An engineer's daughter, she had first planned on becoming a ballerina, using her original Christian name Muguette, but abandoned those plans by the age of 17 when she realized that her physique was more in keeping with her other first name, Megs. She trained in Liverpool at the School of Dancing and Dramatic Art and then joined the Liverpool Repertory Company in 1933 before moving to London to appear at the Player's Theatre four years later.
An engineer's daughter, she had first planned on becoming a ballerina, using her original Christian name Muguette, but abandoned those plans by the age of 17 when she realized that her physique was more in keeping with her other first name, Megs. She trained in Liverpool at the School of Dancing and Dramatic Art and then joined the Liverpool Repertory Company in 1933 before moving to London to appear at the Player's Theatre four years later.
During the 1950's, Megs was busy acting on stage and had considerable critical success in two plays by Emlyn Williams, 'Light of Heart' (1940) and 'The Wind of Heaven' (1945). Against character, she also played the vicious, unstable Alma Winemiller in 'Summer and Smoke' (1951) by Tennessee Williams. In 1956, she was awarded the Clarence Derwent Award as Best Supporting Actress for her role as the stoic wife of a longshoreman harbouring incestuous feelings for his niece in 'A View from the Bridge' by Arthur Miller. The previous year, she had made her Broadway debut in Chekhov's 'A Day by the Sea' as a supportive governess to an alcoholic physician.
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1917185
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Filmography (Movies)
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
Character:Mrs Braithwaite
Release Date:27/12/1980
Kay
Character:Iris
Release Date:16/05/1978
The Daedalus Equations
Character:Eileen Gray
Release Date:20/10/1976
The Amorous Milkman
Character:Iris Peters
Release Date:01/01/1975
If You Could See What I Can See
Character:Mrs. Palmer
Release Date:15/05/1974
The Turn of the Screw
Character:Mrs. Grose
Release Date:15/04/1974
Weekend Guest
Character:Beryl Steele
Release Date:26/02/1974
The Monkey's Paw
Character:Mrs. White
Release Date:10/11/1973
Asylum
Character:Nurse Higgins
Release Date:17/11/1972
David Copperfield
Character:Clara Peggotty
Release Date:01/12/1969
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
Character:Matron
Release Date:25/08/1969
Oliver!
Character:Mrs. Bedwin
Release Date:26/09/1968
Stranger in the House
Character:Mrs. Christoforides
Release Date:23/05/1967
Where the Buffalo Roam
Character:
Release Date:02/11/1966
Bunny Lake Is Missing
Character:Sister
Release Date:03/10/1965
Macbeth
Character:Gentlewoman
Release Date:16/03/1964
Murder Most Foul
Character:Gladys Thomas
Release Date:01/03/1964
The Barber of Stamford Hill
Character:
Release Date:10/01/1963
Heart to Heart
Character:Lady Johnson
Release Date:06/12/1962
Life for Ruth
Character:Mrs Gordon
Release Date:06/09/1962
The Innocents
Character:Mrs. Grose
Release Date:24/11/1961
The Green Helmet
Character:Kitty Launder
Release Date:20/04/1961
Jet Storm
Character:Rose Brock
Release Date:16/09/1959
Tiger Bay
Character:Mrs. Phillips
Release Date:01/03/1959
Friends and Neighbours
Character:Lily Grimshaw
Release Date:11/01/1959
Indiscreet
Character:Doris Banks
Release Date:16/07/1958
The Story of Esther Costello
Character:Nurse Evans
Release Date:06/11/1957
The Passionate Stranger
Character:Millie
Release Date:04/03/1957
The Man in the Sky
Character:Mrs. Snowden
Release Date:24/01/1957
John and Julie
Character:Mrs. Pritchett
Release Date:26/07/1955
Out of the Clouds
Character:Mrs Jones, the Landlady
Release Date:15/02/1955
The Gay Dog
Character:Maggie Gay
Release Date:01/06/1954
Trouble in Store
Character:Miss Gibson
Release Date:14/12/1953
Personal Affair
Character:Vi Vining
Release Date:20/10/1953
Rough Shoot
Character:Mrs. Powell
Release Date:30/03/1953
The Cruel Sea
Character:Tallow's Sister
Release Date:24/02/1953
Ivanhoe
Character:Servant to Isaac
Release Date:31/07/1952
Secret People
Character:Penny
Release Date:05/02/1952
White Corridors
Character:Mrs. Briggs
Release Date:12/01/1951
No Place for Jennifer
Character:Mrs. Marshall
Release Date:17/01/1950
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Character:Nan Ritchie
Release Date:23/05/1949
The History of Mr. Polly
Character:The Innkeeper
Release Date:08/02/1949
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Character:Frau Busche
Release Date:04/10/1948
The Monkey's Paw
Character:Mrs. Alice Trelawne
Release Date:01/06/1948
The Brothers
Character:Angustina
Release Date:07/05/1947
Green for Danger
Character:Nurse Woods
Release Date:07/12/1946
Painted Boats
Character:Barmaid
Release Date:01/09/1945
29 Acacia Avenue
Character:Shirley
Release Date:01/05/1945
The Ten Year Plan
Character:Housewife
Release Date:02/01/1945
It's in the Bag
Character:Peach St. Clair
Release Date:07/02/1944
The Lamp Still Burns
Character:Nurse (uncredited)
Release Date:29/11/1943
Millions Like Us
Character:Gwen Price
Release Date:01/06/1943
Secret Journey
Character:Berta Von Reimer
Release Date:02/10/1939
Poison Pen
Character:Barmaid
Release Date:03/07/1939
Television Appearances
Young at Heart
Character:Ethel Collyer
Worzel Gummidge
Character:Mrs. Braithwaite
Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
Character:Mum
Father Brown
Character:
Playhouse
Character:Eileen Gray
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Character:Mrs. White
The Befrienders
Character:
Menace
Character:
Ben Travers Farces
Character:Mrs. Hewlett
Mystery and Imagination
Character:Mrs Bunch
Mystery and Imagination
Character:Mrs Smedhurst
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Character:Miss Wellcome
Gideon's Way
Character:Liz Rikker
The Human Jungle
Character:Dr. Murphy
The Old Curiosity Shop
Character:
Drama 61-67
Character:Amy
Nathaniel Titlark
Character:
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Gentlewoman
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