Megs Jenkins

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

69

Gender

Female

Birthday

1917-04-21

Day of death

1998-10-05 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK

Megs Jenkins

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

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • Thirty-Minute Theatre

    Thirty-Minute Theatre

  • The Human Jungle

    The Human Jungle

  • Gideon's Way

    Gideon's Way

  • Secret People

    Secret People

  • Mystery and Imagination

    Mystery and Imagination

  • Tiger Bay

    Tiger Bay

  • The Green Helmet

    The Green Helmet

  • The Smashing Bird I Used to Know

    The Smashing Bird I Used to Know

  • No Place for Jennifer

    No Place for Jennifer

  • 29 Acacia Avenue

    29 Acacia Avenue

  • Father Brown

    Father Brown

  • The Story of Esther Costello

    The Story of Esther Costello

  • Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

    Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

  • Green for Danger

    Green for Danger

  • The History of Mr. Polly

    The History of Mr. Polly

  • The Innocents

    The Innocents

  • Stranger in the House

    Stranger in the House

  • David Copperfield

    David Copperfield

  • Ivanhoe

    Ivanhoe

  • Bunny Lake Is Missing

    Bunny Lake Is Missing

  • The Lamp Still Burns

    The Lamp Still Burns

  • Worzel Gummidge

    Worzel Gummidge

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • The Man in the Sky

    The Man in the Sky

  • Life for Ruth

    Life for Ruth

  • Saraband for Dead Lovers

    Saraband for Dead Lovers

  • Trouble in Store

    Trouble in Store

  • Asylum

    Asylum

  • The Monkey's Paw

    The Monkey's Paw

  • The Amorous Milkman

    The Amorous Milkman

  • Jet Storm

    Jet Storm

  • Heart to Heart

    Heart to Heart

  • The Turn of the Screw

    The Turn of the Screw

  • Oliver!

    Oliver!

  • The Cruel Sea

    The Cruel Sea

  • Friends and Neighbours

    Friends and Neighbours

  • Rough Shoot

    Rough Shoot

  • Indiscreet

    Indiscreet

  • A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

    A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

  • Millions Like Us

    Millions Like Us

  • Macbeth

    Macbeth

  • Where the Buffalo Roam

    Where the Buffalo Roam

  • White Corridors

    White Corridors

  • If You Could See What I Can See

    If You Could See What I Can See

  • Menace

    Menace

  • The Brothers

    The Brothers

  • Murder Most Foul

    Murder Most Foul

  • Ben Travers Farces

    Ben Travers Farces

  • Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!

    Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!

  • The Ten Year Plan

    The Ten Year Plan

  • Personal Affair

    Personal Affair

  • The Passionate Stranger

    The Passionate Stranger

  • The Old Curiosity Shop

    The Old Curiosity Shop

  • The Befrienders

    The Befrienders

  • The Gay Dog

    The Gay Dog

  • Out of the Clouds

    Out of the Clouds

  • Young at Heart

    Young at Heart

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

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

  • Nathaniel Titlark

    Nathaniel Titlark

  • John and Julie

    John and Julie

  • Poison Pen

    Poison Pen

  • The Daedalus Equations

    The Daedalus Equations

  • Painted Boats

    Painted Boats

  • The Monkey's Paw

    The Monkey's Paw

  • Kay

    Kay

  • The Barber of Stamford Hill

    The Barber of Stamford Hill

  • It's in the Bag

    It's in the Bag

  • Weekend Guest

    Weekend Guest