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Megs Jenkins
Birkenhead, 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 tha…
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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.
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1985
A Woman of Substance
TV show Mrs Turner
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1980
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
Movie Mrs Braithwaite
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1980
Young at Heart
TV show Ethel Collyer
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1979
Worzel Gummidge
TV show Mrs. Braithwaite
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1978
Kay
Movie Iris
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1977
The Sound of Laughter
TV show Emily Lloyd
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1976
The Daedalus Equations
Movie Eileen Gray
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1975
The Amorous Milkman
Movie Iris Peters
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1974
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
TV show Mum
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1974
Father Brown
TV show Mrs Banks
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1974
If You Could See What I Can See
Movie Mrs. Palmer
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1974
The Turn of the Screw
Movie Mrs. Grose
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1974
Playhouse
TV show Eileen Gray
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1974
Weekend Guest
Movie Beryl Steele
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1973
The Monkey's Paw
Movie Mrs. White
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1973
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
TV show Mrs. White
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1972
Asylum
Movie Nurse Higgins
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1972
The Befrienders
TV show Janet
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1970
Menace
TV show Mrs. Pepper
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1970
Ben Travers Farces
TV show Mrs. Hewlett
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1969
David Copperfield
Movie Clara Peggotty
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1969
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
Movie Matron
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1969
W. Somerset Maugham
TV show Mrs. Bulfinch
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1968
Oliver!
Movie Mrs. Bedwin
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1967
ITV Playhouse
TV show Beryl Steele
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1967
Stranger in the House
Movie Mrs. Christoforides
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1966
Where the Buffalo Roam
Movie
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1966
Mystery and Imagination
TV show Mrs Bunch
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1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV show Miss Wellcome
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1965
Bunny Lake Is Missing
Movie Sister
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1965
Gideon's Way
TV show Liz Rikker
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1964
The Wednesday Play
TV show Mrs. Turner
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1964
Macbeth
Movie Gentlewoman
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1964
Murder Most Foul
Movie Gladys Thomas
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1963
The Human Jungle
TV show Dr. Murphy
- 1963
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1962
Heart to Heart
Movie Lady Johnson
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1962
The Old Curiosity Shop
TV show Mrs Nubbles
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1962
Life for Ruth
Movie Mrs Gordon
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1961
The Innocents
Movie Mrs. Grose
