

Acting
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...
Highest rated appearances
The Amorous Milkman
as Iris Peters

David Copperfield
as Clara Peggotty

The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
as Matron

Oliver!
as Mrs. Bedwin

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

Bunny Lake Is Missing
as Sister

Macbeth
as Gentlewoman

Murder Most Foul
as Gladys Thomas

The Barber of Stamford Hill

Heart to Heart
as Lady Johnson

Life for Ruth
as Mrs Gordon

The Innocents
as Mrs. Grose

The Green Helmet
as Kitty Launder

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

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

White Corridors
as Mrs. Briggs

No Place for Jennifer
as Mrs. Marshall

A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
as Nan Ritchie

The History of Mr. Polly
as The Innkeeper

Saraband for Dead Lovers
as Frau Busche

The Monkey's Paw
as Mrs. Alice Trelawne

The Brothers
as Angustina

Green for Danger
as Nurse Woods

Painted Boats
as Barmaid

29 Acacia Avenue
as Shirley

The Ten Year Plan
as Housewife
It's in the Bag
as Peach St. Clair

The Lamp Still Burns
as Nurse (uncredited)

Millions Like Us
as Gwen Price