Joan Hickson
Born on August 5th, 1906
Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Died on October 17th, 1998
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.
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Filmography Century
1993
Mrs. Whitweather
Details Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
1992
Miss Marple
Details Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
1991
Miss Marple
Details Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait
1990
Narrator
Details King of the Wind
1990
Duchess of Marlborough
Details Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989
Miss Marple
Details Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
1987
Miss Jane Marple
Details Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
1986
Miss Marple
Details Clockwise
1986
Mrs. Ellie Trellis
Details The Wicked Lady
1983
Aunt Agatha
Details A Ferry Ride Away
1981
Mrs. Massie
Details The Taming of the Shrew
1980
Widow
Details Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
1980
Mrs. Rivington
Details That's Carry On!
1977
Various Characters
Details Tiptoe Through the Tulips
1976
Mother
Details Wedding Bells
1976
Character TBA
Details Double Trouble
1976
Character TBA
Details The Big Kick
1976
Character TBA
Details Baby Sitters
1976
Character TBA
Details On the Tiles
1976
Character TBA
Details Monkey Tricks
1976
Character TBA
Details One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975
Mrs Gibbons
Details South Riding
1974
Character TBA
Details Confessions of a Window Cleaner
1974
Mrs. Radlett
Details Carry On Girls
1973
Mrs. Dukes
Details Theatre of Blood
1973
Mrs. Sprout
Details A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
1972
Grace
Details Friends
1971
Lady in Bookstore
Details Carry On Loving
1970
Mrs Grubb
Details Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
1968
Landlady
Details Heavens Above!
1963
Housewife
Details Nurse on Wheels
1963
Mrs. Wood
Details In the Doghouse
1962
Miss Gibbs
Details Crooks Anonymous
1962
Character TBA
Details Murder She Said
1961
Mrs. Kidder
Details Raising the Wind
1961
Mrs. Bostwick
Details Carry On Regardless
1961
Matron
Details Carry On Constable
1960
Mrs. May
Details Please Turn Over
1959
Saleswoman
Details Upstairs and Downstairs
1959
Rosemary
Details The 39 Steps
1959
Miss Dobson
Details The Horse's Mouth
1958
Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)
Details Law and Disorder
1958
Aunt Florence
Details Happy Is the Bride
1958
Mrs. Bowles
Details No Time for Tears
1957
Sister Duckworth
Details The Last Man to Hang
1956
Mrs. Prynne
Details Port of Escape
1956
Rosalie Watchett
Details The Man Who Never Was
1956
Landlady
Details Jumping for Joy
1956
Lady Emily Cranfield
Details An Alligator Named Daisy
1955
Piano Customer (uncredited)
Details A Time to Kill
1955
Miss Edinger
Details Value for Money
1955
Mrs. Perkins
Details Doctor at Sea
1955
Mrs. Thomas
Details As Long as They're Happy
1955
Barmaid
Details Mad About Men
1954
Mrs. Forster
Details To Dorothy, a Son
1954
Pub Landlady
Details The Crowded Day
1954
Mrs. Jones
Details Dance Little Lady
1954
Mrs. Matthews
Details What Every Woman Wants
1954
Polly Ann Hadley
Details The House Across the Lake
1954
Mrs. Hardcastle
Details Doctor in the House
1954
Mrs. Groaker
Details The Million Pound Note
1954
Maggie
Details Love in Pawn
1953
Woman in Telephone Box (Uncredited)
Details Rough Shoot
1953
Station Announcer
Details Deadly Nightshade
1953
Mrs. Fenton
Details Hindle Wakes
1952
Mrs Hawthorn
Details Come Back Peter
1952
Mrs. Harris
Details Tall Headlines
1952
The Waitress
Details Angels One Five
1952
Housekeeper (Uncredited)
Details Curtain Up
1952
Harry's Landlady
Details The Magic Box
1952
Mrs Stukely
Details Seven Days to Noon
1950
Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett
Details Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora
1949
Emily Haldane
Details When We Are Married
1949
Mrs. Northrop
Details The Guinea Pig
1948
Mrs. Read
Details This Was a Woman
1948
Miss Johnson
Details Just William's Luck
1947
Mrs. Lane
Details So Well Remembered
1947
Mother (uncredited)
Details I See a Dark Stranger
1946
Hotel Manageress
Details The Rake's Progress
1945
Miss Parker
Details I Live in Grosvenor Square
1945
Minor role (uncredited)
Details Don't Take It to Heart
1944
Mrs. Pike
Details Sailors Don't Care
1940
Woman Carried Ashore
Details Love from a Stranger
1937
Emmy
Details The Man Who Could Work Miracles
1936
Effie
Details 