Back

Megs Jenkins 1917 - 1998

M. George Routledge (divorced)

First stage appearance was in 1933 in "The Lift That Failed" with the Liverpool Repertory Company.
Megs was awarded the Clarence Derwent Award in 1956, for best supporting performance in "View from the Bridge."

Year Theatre Play Character TV Character Film Character
1933 .. The Lift That Failed ..... .. ..... .. ..
1939 St Martin's Theatre Heaven and Charing Cross ..... Luck of the Devil Claudine The Silent Battle Louise
1939 .. .. ..... .. ..... Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday Maid
1940 Apollo Theatre The Light of Heart ..... ..... Poison Pen Barmaid
1943 Vaudeville Theatre Acacia Avenue ..... .. ..... Millions Like Us Gwen Price
1943 Ambassadors Theatre Light and Shade ..... .. ..... The Lamp Still Burns Nurse
1944 St James Theatre The Glass Slipper ..... .. ..... It's in the Bag Peach St. Clair
1945 Hippodrome, Bristol The Wind of Heaven ..... .. ..... 29 Acacia Avenue Shirley
1945 .. .. ..... .. ..... Painted Boats Barmaid
1946 .. .. ..... .. ..... Green for Danger Nurse Woods
1947 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Brothers Angustina McFarish
1948 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Monkey's Paw Mrs. Trelawne
1948 .. .. ..... .. ..... Saraband for Dead Lovers Frau Busche
1949 .. .. ..... .. ..... The History of Mr. Polly The Innkeeper
1949 .. .. ..... .. ..... A Boy, a Girl and a Bike Nan Ritchie
1950 .. .. ..... .. ..... No Place for Jennifer Mrs. Marshall
1951 .. Summer and Smoke Mother .. ..... White Corridors Mrs. Briggs
1952 .. .. ..... .. ..... Ivanhoe Servant to Isaac
1952 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Secret People Penny
1953 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Cruel Sea Tallow's sister
1953 .. .. ..... .. ..... Rough Shoot Mrs. Powell
1953 .. .. ..... .. ..... Trouble in Store Miss Gibson
1953 .. .. ..... .. ..... Personal Affair Vi
1954 .. School Mistress ..... .. ..... The Gay Dog Maggie Gay
1955 Anta Theatre, New York A Day By the Sea ..... .. ..... John and Julie Mrs. Pritchett
1955 .. .. ..... .. ..... Out of the Clouds Pub Landlady
1955 .. .. ..... The Vise - Ring of Greed Margaret Bellamy .. ..
1956 Comedy Theatre View from the Bridge ..... Nathaniel Titlark Jessie Titlark .. ..
1957 Piccadilly Theatre A Dead Secret ..... .. ..... The Man in the Sky Mrs. Snowden
1957 .. .. ..... .. ..... A Passionate Stranger Millie
1957 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Story of Esther Costello Nurse Evans
1958 .. .. ..... .. ..... Indiscreet Doris Banks
1959 .. .. ..... .. ..... Friends and Neighbours Lily Grimshaw
1959 .. .. ..... .. ..... Tiger Bay Mrs. Phillips
1959 .. .. ..... .. ..... Jet Storm Rose Brock
1960 .. .. ..... Somerset Maugham Hour - The Kite Beatrice Sunbury Conspiracy of Hearts Sister Constance
1960 .. .. ..... Macbeth Gentlewoman .. ..
1961 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Innocents Mrs. Grose
1961 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Green Helmet Kitty Launder
1962 .. .. ..... The Old Curiosity Shop Mrs. Nubbles The Wild and the Willing Mrs. Corbett
1962 .. .. ..... .. ..... Life for Ruth Mrs. Gordon
1962 Golders Green Hippodrome The Schoolmistress ..... .. ..... The Barber of Stamford Hill Mrs. Werner
1964 .. .. ..... The Hidden Truth - One for the Road Daisy Murder Most Foul Gladys Thomas
1964 .. .. ..... Armchair Theatre - They Throw It at You Ma Waite .. ..
1964 .. .. ..... Dixon of Dock Green - The Root of All Evil Beryl Morris .. ..
1965 Duchess Theatre Return Ticket ..... Gideon's Way - The Wall Liz Rikker .. ..
1965 .. .. ..... Bunny Lake Is Missing Hospital Sister .. ..
1965 .. .. ..... The Newcomers Mary Penrose .. ..
1965 .. .. ..... Dixon of Dock Green - Castles in the Air Mrs. Jackson .. ..
1965 .. .. ..... Thirty-Minute Theatre - Mr. Ponge Miss Welcome .. ..
1966 .. .. ..... Weavers Green Dotty Armstrong .. ..
1966 .. .. ..... The Wednesday Play - Where the Buffalo Roam Mrs. Turner .. ..
1966 .. .. ..... Mystery and Imagination - Lost Hearts Mrs. Bunch .. ..
1967 .. .. ..... .. ..... Stranger in the House Mrs. Christoforides
1968 .. .. ..... Mystery and Imagination - A Place of One's Own Mrs. Smedhurst Oliver! Mrs. Bedwin
1969 .. .. ..... Blodwen, Home from Rachel's Marriage Molly Wilderness School for Unclaimed Girls Matron
1969 .. .. ..... W. Somerset Maugham - The Creative Impulse Mrs. Bulfinch .. ..
1969 .. .. ..... David Copperfield Clara Peggotty .. ..
1970 .. .. ..... Menace - The Millicent Sisters, Edward de Bruno and Ruth - Where Are They Now? Mrs. Pepper .. ..
1972 .. .. ..... The Befrienders Janet Asylum Miss Higgins
1973 .. .. ..... Jane Eyre Mrs. Fairfax .. ..
1973 .. .. ..... Great Mysteries - The Monkey's Paw Mrs. White .. ..
1974 .. .. ..... Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt Mum .. ..
1974 .. .. ..... The Turn of the Screw Mrs. Grose .. ..
1974 .. .. ..... Father Brown - The Man with Two Beards Mrs. Banks .. ..
1975 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Amorous Milkman Iris
1976 .. .. ..... Softly Softly - The Visitor Mirabelle Mollison .. ..
1976 .. .. ..... BBC2 Playhouse - The Mind Beyond: The Daedalus Equations ..... .. ..
1977 .. .. ..... The Best of Friends Emily Lloyd .. ..
1979 - 1980 .. .. ..... Worzel Gummidge Mrs. Braithwaite .. ..
1980 .. .. ..... Young at Heart Ethel Collyer .. ..
1984 .. .. ..... A Woman of Substance Mrs. Turner .. ..
1987 .. .. ..... Strike It Rich! ..... .. ..
1990 .. .. ..... All Creatures Great and Small - Brotherly Love Mrs. Bradley .. ..


This document was last modified:

Copyright ©2006 BritishSites.co.uk