Megs Jenkins
Acting
Born April 21, 1917 · Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
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 W…
Known For · 40 titles
The Wednesday Play
Playhouse
ITV Playhouse
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Gideon's Way
Drama 61-67
Mystery and Imagination
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
The Human Jungle
A Woman of Substance
Father Brown
Worzel Gummidge
Menace
W. Somerset Maugham
Nathaniel Titlark
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Oliver!
Ivanhoe
Ben Travers Farces
Armchair Theatre
The Sound of Laughter
The Innocents
Bunny Lake Is Missing
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
The Old Curiosity Shop
Asylum
Young at Heart
The Befrienders
Poison Pen
The Cruel Sea
Indiscreet
Murder Most Foul
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Where the Buffalo Roam
Out of the Clouds
Kay
Stranger in the House
The Story of Esther Costello
Tiger Bay
Painted Boats