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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 16.002 |
| Birthday | 1917-04-21 |
| Place of Birth | Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Мегс Дженкинс, Muguette Mary "Megs" Jenkins, Muguette Mary Jenkins, |
1964
Murder Most Foul
6.961/141
A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she begins her own investigation.
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Murder Most Foul
1965
Bunny Lake Is Missing
7.205/173
A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.
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Bunny Lake Is Missing
1958
Indiscreet
6.537/163
Anna Kalman is an accomplished actress who has given up hope of finding the man of her dreams. She is in the middle of taking off her face cream, whil...
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Indiscreet
1972
Asylum
6.023/155
A young psychiatrist applies for a job at a mental asylum, and must pass a test by interviewing four patients. He must figure out which of the patient...
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Asylum
1946
Green for Danger
6.744/82
In the midst of Nazi air raids, a postman dies on the operating table at a rural hospital. But was the death accidental?
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Green for Danger
1959
Tiger Bay
7.24/48
In Tiger Bay, the docklands of Cardiff, rough-and-tumble street urchin Gillie witnesses the brutal killing of a young woman at the hands of visiting P...
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Tiger Bay
1953
Trouble in Store
6/20
Norman is working in the stock room of a large London department store, but he has ambition (doesn't he always !!), he wants to be a window dresser ma...
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Trouble in Store
1961
The Innocents
7.454/560
A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.
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The Innocents
1968
Oliver!
6.96/400
Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys he...
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Oliver!
1948
Saraband for Dead Lovers
5.7/11
Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of Hanover. George Louis is later crowned King George I of E...
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Saraband for Dead Lovers
1948
The Monkey's Paw
5.778/9
A curio dealer sells a monkey's paw that can grant the possessor three wishes but warns that disaster will follow.
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The Monkey's Paw
1949
The History of Mr. Polly
7.8/6
Quiet and somewhat direction-less, Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father to marry and to set up shop in a small town. His heart is i...
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The History of Mr. Polly
1953
Personal Affair
6.2/13
A British girl disappears for three days after a frank talk with the wife of a Latin teacher she loves.
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Personal Affair
1945
Painted Boats
6.5/6
In this modest drama, set during World War II, two rival boat families battle it out for supremacy.
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Painted Boats
1954
The Gay Dog
6.7/3
Jim Gay loves his racing greyhound but, out of town, he finds a dog with a better chance to win. His friends bet on his dog while he bets against.
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The Gay Dog
1955
John and Julie
4.8/6
The adventures of two children who runaway to London to see the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.
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John and Julie
1953
The Cruel Sea
6.8/61
At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. Th...
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The Cruel Sea
1949
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
4.9/7
The lives of the members of a West Yorkshire cycling club are complicated by romantic entanglements and a series of bike thefts.
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A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1959
Jet Storm
6.7/9
Crisis in the air: A passenger aboard a commercial airplane flying from London to New York threatens to detonate a bomb over the Atlantic.
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Jet Storm
1939
Poison Pen
6.4/5
The inhabitants of a peaceful village begin receiving mysterious hate mail penned by someone with malicious thoughts.
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Poison Pen
1953
Rough Shoot
6.2/5
An American military officer and his wife move to a cottage in what they think is the peaceful English countryside, only to discover the area is a hot...
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Rough Shoot
1957
The Passionate Stranger
5.4/9
Judith Wynter is a happily married novelist whose romantic works are eagerly devoured by scores of female readers. When Carlo, a handsome young Italia...
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The Passionate Stranger
1943
Millions Like Us
5.3/12
When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a fa...
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Millions Like Us
1966
Where the Buffalo Roam
0/0
Poor Willy’s mind has been warped by too many Westerns. He sees gunfighters on every corner, even though he’s in 1960s Swansea. Some think Billy’s sim...
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Where the Buffalo Roam
1964
Macbeth
6/2
Hallmark Hall of Fame's second version of Shakespeare's classic play, with the same two stars and the same director as its first version, but a differ...
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Macbeth
1945
29 Acacia Avenue
5.7/3
The Robinsons are two respectable middle class parents living with their children in a suburban house in Acacia Avenue. Preferring to holiday every ye...
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29 Acacia Avenue
1950
No Place for Jennifer
5.8/4
A young girl goes through the trauma of her parent's divorce and seperate re-marriages.
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No Place for Jennifer
1974
The Turn of the Screw
6.5/11
An English governess is hired to take care of two adorable orphans, who turn out to be not exactly what they seem to be.
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The Turn of the Screw
1957
The Man in the Sky
7.2/7
The efforts of test pilot John Mitchell to make a better life for his wife Mary and their two children seem doomed to failure and he blames himself. A...
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The Man in the Sky
1952
Secret People
6/14
This tale of intrigue finds Valentina Cortese involved in an assassination plot. She helps the police apprehend the conspirators after an innocent bys...
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Secret People
1944
It's in the Bag
5.2/6
Gert and Daisy attempt to retrieve an old dress containing £2,000. They have to impersonate two thespians, and bring all sorts of trouble to a stage-p...
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It's in the Bag
1961
The Green Helmet
0/0
After suffering a near fatal accident in his last race over the hill, top British race car driver Greg Rafferty, is about to call it quits when he get...
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The Green Helmet
1962
Heart to Heart
0/0
A television interviewer is determined to get a coup on a dodgy cabinet minister.
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Heart to Heart
1967
Cop-Out
5.3/9
John Sawyer, once an eminent barrister, has slid into a life of cynicism and drunkenness since his wife left him. When his daughter's boyfriend is acc...
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Cop-Out
1962
Life for Ruth
6.2/6
John Harris finds himself ostracized and placed on trial for allowing his daughter Ruth to die. His religious beliefs forbade him to give consent for...
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Life for Ruth
1963
The Barber of Stamford Hill
0/0
Mr. Figg, the barber, is fond of telling customers about his family, but he hasn’t really got one – he’s a bachelor quite alone in the world. But that...
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The Barber of Stamford Hill
1957
The Story of Esther Costello
6.9/11
Eighteen-year-old Esther has been deaf and blind since the accident which killed her mother. Wealthy Margaret Landi, a native of Esther's village in I...
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The Story of Esther Costello
1980
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
10/1
Christmas is coming to Ten Acre Field and Worzel Gummidge (Jon Pertwee) is determined to enjoy it in style. He goes searching for Aunt Sally (Una Stub...
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A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
1943
The Lamp Still Burns
5.4/7
A tribute to the important work of female nurses during World War II.
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The Lamp Still Burns
1969
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
5.7/6
A traumatized and troubled teenager is sent to an all-girls detention home where she strikes up an unlikely friendship with a fellow inmate.
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The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
1976
The Daedalus Equations
0/0
Hans Daedalus has defected from East Germany to the West. Is it possible that his opacity equations live on after his death?
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The Daedalus Equations
1951
White Corridors
6.2/4
White Corridors was based on Yeoman Hospital, a novel by Helen Ashton. Told episodically, the story concentrates on the day-to-day activities in a bus...
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White Corridors
1952
Ivanhoe
6.77/165
Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of Kin...
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Ivanhoe
1947
The Brothers
5.2/8
An orphan wreaks havoc on a remote Scottish island when she causes an age-old feud to be reignited.
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The Brothers
1955
Out of the Clouds
6/2
A day following workers at an airport
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Out of the Clouds
1975
The Amorous Milkman
1/1
Davey's milk delivery job offers him scant excitement. But when a few of the lonely housewives, including the alluring Rita, want him to deliver a lit...
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The Amorous Milkman
1969
David Copperfield
5.4/14
A made for TV movie of the Charles Dickens' classic novel, turns Dickens' picaresque tale into an extended flashback, with David Copperfield Robin Phi...
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David Copperfield
1945
The Ten Year Plan
0/0
The British Government's ten year plan for providing prefabricated homes.
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The Ten Year Plan
1959
Friends and Neighbours
7/2
During the Cold War, a British family struggles to overcome cultural differences as they welcome two Russian social workers into their home for a visi...
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Friends and Neighbours
1974
Weekend Guest
0/0
Sir Lionel Hibury is visiting an old friend in Rome, accompanied by his wife and daughter. Sir Lionel is not pleased when daughter, Sheila, become rom...
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Weekend Guest
1974
If You Could See What I Can See
0/0
Trevor returns to his old home town to see his estranged wife and son, but fails to see why she is afraid of him.
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