Megs Jenkins

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

70

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

  • Gideon's Way

    Gideon's Way

  • Oliver!

    Oliver!

  • The Human Jungle

    The Human Jungle

  • Thirty-Minute Theatre

    Thirty-Minute Theatre

  • Jet Storm

    Jet Storm

  • Ivanhoe

    Ivanhoe

  • Tiger Bay

    Tiger Bay

  • Secret People

    Secret People

  • 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

  • Asylum

    Asylum

  • David Copperfield

    David Copperfield

  • Macbeth

    Macbeth

  • The Man in the Sky

    The Man in the Sky

  • Indiscreet

    Indiscreet

  • Worzel Gummidge

    Worzel Gummidge

  • Personal Affair

    Personal Affair

  • White Corridors

    White Corridors

  • Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!

    Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!

  • The Smashing Bird I Used to Know

    The Smashing Bird I Used to Know

  • Poison Pen

    Poison Pen

  • Rough Shoot

    Rough Shoot

  • If You Could See What I Can See

    If You Could See What I Can See

  • Bunny Lake Is Missing

    Bunny Lake Is Missing

  • Father Brown

    Father Brown

  • Saraband for Dead Lovers

    Saraband for Dead Lovers

  • The Turn of the Screw

    The Turn of the Screw

  • Green for Danger

    Green for Danger

  • Mystery and Imagination

    Mystery and Imagination

  • The Story of Esther Costello

    The Story of Esther Costello

  • Millions Like Us

    Millions Like Us

  • The Amorous Milkman

    The Amorous Milkman

  • Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

    Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

  • The Green Helmet

    The Green Helmet

  • The Befrienders

    The Befrienders

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Life for Ruth

    Life for Ruth

  • The Cruel Sea

    The Cruel Sea

  • Menace

    Menace

  • No Place for Jennifer

    No Place for Jennifer

  • The History of Mr. Polly

    The History of Mr. Polly

  • 29 Acacia Avenue

    29 Acacia Avenue

  • Stranger in the House

    Stranger in the House

  • Murder Most Foul

    Murder Most Foul

  • Trouble in Store

    Trouble in Store

  • The Lamp Still Burns

    The Lamp Still Burns

  • The Innocents

    The Innocents

  • The Ten Year Plan

    The Ten Year Plan

  • A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

    A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

  • Friends and Neighbours

    Friends and Neighbours

  • The Passionate Stranger

    The Passionate Stranger

  • The Monkey's Paw

    The Monkey's Paw

  • Heart to Heart

    Heart to Heart

  • The Gay Dog

    The Gay Dog

  • Where the Buffalo Roam

    Where the Buffalo Roam

  • Painted Boats

    Painted Boats

  • The Old Curiosity Shop

    The Old Curiosity Shop

  • Nathaniel Titlark

    Nathaniel Titlark

  • John and Julie

    John and Julie

  • Young at Heart

    Young at Heart

  • Kay

    Kay

  • Out of the Clouds

    Out of the Clouds

  • Secret Journey

    Secret Journey

  • Ben Travers Farces

    Ben Travers Farces

  • The Monkey's Paw

    The Monkey's Paw

  • The Brothers

    The Brothers

  • The Daedalus Equations

    The Daedalus Equations

  • It's in the Bag

    It's in the Bag

  • The Barber of Stamford Hill

    The Barber of Stamford Hill

  • Weekend Guest

    Weekend Guest