Megs Jenkins
| Megs Jenkins | |
|---|---|
| File:Megs Jenkins.jpg | |
| Born | Muguette Mary Jenkins 21 April 1917 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Suffolk, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1939–1990 |
| Spouse(s) | George Routledge (1943–1959) (divorced) |
Muguette Mary "Megs" Jenkins (21 April 1917 – 5 October 1998) was an English character actress who appeared in British films and television programmes.
Life and career
Jenkins was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, the daughter of a construction engineer.[1] She originally trained to be a ballet dancer. Although born in England, she often played Welsh characters.
She made her first noticeable film debut in Millions Like Us (1943) as the Welsh room-mate and confidante of the main character (played by Patricia Roc). She appeared in such classics as Green for Danger (1946), The History of Mr. Polly (1949), The Cruel Sea (1953), and Oliver! (1968). She played the housekeeper Mrs Grose in two adaptations of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw: the film The Innocents (1961), and a 1974 television adaptation. She frequently played comic roles, and in later life was a regular in the sitcom, Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!, and the children's series, Worzel Gummidge.
From 1933, Jenkins also had a long stage career, and appeared in several plays by Emlyn Williams. In 1956 she won the Clarence Derwent Award for best supporting performance in Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge.[2]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | The Silent Battle | Louise | Released as Continental Express in USA | [1] |
| Secret Journey | Reception girl in glasses | uncredited | ||
| Poison Pen | Barmaid | |||
| Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday | Maid | uncredited | ||
| 1943 | Millions Like Us | Gwen | [1] | |
| The Lamp Still Burns | Nurse | uncredited | [2] | |
| 1944 | It's in the Bag | Peach St. Clair | ||
| 1945 | 29 Acacia Avenue | Shirley | Released as The Facts of Love in USA | [1] |
| 1946 | Green for Danger | Nurse Woods | [1] | |
| 1947 | The Brothers | Augustina McFarish | [1] | |
| 1948 | The Monkey's Paw | Mrs Trelawne | [1] | |
| 1949 | The History of Mr. Polly | The Innkeeper | [1] | |
| 1950 | No Place for Jennifer | Mrs Marshall | [1] | |
| Mr. Gillie | Mrs Gillie | Live TV drama | [1] | |
| 1952 | Ivanhoe | Servant to Isaac | [1] | |
| 1953 | The Cruel Sea | Tallow's sister | [1] | |
| Trouble in Store | Miss Gibson | [1] | ||
| 1954 | The Gay Dog | Maggie Gay | ||
| 1955 | John and Julie | Mrs Pritchett | ||
| Out of the Clouds | The Landlady | |||
| 1958 | Indiscreet | Doris Banks | [1] | |
| 1959 | Tiger Bay | Mrs Philips | [1] | |
| 1961 | The Innocents | Mrs Grose | [1] | |
| 1964 | Murder Most Foul | Mrs Gladys Thomas | ||
| 1965 | Bunny Lake Is Missing | Sister | ||
| 1968 | Oliver! | Mrs Bedwin | [1] |
Television
- Jenny Meade (1951, TV film)
- Dark Summer (1951, TV film)
- David Copperfield (1969, TV film)
- The Befrienders (1970, TV film)
- The Turn of the Screw (1974, TV film)
- Young at Heart (1980–1982, TV sitcom)
- A Woman of Substance (1984 TV film)
References
External links
- Megs Jenkins at the Internet Movie Database
- Megs Jenkins at the Internet Broadway DatabaseLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Stage performances on the Theatre Archive, University of Bristol
