1917-04-21 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK
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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A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special | Mrs Braithwaite | 1980-12-27 |
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Kay | Iris | 1978-05-16 |
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The Daedalus Equations | Eileen Gray | 1976-10-20 |
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The Amorous Milkman | Iris Peters | 1975-01-01 |
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The Turn of the Screw | Mrs. Grose | 1974-04-15 |
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If You Could See What I Can See | Mrs. Palmer | 1974-05-15 |
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Weekend Guest | Beryl Steele | 1974-02-26 |
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The Monkey's Paw | Mrs. White | 1973-11-10 |
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Asylum | Nurse Higgins | 1972-11-17 |
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David Copperfield | Clara Peggotty | 1969-12-01 |
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The Smashing Bird I Used to Know | Matron | 1969-08-25 |
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Oliver! | Mrs. Bedwin | 1968-09-26 |
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Stranger in the House | Mrs. Christoforides | 1967-05-23 |
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Where the Buffalo Roam | 1966-11-02 | |
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Bunny Lake Is Missing | Sister | 1965-10-03 |
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Murder Most Foul | Gladys Thomas | 1964-03-01 |
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Macbeth | Gentlewoman | 1964-03-16 |
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The Barber of Stamford Hill | 1963-01-10 | |
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Life for Ruth | Mrs Gordon | 1962-09-06 |
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Heart to Heart | Lady Johnson | 1962-12-06 |
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The Innocents | Mrs. Grose | 1961-11-24 |
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The Green Helmet | Kitty Launder | 1961-04-20 |
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Tiger Bay | Mrs. Phillips | 1959-03-01 |
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Jet Storm | Rose Brock | 1959-09-16 |
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Friends and Neighbours | Lily Grimshaw | 1959-01-11 |
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Indiscreet | Doris Banks | 1958-07-16 |
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The Story of Esther Costello | Nurse Evans | 1957-11-06 |
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The Man in the Sky | Mrs. Snowden | 1957-01-24 |
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The Passionate Stranger | Millie | 1957-03-04 |
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John and Julie | Mrs. Pritchett | 1955-07-26 |
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Out of the Clouds | Mrs Jones, the Landlady | 1955-02-15 |
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The Gay Dog | Maggie Gay | 1954-06-01 |
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Personal Affair | Vi Vining | 1953-10-20 |
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Rough Shoot | Mrs. Powell | 1953-03-30 |
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The Cruel Sea | Tallow's Sister | 1953-02-24 |
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Trouble in Store | Miss Gibson | 1953-12-14 |
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Secret People | Penny | 1952-02-05 |
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Ivanhoe | Servant to Isaac | 1952-07-31 |
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White Corridors | Mrs. Briggs | 1951-01-12 |
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No Place for Jennifer | Mrs. Marshall | 1950-01-17 |
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The History of Mr. Polly | The Innkeeper | 1949-02-08 |
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A Boy, a Girl and a Bike | Nan Ritchie | 1949-05-23 |
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Saraband for Dead Lovers | Frau Busche | 1948-10-04 |
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The Monkey's Paw | Mrs. Alice Trelawne | 1948-06-01 |
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The Brothers | Angustina | 1947-05-07 |
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Green for Danger | Nurse Woods | 1946-12-07 |
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Painted Boats | Barmaid | 1945-09-01 |
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29 Acacia Avenue | Shirley | 1945-05-01 |
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The Ten Year Plan | Housewife | 1945-01-02 |
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It's in the Bag | Peach St. Clair | 1944-02-07 |
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The Lamp Still Burns | Nurse (uncredited) | 1943-11-29 |
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Millions Like Us | Gwen Price | 1943-06-01 |
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Poison Pen | Barmaid | 1939-07-03 |
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Secret Journey | Berta Von Reimer | 1939-10-02 |
