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.
54 movies · 23 shows
A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
1980·10.0
Kay
1978·0.0
The Daedalus Equations
1976·7.0
The Amorous Milkman
1975·2.5
If You Could See What I Can See
1974·0.0
The Turn of the Screw
1974·6.6
Weekend Guest
1974·0.0
The Monkey's Paw
1973·0.0
Asylum
1972·6.0
David Copperfield
1969·5.6
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
1969·4.9
Oliver!
1968·7.0
Stranger in the House
1967·5.4
Where the Buffalo Roam
1966·8.0
Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965·7.2
Macbeth
1964·7.3
Murder Most Foul
1964·7.1
The Barber of Stamford Hill
1963·10.0
Heart to Heart
1962·8.0
Life for Ruth
1962·7.0
The Innocents
1961·7.5
The Green Helmet
1961·9.0
Jet Storm
1959·7.0
Tiger Bay
1959·7.2
Friends and Neighbours
1959·8.0
Indiscreet
1958·6.6
The Story of Esther Costello
1957·7.0
The Passionate Stranger
1957·5.5
The Man in the Sky
1957·7.5
John and Julie
1955·4.9
Out of the Clouds
1955·6.1
The Gay Dog
1954·7.0
Trouble in Store
1953·6.1
Personal Affair
1953·6.3
Rough Shoot
1953·6.7
The Cruel Sea
1953·6.9
Ivanhoe
1952·6.8
Secret People
1952·6.4
White Corridors
1951·6.8
No Place for Jennifer
1950·5.8
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1949·4.9
The History of Mr. Polly
1949·7.5
Saraband for Dead Lovers
1948·6.6
The Monkey's Paw
1948·5.9
The Brothers
1947·5.4
Green for Danger
1946·6.7
Painted Boats
1945·7.1
29 Acacia Avenue
1945·6.0
The Ten Year Plan
1945·7.0
It's in the Bag
1944·5.7
The Lamp Still Burns
1943·5.8
Millions Like Us
1943·5.6
Secret Journey
1939·8.0
Poison Pen
1939·6.7