Megs Jenkins

Megs Jenkins (21 April 1917 - 5 October 1998), was an English character actress who appeared in British films and television programmes.

Career

Born Muguette Mary Jenkins in Birkenhead, she originally trained to be a ballet dancer. Although English, 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) and 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, Megs 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.

Selected filmography

• The Silent Battle (1939)
• Millions Like Us (1943)
• 29 Acacia Avenue (1945)
• Green for Danger (1946)
• Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
• The History of Mr. Polly (1949)
• White Corridors (1951)
• The Secret People (1952)
• Ivanhoe (1952)
• The Cruel Sea (1953)
• Trouble in Store (1953)
• Personal Affair (1953)
• Man in the Sky (1957)
• The Story of Esther Costello (1957)
• Indiscreet (1958)
• Tiger Bay (1959)
• Jet Storm (1959)
• Conspiracy of Hearts (1960)
• The Green Helmet (1961)
• The Innocents (1961)
• Life for Ruth (1962)
• Murder Most Foul (1964)
• Oliver! (1968)

References

External links

• Megs Jenkins at the Internet Movie Database

• Stage performances on the Theatre Archive, University of Bristol