Megs Jenkins
cumpleaños: 1917-04-21 | lugar de nacimiento: Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UKAn 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.
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as Iris
as Mrs. Hewlett
as Mrs. Bedwin
as Mrs. Christoforides
as Gladys Thomas
as Gentlewoman
as Lady Johnson
as Mrs Gordon
as Kitty Launder
as Mrs. Grose
as Mrs. Phillips
as Doris Banks
as Mrs. Snowden
as Mrs. Pritchett
as Vi Vining
as Miss Gibson
as Penny
