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.
74 acting credits
Acting · 74
Playhouse
1974
ITV Playhouse
1967
Drama 61-67
1961
Mystery and Imagination
1966
Gideon's Way
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
The Human Jungle
1963
The Innocents
1961
A Woman of Substance
1985
Worzel Gummidge
1979
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
Father Brown
1974
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Oliver!
1968
Menace
1970
Armchair Theatre
1956
Ivanhoe
1952
The Cruel Sea
1953
Asylum
1972
Ben Travers Farces
1970
Tiger Bay
1959
Murder Most Foul
1964
Indiscreet
1958
Saraband for Dead Lovers
1948
The Old Curiosity Shop
1962
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
1974
David Copperfield
1969
Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965
Young at Heart
1980
White Corridors
1951
Stranger in the House
1967
The Befrienders
1972
Life for Ruth
1962
The Brothers
1947
Poison Pen
1939
Trouble in Store
1953
The Turn of the Screw
1974
The Story of Esther Costello
1957
The Gay Dog
1954
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
1980
Rough Shoot
1953
Personal Affair
1953
Secret People
1952
Green for Danger
1946
The Amorous Milkman
1975
The History of Mr. Polly
1949
Nathaniel Titlark
1956
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
1969
Jet Storm
1959
The Green Helmet
1961
John and Julie
1955
The Lamp Still Burns
1943
It's in the Bag
1944
The Man in the Sky
1957
Millions Like Us
1943
The Passionate Stranger
1957
Out of the Clouds
1955
If You Could See What I Can See
1974
The Barber of Stamford Hill
1963
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1949
Macbeth
1964
No Place for Jennifer
1950
Kay
1978
Heart to Heart
1962
The Monkey's Paw
1948
The Ten Year Plan
1945
The Daedalus Equations
1976
Painted Boats
1945
Friends and Neighbours
1959
Weekend Guest
1974
Secret Journey
1939
29 Acacia Avenue
1945
The Monkey's Paw
1973
Where the Buffalo Roam
1966