Megs Jenkins
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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.
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.
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.
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.
