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 , as a country veterinarian, and even made tea bag commercials. Her versatility and popularity as an actress ensured that she was never out of work.
Originally trained to be a ballet dancer
Was awarded the Clarence Derwent Award for Best supporting Performance 1956/7 for her role as Beatrice in A View From the Bridge.
She played Mrs. Grose in two adaptations of the 1898 novella "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James : The Innocents and The Turn of the Screw . Both productions featured a member of the Redgrave family: Michael Redgrave played the Uncle in the former while his daughter Lynn Redgrave played Miss Jane Cubberly in the latter.
