Megs Jenkins
Acting
- Born:
- 1917-04-21
- Died:
- 1998-10-05
- Place of birth:
- Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
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
Filmography
A Woman of Substance
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
The Amorous Milkman
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
Father Brown
If You Could See What I Can See
The Turn of the Screw
Playhouse
Weekend Guest
The Monkey's Paw
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Asylum
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
Bunny Lake Is Missing
Gideon's Way
The Wednesday Play
Macbeth
Murder Most Foul
The Human Jungle
The Barber of Stamford Hill
Heart to Heart
The Old Curiosity Shop
Life for Ruth
The Innocents
The Green Helmet
Drama 61-67
Jet Storm
Tiger Bay
Friends and Neighbours
Indiscreet
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
Rough Shoot
The Cruel Sea
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
Saraband for Dead Lovers
The Monkey's Paw
The Brothers
Green for Danger
Painted Boats
29 Acacia Avenue
The Ten Year Plan
It's in the Bag
The Lamp Still Burns
Millions Like Us
Secret Journey
Poison Pen