Megs Jenkins began alternating between the British stage and the British screen in 1933. A pleasant-faced lady of motherly demeanor, Jenkins made a good living playing characters well beyond her real age throughout the 1940s. One of her best, and least typical, roles during this period was as the luckless Nurse Woods in the classic murder mystery Green for Danger (1946). Megs Jenkins was just as impressive 20 years later in the role of Mrs. Bedwin in the mammoth musical Oliver (1968). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Education
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School of Dancing and Dramatic Art, Liverpool, England
Milestones
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1933 Took her first professional role, playing a German hausfrau in the Liverpool Repertory Company's production of "The Lift That Failed"
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1937 Moved to London
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1940 Gave a critically acclaimed performance in Emlyn Williams' play "Light of Heart"
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1945 Portrayed the mother of a possible messiah in "The Wind of Heaven"
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1951 Played a mentally unstable mother in Tennessee Williams' "Summer and Smoke" for the London stage
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1954 Acted in the title role of a London stage production of Pinero's "School Mistress"
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1956 Won the prestigious Clarence Derwent Award for her performance in Arthur Miller's "View from the Bridge"
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1958 Played Ingrid Bergman's housekeeper in "Indiscreet"
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1965 Played a nurse in the zany mystery "Bunny Lake Is Missing"
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1968 Played a maid in the musical adaptation "Oliver!"
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1970 Appeared in NBC's adaptation of "David Copperfield"
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1972 Appeared in the Peter Cushing horror vehicle "Asylum"
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1973 Appeared in a BBC production of "Jane Eyre", broadcast on PBS in the US in 1982
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1974 Starred in the ABC miniseries "Turn of the Screw"
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1984 Appeared in the syndicated miniseries "A Woman of Substance"
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During World War II, appeared in several patriotic movies designed to support the war effort, including "Millions Like Us"(1943)