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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.

A Woman of Substance
as Mrs Turner

A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
as Mrs Braithwaite

Young at Heart
as Ethel Collyer

Worzel Gummidge
as Mrs. Braithwaite

Kay
as Iris

The Daedalus Equations
as Eileen Gray

The Amorous Milkman
as Iris Peters

Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!
as Mum

Father Brown
as Mrs Banks
If You Could See What I Can See
as Mrs. Palmer

The Turn of the Screw
as Mrs. Grose

Playhouse
as Eileen Gray
Weekend Guest
as Beryl Steele

The Monkey's Paw
as Mrs. White

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
as Mrs. White

Asylum
as Nurse Higgins
The Befrienders
as Janet
Menace
as Mrs. Pepper
Ben Travers Farces
as Mrs. Hewlett

David Copperfield
as Clara Peggotty

The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
as Matron
W. Somerset Maugham
as Mrs. Bulfinch

Oliver!
as Mrs. Bedwin

ITV Playhouse
as Beryl Steele

Stranger in the House
as Mrs. Christoforides
Where the Buffalo Roam

Mystery and Imagination
as Mrs Bunch

Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Miss Wellcome

Bunny Lake Is Missing
as Sister

Gideon's Way
as Liz Rikker

The Wednesday Play
as Mrs. Turner

Macbeth
as Gentlewoman

Murder Most Foul
as Gladys Thomas

The Human Jungle
as Dr. Murphy

The Barber of Stamford Hill

Heart to Heart
as Lady Johnson
The Old Curiosity Shop

Life for Ruth
as Mrs Gordon

The Innocents
as Mrs. Grose

The Green Helmet
as Kitty Launder
Drama 61-67
as Amy

Jet Storm
as Rose Brock

Tiger Bay
as Mrs. Phillips

Friends and Neighbours
as Lily Grimshaw

Indiscreet
as Doris Banks

The Story of Esther Costello
as Nurse Evans

The Passionate Stranger
as Millie

The Man in the Sky
as Mrs. Snowden

Armchair Theatre
as Ma Waite
Nathaniel Titlark

John and Julie
as Mrs. Pritchett

Out of the Clouds
as Mrs. Jones, the Landlady

The Gay Dog
as Maggie Gay

Trouble in Store
as Miss Gibson

Personal Affair
as Vi Vining

Rough Shoot
as Mrs. Powell

The Cruel Sea
as Tallow's Sister

Ivanhoe
as Servant to Isaac

Secret People
as Penny

Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Gentlewoman