trouble in Store
as Miss Gibson
1953
6.1
Personal Affair
as Vi Vining
1953
6.2
Rough Shoot
as Mrs. Powell
1953
6.2
The Cruel Sea
as Tallow's Sister
1953
6.9
Ivanhoe
as Servant to Isaac
1952
6.8
Secret People
as Penny
1952
6.3
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Gentlewoman
1951
8.6
White Corridors
as Mrs. Briggs
1951
6.6
No Place for Jennifer
as Mrs. Marshall
1950
5.1
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
as Nan Ritchie
1949
4.5
The History of Mr. Polly
as The Innkeeper
1949
7.4
Saraband for Dead Lovers
as Frau Busche
1948
6.4
🎬
The Monkey's Paw
as Mrs. Alice Trelawne
1948
5.8
The Brothers
as Angustina
1947
5.2
Green for Danger
as Nurse Woods
1946
6.7
Painted Boats
as Barmaid
1945
6.9
29 Acacia Avenue
as Shirley
1945
5.7
The Ten Year Plan
as Housewife
1945
0.0
🎬
It's in the Bag
as Peach St. Clair
1944
5.2
The Lamp Still Burns
as Nurse (uncredited)
1943
5.4
Millions Like Us
as Gwen Price
1943
5.5
🎬
Secret Journey
as Berta Von Reimer
1939
0.0
Poison Pen
as Barmaid
1939
6.5