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Mar 3, 2015 · Miss Jenkyns's masculine role in Cranford. Miss Jenkyns was one of the spinsters who lived in Cranford, which is a community of women. She is the older sister of Miss Matty. In Cranford, Miss Jenkyns was the person who thought up the rules for the town.
Miss Deborah Jenkyns (Dame Eileen Atkins) Grew up during early years of Napoleonic Wars. Older sister of Matty and Peter. Daughter of the (dead) Rector. Cranford women dominated by her.
In the autumn of 2007, Atkins co-starred with Dame Judi Dench and Sir Michael Gambon in the BBC One drama Cranford playing the central role of Miss Deborah Jenkyns. This performance earned her the 2008 BAFTA Award for best actress, as well as the Emmy Award. [14]
Jan 2, 2018 · In another scene, where Poirot (lying again) is pretending to be interested in buying a house, he encounters two estate agents of varying abilities of salesmanship, Mr Gabler and Miss Jenkins. Given the way she ridicules them, I think it’s fair to say that Mrs Christie doesn’t hold the practitioners of that profession in very high esteem.
Mrs. Jenkinson is the former governess of Anne de Bourgh, who stayed on at Rosings after her education was complete as her companion. She is an old woman with an unremarkable appearance, and she is wholly absorbed in serving Miss de Bourgh and fussing over her.
All we know about Mrs Jenkins is that she knits mustard-colored things (16.15) and that she's scared of mice (20.20). Having her as a character, though, rounds out the Jenkins family into a so-called typical nuclear family with mom, dad, and child, once again setting up the contrast against our narrator's less typical, but much more loving family.
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She is portrayed by Dame Eileen Atkins. Relationships. Deborah may seem a bit cold but has a true heart inside, though it is not always seen. She is very much the older sister to Matty, even as spinsters, she still always is the proper one, and Matty takes her advice in all things.
