Megs Jenkins

Megs Jenkins

Known for

Acting

Born

April 21, 1917

Birthplace

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK

Died

October 5, 1998 (aged 81)

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 '...

Best known work

The Innocents
The Innocents
1961
Oliver!
Oliver!
1968
Bunny Lake Is Missing
Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe
1952
Indiscreet
Indiscreet
1958
Asylum
Asylum
1972
Murder Most Foul
Murder Most Foul
1964
Green for Danger
Green for Danger
1946
The Cruel Sea
The Cruel Sea
1953
Tiger Bay
Tiger Bay
1959

Filmography

  1. 1985

    A Woman of SubstanceTV

    as Mrs Turner (3 episodes)

  2. 1980

  3. 1980

    Young at HeartTV

    as Ethel Collyer (19 episodes)

  4. 1979

    Worzel GummidgeTV

    as Mrs. Braithwaite (19 episodes)

  5. 1978

    Kay

    as Iris

  6. 1977

    The Sound of LaughterTV

    as Emily Lloyd (1 episode)

  7. 1976

  8. 1975

    The Amorous Milkman

    as Iris Peters

  9. 1974

    Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!TV

    as Mum (15 episodes)

  10. 1974

    Father BrownTV

    as Mrs Banks (1 episode)

  11. 1974

  12. 1974

  13. 1974

    PlayhouseTV

    as Eileen Gray (1 episode)

  14. 1974

    Weekend Guest

    as Beryl Steele

  15. 1973

    The Monkey's Paw

    as Mrs. White

  16. 1973

    Orson Welles' Great MysteriesTV

    as Mrs. White (1 episode)

  17. 1972

    Asylum

    as Nurse Higgins

  18. 1972

    The BefriendersTV

    as Janet (11 episodes)

  19. 1970

    MenaceTV

    as Mrs. Pepper (1 episode)

  20. 1970

    Ben Travers FarcesTV

    as Mrs. Hewlett (7 episodes)

  21. 1969

    David Copperfield

    as Clara Peggotty

  22. 1969

  23. 1969

    W. Somerset MaughamTV

    as Mrs. Bulfinch (1 episode)

  24. 1968

    Oliver!

    as Mrs. Bedwin

  25. 1967

    ITV PlayhouseTV

    as Beryl Steele (1 episode)

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