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.
Acting
Movie
The Innocents
as Mrs. Grose
1961
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Oliver!
as Mrs. Bedwin
1968
Movie
Bunny Lake Is Missing
as Sister
1965
Movie
Indiscreet
as Doris Banks
1958
Movie
Ivanhoe
as Servant to Isaac
1952
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Asylum
as Nurse Higgins
1972
Movie
Murder Most Foul
as Gladys Thomas
1964
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Green for Danger
as Nurse Woods
1946
Movie
The Cruel Sea
as Tallow's Sister
1953
Movie
Tiger Bay
as Mrs. Phillips
1959
Movie
Trouble in Store
as Miss Gibson
1953
Movie
Saraband for Dead Lovers
as Frau Busche
1948
Movie
Secret People
as Penny
1952
Movie
David Copperfield
as Clara Peggotty
1969
Movie
Jet Storm
as Rose Brock
1959
Movie
Millions Like Us
as Gwen Price
1943
Movie
Personal Affair
as Vi Vining
1953
Movie
The Story of Esther Costello
as Nurse Evans
1957
Movie
The Passionate Stranger
as Millie
1957
Movie
The Turn of the Screw
as Mrs. Grose
1974
Movie
Stranger in the House
as Mrs. Christoforides
1967
TV
Worzel Gummidge
as Mrs. Braithwaite
1979
Movie
The Man in the Sky
as Mrs. Snowden
1957
Movie
Life for Ruth
as Mrs Gordon
1962