Megs Jenkins

Megs Jenkins
Born	Muguette Mary Jenkins 21 April 1917(1917-04-21) Birkenhead, England
Died	5 October 1998(1998-10-05) (aged 81) Suffolk, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1939-1990

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, 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 film debut in 1943, and appeared in such classics as Green for Danger (1946), in which she turned out to be the twin sister of a Nazi collaborator, 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 1961 film The Innocents, and a 1974 TV 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.

Beginning in 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

• The Silent Battle (1939)
• Secret Journey (1939)
• Poison Pen (1939)
• Luck of the Devil (1939, TV film)
• Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939)
• Millions Like Us (1943)
• The Lamp Still Burns (1943)
• It's in the Bag (1944)
• 29 Acacia Avenue (1945)
• Painted Boats (1945)
• Green for Danger (1946)
• The Brothers (1947)
• The Monkey's Paw (1948)
• Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
• A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949)
• The History of Mr. Polly (1949)
• No Place for Jennifer (1950)
• Mr. Gillie (1950, TV film)
• White Corridors (1951)
• Jenny Meade (1951, TV film)
• Dark Summer (1951, TV film)
• The Secret People (1952)
• Ivanhoe (1952)
• Rough Shoot (1953)
• The Cruel Sea (1953)
• Trouble in Store (1953)
• Personal Affair (1953)
• The Gay Dog (1954)
• John and Julie (1955)
• Out of the Clouds (1955)
• The Passionate Stranger (1957)
• Man in the Sky (1957)
• The Story of Esther Costello (1957)
• Indiscreet (1958)
• Tiger Bay (1959)
• Jet Storm (1959)
• Friends and Neighbours (1959)
• Conspiracy of Hearts (1960)
• The Green Helmet (1961)
• The Innocents (1961)
• Life for Ruth (1962)
• The Wild and the Willing (1962)
• The Barber of Stamford Hill (1962)
• Murder Most Foul (1964)
• Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
• Stranger in the House (1967)
• Oliver! (1968)
• The Smashing Bird I Used to Know (1969)
• David Copperfield (1969, TV film)
• The Befrienders (1970, TV film)
• Asylum (1972)
• The Amorous Milkman (1975)

References

1. ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-megs-jenkins-1177763.html
2. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/22/arts/megs-jenkins-81-an-actress-known-for-her-matronly-roles.html?pagewanted=1

External links

Biography portal

• Megs Jenkins at the Internet Movie Database
• Megs Jenkins at the Internet Broadway Database
• Stage performances on the Theatre Archive, University of Bristol
• Megs Jenkins at Find a Grave

Persondata
Name	Jenkins, Megs
Alternative names	Jenkins, Muguette Mary
Short description	Actress
Date of birth	1917-04-21
Place of birth	Birkenhead, England
Date of death	1998-10-05
Place of death	Suffolk, England