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name: "Megs Jenkins"
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born: "21 April 1917"
died: "5 October 1998"
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average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
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# Megs Jenkins

Actor. Born 21 April 1917 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK. Died 5 October 1998.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 April 1917, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 5 October 1998
- **Active:** 1952–1968
- **Also known as:** Мегс Дженкинс, Muguette Mary "Megs" Jenkins, Muguette Mary Jenkins
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 70 (1), 1960s 76 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megs_Jenkins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1917185, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0420923/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47398

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Oliver!*](https://film.one/film/oliver.md) (76)

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## Biography

Megs Jenkins (born Muguette Mary Jenkins) was an English character actress who appeared in British films and television from the late 1930s to the 1990s. She was born on 21 April 1917 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, the daughter of a construction engineer. She originally trained as a ballet dancer but turned to acting, studying at the School of Dancing and Dramatic Art in Liverpool. She joined the Liverpool Repertory Company in 1933 and made her London stage debut at the Players' Theatre in 1937.

Her film roles include Nurse Woods in *Green for Danger* (1946), Mrs. Grose in *The Innocents* (1961), and Mrs. Bedwin in *Oliver!* (1968). She also appeared in *The Cruel Sea* (1953), *Bunny Lake Is Missing* (1965), *Murder Most Foul* (1964) and *Asylum* (1972). On stage she received the Clarence Derwent Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1956 for her performance in Arthur Miller's *A View from the Bridge*. She was married to George Routledge from 1943 to 1959. Jenkins died on 5 October 1998 in Felixstowe, Suffolk.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Oliver!* (1968), Fi1m 76, as Mrs. Bedwin — [page](https://film.one/film/oliver.md)
- *Ivanhoe* (1952), Fi1m 70, as Servant to Isaac — [page](https://film.one/film/ivanhoe.md)

## Complete filmography (77)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Woman of Substance* (1985), series, as Mrs Turner
- *A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special* (1980), as Mrs Braithwaite
- *Young at Heart* (1980), series, as Ethel Collyer
- *Worzel Gummidge* (1979), series, as Mrs. Braithwaite
- *Kay* (1978), as Iris
- *The Sound of Laughter* (1977), series, as Emily Lloyd
- *The Daedalus Equations* (1976), as Eileen Gray
- *The Amorous Milkman* (1975), as Iris Peters
- *Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!* (1974), series, as Mum
- *Father Brown* (1974), series, as Mrs Banks
- *If You Could See What I Can See* (1974), as Mrs. Palmer
- *The Turn of the Screw* (1974), as Mrs. Grose
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, as Eileen Gray
- *Weekend Guest* (1974), as Beryl Steele
- *The Monkey's Paw* (1973), as Mrs. White
- *Orson Welles' Great Mysteries* (1973), series, as Mrs. White
- *Asylum* (1972), as Nurse Higgins
- *The Befrienders* (1972), series, as Janet
- *Menace* (1970), series, as Mrs. Pepper
- *Ben Travers Farces* (1970), series, as Mrs. Hewlett
- *David Copperfield* (1969), as Clara Peggotty
- *The Smashing Bird I Used to Know* (1969), as Matron
- *W. Somerset Maugham* (1969), series, as Mrs. Bulfinch
- *Oliver!* (1968), as Mrs. Bedwin — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/oliver.md)
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, as Beryl Steele
- *Stranger in the House* (1967), as Mrs. Christoforides
- *Where the Buffalo Roam* (1966), Actor
- *Mystery and Imagination* (1966), series, as Mrs Bunch, Mrs Smedhurst
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, as Miss Wellcome
- *Bunny Lake Is Missing* (1965), as Sister
- *Gideon's Way* (1965), series, as Liz Rikker
- *The Wednesday Play* (1964), series, as Mrs. Turner, Molly Wilderness
- *Macbeth* (1964), as Gentlewoman
- *Murder Most Foul* (1964), as Gladys Thomas
- *The Human Jungle* (1963), series, as Dr. Murphy
- *The Barber of Stamford Hill* (1963), Actor
- *Heart to Heart* (1962), as Lady Johnson
- *The Old Curiosity Shop* (1962), series, as Mrs Nubbles
- *Life for Ruth* (1962), as Mrs Gordon
- *The Innocents* (1961), as Mrs. Grose
- *The Green Helmet* (1961), as Kitty Launder
- *Drama 61-67* (1961), series, as Amy
- *Jet Storm* (1959), as Rose Brock
- *Tiger Bay* (1959), as Mrs. Phillips
- *Friends and Neighbours* (1959), as Lily Grimshaw
- *Indiscreet* (1958), as Doris Banks
- *The Story of Esther Costello* (1957), as Nurse Evans
- *The Passionate Stranger* (1957), as Millie
- *The Man in the Sky* (1957), as Mrs. Snowden
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Ma Waite
- *Nathaniel Titlark* (1956), series, Actor
- *John and Julie* (1955), as Mrs. Pritchett
- *Out of the Clouds* (1955), as Mrs. Jones, the Landlady
- *The Gay Dog* (1954), as Maggie Gay
- *Trouble in Store* (1953), as Miss Gibson
- *Personal Affair* (1953), as Vi Vining
- *Rough Shoot* (1953), as Mrs. Powell
- *The Cruel Sea* (1953), as Tallow's Sister
- *Ivanhoe* (1952), as Servant to Isaac — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/ivanhoe.md)
- *Secret People* (1952), as Penny
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Gentlewoman
- *White Corridors* (1951), as Mrs. Briggs
- *No Place for Jennifer* (1950), as Mrs. Marshall
- *A Boy, a Girl and a Bike* (1949), as Nan Ritchie
- *The History of Mr. Polly* (1949), as The Innkeeper
- *Saraband for Dead Lovers* (1948), as Frau Busche
- *The Monkey's Paw* (1948), as Mrs. Alice Trelawne
- *The Brothers* (1947), as Angustina
- *Green for Danger* (1946), as Nurse Woods
- *Painted Boats* (1945), as Barmaid
- *29 Acacia Avenue* (1945), as Shirley
- *The Ten Year Plan* (1945), as Housewife
- *It's in the Bag* (1944), as Peach St. Clair
- *The Lamp Still Burns* (1943), as Nurse (uncredited)
- *Millions Like Us* (1943), as Gwen Price
- *Secret Journey* (1939), as Berta Von Reimer
- *Poison Pen* (1939), as Barmaid

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