Megs Jenkins

Known for ActingBorn 1917-04-21Died 1998-10-05Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special

The Barber of Stamford Hill

The Old Curiosity Shop

The Befrienders

The Green Helmet

Hallmark Hall of Fame

The Human Jungle

Where the Buffalo Roam

Heart to Heart

Friends and Neighbours

A Woman of Substance

Secret Journey

The Innocents

The Man in the Sky

The History of Mr. Polly

Macbeth

Bunny Lake Is Missing

Tiger Bay

The Daedalus Equations

Murder Most Foul

Playhouse

Oliver!

ITV Playhouse

Gideon's Way

Life for Ruth

The Story of Esther Costello

The Gay Dog

Father Brown

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

Jet Storm

Painted Boats

The Ten Year Plan

The Cruel Sea

Ivanhoe

The Turn of the Screw

White Corridors

Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!

Rough Shoot

Indiscreet

Green for Danger

Poison Pen

Saraband for Dead Lovers

Worzel Gummidge

Secret People

Personal Affair

Asylum

Out of the Clouds

Trouble in Store