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Megs Jenkins
Born · April 21, 1917
Died · October 5, 1998 (81 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
Bio
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.
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
Mrs Braithwaite
10.0
1980
Young at Heart
Ethel Collyer · (19 episodes)
0.0
1980
Worzel Gummidge
Mrs. Braithwaite · (18 episodes)
6.2
1979
The Daedalus Equations
Eileen Gray
0.0
1976
The Amorous Milkman
Iris
1.0
1975
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
Mum · (15 episodes)
6.3
1974
Father Brown
(1 episode)
6.6
1974
If You Could See What I Can See
Mrs. Palmer
0.0
1974
The Turn of the Screw
Sra. Grose
6.5
1974
Weekend Guest
Beryl Steele
0.0
1974
The Monkey's Paw
Mrs. White
0.0
1973
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Mrs. White · (1 episode)
6.7
1973
Asylum
Nurse Higgins
6.0
1972
The Befrienders
(11 episodes)
0.0
1972
Menace
(1 episode)
0.0
1970
David Copperfield
Clara Peggotty
5.4
1969
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
Matron
5.1
1969
Oliver!
Mrs. Bedwin
7.0
1968
Cop-Out
Mrs. Christoforides
5.3
1967
Where the Buffalo Roam
0.0
1966
Mystery and Imagination
(2 episodes)
5.5
1966
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Miss Wellcome · (1 episode)
3.8
1965
Bunny Lake Is Missing
Sister
7.2
1965
Gideon's Way
Liz Rikker · (1 episode)
6.8
1965
Macbeth
Gentlewoman
6.0
1964
Murder Most Foul
Gladys Thomas
7.0
1964
The Human Jungle
Dr. Murphy · (1 episode)
8.2
1963
The Barber of Stamford Hill
0.0
1963
Heart to Heart
Lady Johnson
0.0
1962
The Old Curiosity Shop
(13 episodes)
0.0
1962
Life for Ruth
Mrs Gordon
6.4
1962
The Innocents
Mrs. Grose
7.5
1961
The Green Helmet
Kitty Launder
0.0
1961
Jet Storm
Rose Brock
6.5
1959
Tiger Bay
Mrs. Phillips
7.2
1959
Friends and Neighbours
Lily Grimshaw
7.0
1959
Indiscreet
Doris Banks
6.5
1958
The Story of Esther Costello
Nurse Evans
6.9
1957
The Passionate Stranger
Millie
5.5
1957
The Man in the Sky
Mrs. Snowden
7.1
1957
Nathaniel Titlark
(10 episodes)
0.0
1956
John and Julie
Mrs. Pritchett
4.6
1955
Out of the Clouds
Mrs Jones, the Landlady
6.0
1955
The Gay Dog
Maggie Gay
6.5
1954
Trouble in Store
Miss Gibson
6.1
1953
Personal Affair
Vi Vining
6.2
1953
Rough Shoot
Mrs. Powell
6.2
1953
The Cruel Sea
Tallow's Sister
7.0
1953
Ivanhoe
Servant to Isaac
6.8
1952
Secret People
Penny
6.3
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Gentlewoman · (1 episode)
8.7
1951
White Corridors
Mrs. Briggs
6.6
1951
No Place for Jennifer
Mrs. Marshall
5.1
1950
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Nan Ritchie
4.9
1949
The History of Mr. Polly
The Innkeeper
7.4
1949
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Frau Busche
6.0
1948
The Monkey's Paw
Mrs. Alice Trelawne
5.8
1948
The Brothers
Angustina
5.2
1947
Green for Danger
Nurse Woods
6.8
1946
Painted Boats
Barmaid
6.9
1945
29 Acacia Avenue
Shirley
5.7
1945
The Ten Year Plan
Housewife
0.0
1945
It's in the Bag
Peach St. Clair
5.2
1944
The Lamp Still Burns
Nurse (uncredited)
5.4
1943
Millions Like Us
Gwen Price
5.4
1943
Poison Pen
Barmaid
6.5
1939