Megs Jenkins
Acting
- Nacimiento:
- 1917-04-21
- Fallecimiento:
- 1998-10-05
- Lugar de nacimiento:
- Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
Biografía
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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Filmografía
Toda una mujer
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
Young at Heart
Worzel Gummidge
Kay
The Sound of Laughter
The Daedalus Equations
El lechero amoroso
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
Father Brown
If You Could See What I Can See
Otra vuelta de tuerca
Playhouse
Weekend Guest
The Monkey's Paw
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Refugio macabro
The Befrienders
Menace
Ben Travers Farces
David Copperfield
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
W. Somerset Maugham
Oliver
ITV Playhouse
Stranger in the House
Where the Buffalo Roam
Mystery and Imagination
Thirty-Minute Theatre
El rapto de Bunny Lake
Gideon's Way
The Wednesday Play
Macbeth
La señora McGinty ha muerto
The Human Jungle
The Barber of Stamford Hill
Heart to Heart
The Old Curiosity Shop
Vida para Ruth
Suspense
The Green Helmet
Drama 61-67
Jet Storm
La bahía del tigre
Friends and Neighbours
Indiscreta
The Story of Esther Costello
The Passionate Stranger
The Man in the Sky
Armchair Theatre
Nathaniel Titlark
John and Julie
Out of the Clouds
The Gay Dog
Trouble in Store
Personal Affair
Un disparo en la mañana
Mar cruel
Ivanhoe
Secret People
Hallmark Hall of Fame
White Corridors
No Place for Jennifer
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
The History of Mr. Polly
Matrimonio de estado
The Monkey's Paw
The Brothers
Verde es el peligro
Painted Boats
29 Acacia Avenue
The Ten Year Plan
It's in the Bag
Vocación sublime
Millones como nosotros
Secret Journey
Poison Pen