Cast & creator
Megs Jenkins
Best known for The Wednesday Play, The Wednesday Play, ITV Playhouse
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.
Also known as: Мегс Дженкинс, Muguette Mary "Megs" Jenkins, Muguette Mary Jenkins
54
film credits
25
television credits
79
1939–1985 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (79)
Showing 79 of 79 credits
The Wednesday Play
Mrs. Turner
1964The Wednesday Play
Molly Wilderness
1964
ITV Playhouse
Beryl Steele
1967
Playhouse
Eileen Gray
1974
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Miss Wellcome
1965
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Mrs. White
1973Drama 61-67
Amy
1961
Gideon's Way
Liz Rikker
1965
Worzel Gummidge
Mrs. Braithwaite
1979
The Human Jungle
Dr. Murphy
1963
Mystery and Imagination
Mrs Bunch
1966Mystery and Imagination
Mrs Smedhurst
1966
Father Brown
Mrs Banks
1974W. Somerset Maugham
Mrs. Bulfinch
1969
A Woman of Substance
Mrs Turner
1985
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Gentlewoman
1951Menace
Mrs. Pepper
1970
Armchair Theatre
Ma Waite
1956The Befrienders
Janet
1972
The Innocents
Mrs. Grose
1961
Oliver!
Mrs. Bedwin
1968Nathaniel Titlark
1956Ben Travers Farces
Mrs. Hewlett
1970
Bunny Lake Is Missing
Sister
1965The Old Curiosity Shop
Mrs Nubbles
1962
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
Mum
1974
Murder Most Foul
Gladys Thomas
1964
Ivanhoe
Servant to Isaac
1952The Sound of Laughter
Emily Lloyd
1977
Indiscreet
Doris Banks
1958
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Frau Busche
1948
The Cruel Sea
Tallow's Sister
1953
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
Matron
1969
Out of the Clouds
Mrs. Jones, the Landlady
1955
Asylum
Nurse Higgins
1972
Green for Danger
Nurse Woods
1946
Poison Pen
Barmaid
1939
Young at Heart
Ethel Collyer
1980
The Turn of the Screw
Mrs. Grose
1974
Stranger in the House
Mrs. Christoforides
1967
Trouble in Store
Miss Gibson
1953
The Man in the Sky
Mrs. Snowden
1957
Tiger Bay
Mrs. Phillips
1959
Painted Boats
Barmaid
1945
The History of Mr. Polly
The Innkeeper
1949
The Story of Esther Costello
Nurse Evans
1957
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Nan Ritchie
1949
The Lamp Still Burns
Nurse (uncredited)
1943
White Corridors
Mrs. Briggs
1951
John and Julie
Mrs. Pritchett
1955
Secret People
Penny
1952
Kay
Iris
1978
Millions Like Us
Gwen Price
1943It's in the Bag
Peach St. Clair
1944
Jet Storm
Rose Brock
1959Where the Buffalo Roam
1966
Macbeth
Gentlewoman
1964
No Place for Jennifer
Mrs. Marshall
1950
The Monkey's Paw
Mrs. White
1973
Life for Ruth
Mrs Gordon
1962
David Copperfield
Clara Peggotty
1969
The Monkey's Paw
Mrs. Alice Trelawne
1948
The Barber of Stamford Hill
1963
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
Mrs Braithwaite
1980
The Ten Year Plan
Housewife
1945
Heart to Heart
Lady Johnson
1962If You Could See What I Can See
Mrs. Palmer
1974
Rough Shoot
Mrs. Powell
1953
Personal Affair
Vi Vining
1953
The Daedalus Equations
Eileen Gray
1976
Friends and Neighbours
Lily Grimshaw
1959
The Amorous Milkman
Iris Peters
1975
The Green Helmet
Kitty Launder
1961
The Passionate Stranger
Millie
1957
29 Acacia Avenue
Shirley
1945
The Gay Dog
Maggie Gay
1954
The Brothers
Angustina
1947Secret Journey
Berta Von Reimer
1939Weekend Guest
Beryl Steele
1974