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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.
Among her screen roles, best remembered are those of Nurse Woods in the excellent murder mystery Green for Danger (1946); her plump, homely innkeeper providing final happiness to the title character at the end of The History of Mr. Polly (1949)); and three of her many housekeepers : the proper one of Indiscreet (1958), the nervously anxious one, sensing danger in The Innocents (1961) and the warm, dependable one in the musical Oliver! (1968). From the 1960's, Megs did a lot of television work, starred in her own series, Weavers Green (1966), 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. - Fred Lyle was born on 4 April 1932 in Utica, Mississippi, USA. He died on 5 October 1998 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Frank Elmquist was born on 7 October 1927 in Kansas, USA. He was an actor. He died on 5 October 1998 in Monterey, California, USA.- Actor
- Writer
Federico Zeri was born on 12 August 1921 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for Mai con i quadri (1999), I farnese. Arte e collezionismo (1995) and Entretiens du Louvre (1989). He died on 5 October 1998 in Mentana, Lazio, Italy.- Actor
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Denis Savignat studied drama at the Conservatoire de Paris. He was first and foremost a theater actor but was also very successful on TV, particularly as Armand Berg in the much seen series "Châteauvallon" alongside Chantal Nobel and Jean Davy. You can count his appearances on the big screen on the fingers of one hand. In compensation he can be heard very often in the French versions of foreign films or TV series as he was a very active dubber. He served as a voice substitute for such big names as Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, James Coburn, Charles Bronson, Martin Landau in the series "Mission: Impossible", Guy Doleman (N°2 in "The Prisoner"), and many others. Denis Savignat died of cancer at the premature age of 51.- Ron Leonard was born in 1923. He was an actor, known for Uncle Bobby (1964). He died on 5 October 1998.