Joan Hickson
Acting
Born: August 5, 1906 · Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Died: October 17, 1998 (aged 92)
Highest Rated
Biography
Joan Bogle Hickson OBE (5 August 1906 – 17 October 1998) was an English actress of theatre, film and television. She was known for her role as Agatha Christie's Miss Marple in the television series Miss Marple. As well as portraying Miss Marple on television, Hickson also narrated a number of Miss Marple stories on audio books. Born in Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Hickson was a daughter of Edith Mary (née Bogle) and Alfred Harold Hickson, a shoe manufacturer. Boarding at Oldfield School at Swanage in Dorset she went on to train at RADA in London. Making her stage debut in 1927, she worked for several years throughout the United Kingdom and achieved success playing comedic, often eccentric characters in London's West End, including the role of the cockney maid Ida in the original production of See How They Run, at the Q Theatre in 1944, and then at the Comedy Theatre in January 1945. She made her first film appearance in 1934. The numerous supporting roles of her career included several Carry On films including Sister in Carry On Nurse and Mrs May in Carry On Constable. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known for
Theatre of Blood
1973
Murder She Said
1961
Clockwise
1986
The Man Who Never Was
1956
The Million Pound Note
1954
Tunes of Glory
1960
Yanks
1979
Carry On Girls
1973
Carry On Nurse
1959
Carry On Constable
1960
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
1986
Carry On Regardless
1961
Photos (3)
Movies (104)
The Million Pound Note
Maggie
Carry On Nurse
Sister
Yanks
Mrs. Moody
Murder She Said
Mrs. Kidder
Theatre of Blood
Mrs. Sprout
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
Miss Marple
The Man Who Never Was
Landlady
The Wicked Lady
Aunt Agatha
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
Miss Marple
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
Miss Jane Marple
The 39 Steps
Miss Dobson
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Miss Marple
No Kidding
Cook
Crooks Anonymous
1962
Doctor in the House
Mrs. Groaker
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
Miss Marple
Friends
Lady in Bookstore
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Mrs Gibbons
Carry On Regardless
Matron
Doctor at Sea
Mrs. Thomas
Carry On Loving
Mrs Grubb
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
Mrs. Radlett
Curtain Up
Harry's Landlady
Angels One Five
Housekeeper (Uncredited)
Clockwise
Mrs. Ellie Trellis
Heavens Above!
Housewife
Tunes of Glory
Guest at Party (uncredited)
Lost
Chemist
Barnacle Bill
Mrs. Kent
The Guinea Pig
Mrs. Read
No Time for Tears
Sister Duckworth
Carry On Girls
Mrs. Dukes
That's Carry On!
Sister / Mrs. May (archive footage)
The Card
Mrs. Codleyn
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
Effie
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Mrs. Rivington
The Taming of the Shrew
Widow
The Magic Box
Mrs Stukely
I Thank a Fool
Landlady
As Long as They're Happy
Barmaid
An Alligator Named Daisy
Piano Customer (uncredited)
Doctor in Love
Nurse (uncredited)
The Horse's Mouth
Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)
Upstairs and Downstairs
Rosemary
His and Hers
Phoebe
Carry On Constable
Mrs. May
Simon and Laura
Barmaid
High Treason
Mrs. Ellis
Carry On Admiral
Mother
Love from a Stranger
Emmy
Law and Disorder
Aunt Florence
Raising the Wind
Mrs. Bostwick
Seven Days to Noon
Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett
Century
Mrs. Whitweather
Bond Street
Seamstress
The Crowded Day
Mrs. Jones
A Time to Kill
Miss Edinger
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
Landlady
King of the Wind
Duchess of Marlborough
The Last Man to Hang
Mrs. Prynne
The Extra Day
Mrs. West
Happy Is the Bride
Mrs. Bowles
Love in Pawn
Woman in Telephone Box (Uncredited)
Value for Money
Mrs. Perkins
I See a Dark Stranger
Hotel Manageress
I See Ice
Receptionist
Mad About Men
Mrs. Forster
Rough Shoot
Station Announcer
Nurse on Wheels
Mrs. Wood
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Grace
Just William's Luck
Mrs. Lane
Tall Headlines
The Waitress
Please Turn Over
Saleswoman
South Riding
1974
I Live in Grosvenor Square
Minor role (uncredited)
Dracula
Mrs. Weston
To Dorothy, a Son
Pub Landlady
Sailors Don't Care
Woman Carried Ashore (uncredited)
The Magnet
Mrs Ward
The House Across the Lake
Mrs. Hardcastle
Marry Me
Mrs. Pearson
Hell Is Sold Out
Hortense
Chain of Events
Barmaid
This Was a Woman
Miss Johnson
What's a Carry On?
Sister / Mrs. Dukes (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dance Little Lady
Mrs. Matthews
Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora
Emily Haldane
In the Doghouse
Miss Gibbs
The Rake's Progress
Miss Parker
Deadly Nightshade
Mrs. Fenton
So Well Remembered
Mother (uncredited)
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
Mother
Freedom Radio
Katie
Don't Take It to Heart
Mrs. Pike
Port of Escape
Rosalie Watchett
Daylight Robbery
Bea
Child in the House
Cook
Jumping for Joy
Lady Emily Cranfield
Hindle Wakes
Mrs Hawthorn
Come Back Peter
Mrs. Harris
What Every Woman Wants
Polly Ann Hadley
Widow's Might
Burroughs
Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait
Narrator
Second Thoughts
Ellen
TV Shows (42)
Play for Today
Mother · 1 eps
Crown Court
Elizabeth Penn · 2 eps
Screen Two
Mrs. Whiteweather · 1 eps
ITV Playhouse
Matron · 1 eps
ITV Playhouse
Mrs. Trix · 1 eps
ITV Playhouse
Mrs. Massie · 1 eps
Danger Man
Mrs. Curtis · 1 eps
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Widow · 1 eps
Theatre 625
Elsie Amble · 1 eps
NET Playhouse
Mrs. Jenkins · 1 eps
No Hiding Place
1 eps
Sunday Night Theatre
Mrs. Moore /Mrs. Bateman · 1 eps
ScreenPlay
Bea · 1 eps
Sykes
Nurse · 1 eps
Dixon of Dock Green
Elsie Francis · 1 eps
Espionage
Sara Forsythe · 1 eps
Budgie
Edith Broughton · 1 eps
The Gentle Touch
1 eps
Strangers
Miss Robinson · 1 eps
Miss Marple
Miss Marple · 21 eps
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Mrs. Chambers · 2 eps
Lady Killers
Carrie Esther Rapley · 1 eps
Great Expectations
Miss Havisham · 5 eps
Sinister Street
Mrs Cleghorne · 3 eps
Ooh La La!
1 eps
Happy Ever After
Mrs Henderson · 1 eps
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
Miss Marple · 2 eps
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library
Miss Marple · 3 eps
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
Miss Jane Marple · 2 eps
Mystery and Imagination
Mrs Weston · 1 eps
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
Miss Jane Marple · 2 eps
Miss Marple: Nemesis
Miss Jane Marple · 2 eps
Time for Murder
Miss Wainwright · 1 eps
From a Bird's Eye View
Hilda Tuttle · 1 eps
Our Mutual Friend
Abbey Potterson · 1 eps
Our Man At St Mark's
46 eps
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
Miss Jane Marple · 2 eps
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
Miss Jane Marple · 3 eps
Armchair Theatre
Mrs. Monkstown · 1 eps
Barnaby Rudge
6 eps
Barnaby Rudge
Mrs. Varden · 4 eps
Poor Little Rich Girls
Lady Harriet · 7 eps