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Encyclopedia > Megs Jenkins

Megs Jenkins (April 21, 1917 - October 5, 1998), was a British character actress who appeared in a huge number of British films and television programmes. April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (279th in Leap years). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...


Born Muguette Mary Jenkins in Birkenhead, Cheshire, she originally trained to be a ballet dancer. Although born in England, she was strongly associated with Wales and often played Welsh characters. Map sources for Birkenhead at grid reference SJ3088 Birkenhead is a town on The Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside, on the left bank of the River Mersey, opposite Liverpool. ... The Cheshire Plain - photo taken adjacent to Beeston Castle The Cheshire Plain - photo taken towards Merseyside The Cheshire Plain panorama - photo taken from Mid-Cheshire Ridge Cattle farming in the county Black-and-white timbered buildings on Nantwich High Street Cheshire (or, archaically, the County of Chester)[1] is a... This article is about the country. ...


She made her film debut in 1943, and appeared in such classics as Green for Danger (1946), The History of Mr. Polly (1949) and The Cruel Sea (1953) and Oliver! (1968). She played the housekeeper Mrs Grose in two adaptations of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw: First in the 1961 film The Innocents, and second, in a 1974 TV adaptation. She frequently played comic roles, and in later life was a regular in the sitcom, Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!, and the children's series, Worzel Gummidge. 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Green for Danger is a 1946 thriller film, based on the popular 1944 detective novel by Christianna Brand. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... The Cruel Sea (1953) was a British film starring Jack Hawkins, Denholm Elliott and Virginia McKenna. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Oliver! is a 1968 musical film directed by Carol Reed and based on the stage musical Oliver!. Both the film and play are based on the famous Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... For other uses of this name, see Henry James (disambiguation). ... The Turn of the Screw is a novella written by Henry James. ... The Innocents is a 1961 film based on the novel The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Oh No, Its Selwyn Froggitt! was a popular ITV situation comedy which ran from 1976 to 1978, although a pilot episode was broadcast in 1974. ... Worzel Gummidge Series 2 DVD cover. ...


Beginning in 1933, Megs Jenkins also had a long stage career, and appeared in several plays by Emlyn Williams. In 1956 she won the Clarence Derwent Award for best supporting performance in Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge. Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Emlyn Williams (Agust, 1994 - August 6, 1987) was a Welsh dramatist and actor. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist, and author. ... A View from the Bridge A View from the Bridge is a play by Arthur Miller originally produced as a one-act verse drama on Broadway in 1955. ...


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Megs Jenkins began alternating between the British stage and the British screen in 1933.
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.
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