Megs Jenkins
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.
Oliver!
as Mrs. BedwinMusical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away...
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Ivanhoe
as Servant to IsaacSir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in...
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Murder Most Foul
as Gladys ThomasA murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again...
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Asylum
as Nurse HigginsA young psychiatrist applies for a job at a mental asylum, and must pass a test by interviewing...
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The Cruel Sea
as Tallow's SisterAt the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with...
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The Innocents
as Mrs. GroseA young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by...
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Bunny Lake Is Missing
as SisterA woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she...
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Secret People
as PennyThis tale of intrigue finds Valentina Cortese involved in an assassination plot. She helps the...
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Indiscreet
as Doris BanksAnna Kalman is an accomplished actress who has given up hope of finding the man of her dreams....
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Green for Danger
as Nurse WoodsIn the midst of Nazi air raids, a postman dies on the operating table at a rural hospital. But...
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Tiger Bay
as Mrs. PhillipsIn Tiger Bay, the docklands of Cardiff, rough-and-tumble street urchin Gillie witnesses the...
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The Story of Esther Costello
as Nurse EvansEighteen-year-old Esther has been deaf and blind since the accident which killed her mother....
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29 Acacia Avenue
as ShirleyThe Robinsons are two respectable middle class parents living with their children in a suburban...
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Saraband for Dead Lovers
as Frau BuscheSophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of...
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Personal Affair
as Vi ViningA British girl disappears for three days after a frank talk with the wife of a Latin teacher she...
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Jet Storm
as Rose BrockCrisis in the air: A passenger aboard a commercial airplane flying from London to New York...
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David Copperfield
as Clara PeggottyA made for TV movie of the Charles Dickens' classic novel, turns Dickens' picaresque tale into...
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Cop-Out
as Mrs. ChristoforidesJohn Sawyer, once an eminent barrister, has slid into a life of cynicism and drunkenness since...
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Macbeth
as GentlewomanHallmark Hall of Fame's second version of Shakespeare's classic play, with the same two stars...
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White Corridors
as Mrs. BriggsWhite Corridors was based on Yeoman Hospital, a novel by Helen Ashton. Told episodically, the...
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The Man in the Sky
as Mrs. SnowdenThe efforts of test pilot John Mitchell to make a better life for his wife Mary and their two...
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A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
as Mrs BraithwaiteChristmas is coming to Ten Acre Field and Worzel Gummidge (Jon Pertwee) is determined to enjoy...
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Trouble in Store
as Miss GibsonNorman is working in the stock room of a large London department store, but he has ambition...
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The Brothers
as AngustinaAn orphan wreaks havoc on a remote Scottish island when she causes an age-old feud to be reignited.
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The Passionate Stranger
as MillieJudith Wynter is a happily married novelist whose romantic works are eagerly devoured by scores...
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Heart to Heart
as Lady JohnsonA television interviewer is determined to get a coup on a dodgy cabinet minister.
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The History of Mr. Polly
as The InnkeeperQuiet and somewhat direction-less, Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father to...
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Poison Pen
as BarmaidThe inhabitants of a peaceful village begin receiving mysterious hate mail penned by someone...
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Millions Like Us
as Gwen PriceWhen Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the...
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No Place for Jennifer
as Mrs. MarshallA young girl goes through the trauma of her parent's divorce and seperate re-marriages.
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Rough Shoot
as Mrs. PowellAn American military officer and his wife move to a cottage in what they think is the peaceful...
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The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
as MatronA traumatized and troubled teenager is sent to an all-girls detention home where she strikes up...
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John and Julie
as Mrs. PritchettThe adventures of two children who runaway to London to see the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.
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A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
as Nan RitchieThe lives of the members of a West Yorkshire cycling club are complicated by romantic...
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The Lamp Still Burns
as Nurse (uncredited)A tribute to the important work of female nurses during World War II.
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The Monkey's Paw
as Mrs. Alice TrelawneA curio dealer sells a monkey's paw that can grant the possessor three wishes but warns that...
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Painted Boats
as BarmaidIn this modest drama, set during World War II, two rival boat families battle it out for supremacy.
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Friends and Neighbours
as Lily GrimshawDuring the Cold War, a British family struggles to overcome cultural differences as they welcome...
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The Turn of the Screw
as Sra. GroseAn English governess is hired to take care of two adorable orphans, who turn out to be not...
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The Daedalus Equations
as Eileen GrayHans Daedalus has defected from East Germany to the West. Is it possible that his opacity...
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The Green Helmet
as Kitty LaunderAfter suffering a near fatal accident in his last race over the hill, top British race car...
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Out of the Clouds
as Mrs Jones, the LandladyA day following workers at an airport
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The Amorous Milkman
as IrisDavey's milk delivery job offers him scant excitement. But when a few of the lonely housewives,...
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The Gay Dog
as Maggie GayJim Gay loves his racing greyhound but, out of town, he finds a dog with a better chance to win....
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Life for Ruth
as Mrs GordonJohn Harris finds himself ostracized and placed on trial for allowing his daughter Ruth to die....
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The Barber of Stamford Hill
as uncreditedMr. Figg, the barber, is fond of telling customers about his family, but he hasn’t really got...
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The Ten Year Plan
as HousewifeThe British Government's ten year plan for providing prefabricated homes.
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Gideon's Way
as Liz RikkerGideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on...
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Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Miss WellcomeThirty-Minute Theatre is an anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television...
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The Human Jungle
as Dr. MurphyThe Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Television by the...
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Mystery and Imagination
as uncreditedMystery and Imagination is a British television anthology series of classic horror and...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as GentlewomanHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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Father Brown
as uncreditedFather Brown was a Catholic priest who doubled as an amateur detective in order to solve mysteries.
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Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
as Mrs. WhiteOrson Welles' Great Mysteries was a British television series The series was an anthology of...
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Worzel Gummidge
as Mrs. BraithwaiteWorzel Gummidge is a children's comedy series, produced by Southern Television for ITV, based on...
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Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
as uncreditedOh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt! is an ITV sitcom that ran from 1974 to 1977 starring Bill Maynard...
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