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.
Filmography
all 64
Movies 50
TV Shows 14
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special (1980)
Worzel Gummidge (1979)
The Daedalus Equations (1976)
The Amorous Milkman (1975)
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt! (1974)
Father Brown (1974)
The Turn of the Screw (1974)
Jane Eyre (1973)
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973)
Asylum (1972)
The Befrienders (1972)
Menace (1970)
David Copperfield (1969)
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know (1969)
Oliver! (1968)
Cop-Out (1967)
Where the Buffalo Roam (1966)
Mystery and Imagination (1966)
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
Gideon's Way (1965)
Macbeth (1964)
Murder Most Foul (1964)
The Human Jungle (1963)
The Barber of Stamford Hill (1963)
Heart to Heart (1962)
The Old Curiosity Shop (1962)
Life for Ruth (1962)
The Innocents (1961)
The Green Helmet (1961)
Jet Storm (1959)
Tiger Bay (1959)
Friends and Neighbours (1959)
Indiscreet (1958)
The Story of Esther Costello (1957)
The Passionate Stranger (1957)
The Man in the Sky (1957)
Nathaniel Titlark (1956)
John and Julie (1955)
Out of the Clouds (1955)
The Gay Dog (1954)
Trouble in Store (1953)
Personal Affair (1953)
Rough Shoot (1953)
The Cruel Sea (1953)
Ivanhoe (1952)
Secret People (1952)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
White Corridors (1951)
No Place for Jennifer (1950)
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949)
The History of Mr. Polly (1949)
Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
The Monkey's Paw (1948)
The Brothers (1947)
Green for Danger (1946)
Painted Boats (1945)
29 Acacia Avenue (1945)
The Ten Year Plan (1945)
It's in the Bag (1944)
The Lamp Still Burns (1943)
Millions Like Us (1943)
Poison Pen (1939)
The Gay Dog
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1917-04-21
Deathday1998-10-05 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceBirkenhead, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsМегс Дженкинс, Muguette Mary "Megs" Jenkins, Muguette Mary Jenkins
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