Joan Hickson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1906-08-05
Day of Death
1998-10-17 (92 years old)
Place of Birth
Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Joan Hickson
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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Known For
Acting
Not At All
as Mrs. K
(1993)
Century
as Mrs. Whitweather
(1992)
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
as Miss Marple
(1991)
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
as Miss Marple
(1990)
King of the Wind
as Duchess of Marlborough
(1990)
Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait
as Narrator
(1989)
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
as Miss Marple
(1987)
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
as Miss Jane Marple
(1987)
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
as Miss Jane Marple
(1986)
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
as Miss Marple
(1986)
Clockwise
as Mrs. Ellie Trellis
(1986)
Daylight Robbery
as Bea
(1983)
The Wicked Lady
as Aunt Agatha
(1981)
A Ferry Ride Away
as Mrs. Massie
(1980)
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
as Mrs. Rivington
(1980)
The Taming of the Shrew
as Widow
(1980)
Bedroom Farce
as Delia
(1979)
Yanks
as Mrs. Moody
(1977)
That's Carry On!
as Various Characters
(1976)
(1976)
(1976)
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
as Mother
(1976)
(1976)
(1976)
(1976)
(1975)
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
as Mrs Gibbons
(1974)
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
as Mrs. Radlett
(1974)
(1973)
Theatre of Blood
as Mrs. Sprout
(1973)
Carry On Girls
as Mrs. Dukes
(1972)
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
as Grace
(1971)
Friends
as Lady in Bookstore
(1970)
Carry On Loving
as Mrs Grubb
(1968)
Dracula
as Mrs Weston
(1968)
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
as Landlady
(1964)
Maggie
as Maggie's mother
(1963)
Heavens Above!
as Housewife
(1963)
Nurse on Wheels
as Mrs. Wood
(1962)
(1962)
In the Doghouse
as Miss Gibbs
(1962)
I Thank a Fool
as Landlady
(1961)
Murder She Said
as Mrs. Kidder
(1961)
Carry On Regardless
as Matron
(1961)
Raising the Wind
as Mrs. Bostwick
(1961)
His and Hers
as Phoebe
(1960)
Doctor in Love
as Nurse
(1960)
Carry On Constable
as Mrs. May
(1960)
No Kidding
as Cook
(1959)
Carry On Nurse
as Matron
(1959)
The 39 Steps
as Miss Dobson
(1959)
Upstairs and Downstairs
as Rosemary
(1959)
Please Turn Over
as Saleswoman
(1958)
The Horse's Mouth
as Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)
(1958)
Law and Disorder
as Aunt Florence
(1958)
Happy Is the Bride
as Mrs. Bowles
(1958)
Chain of Events
as Barmaid
(1957)
Barnacle Bill
as Mrs. Kent
(1957)
Carry on Admiral
as Mother
(1957)
No Time for Tears
as Sister Duckworth
(1956)
The Man Who Never Was
as Landlady
(1956)
Lost
as Chemist
(1956)
Port of Escape
as Rosalie Watchett
(1956)
Child in the House
as Cook
(1956)
The Extra Day
as Mrs. West
(1956)
Jumping for Joy
as Lady Emily Cranfield
(1956)
The Last Man to Hang
as Mrs. Prynne
(1955)
Doctor at Sea
as Mrs. Thomas
(1955)
Simon and Laura
as Barmaid
(1955)
Value for Money
as Mrs. Perkins
(1955)
An Alligator Named Daisy
as Piano Customer (uncredited)
(1955)
As Long as They're Happy
as Barmaid
(1955)
A Time to Kill
as Miss Edinger
(1954)
The Million Pound Note
as Maggie
(1954)
The House Across the Lake
as Mrs. Hardcastle
(1954)
Doctor in the House
as Mrs. Groaker
(1954)
What Every Woman Wants
as Polly Ann Hadley
(1954)
Mad About Men
as Mrs. Forster
(1954)
The Crowded Day
as Mrs. Jones
(1954)
To Dorothy, a Son
as Pub Landlady
(1954)
Dance Little Lady
as Mrs. Matthews
(1953)
Love in Pawn
as Woman in Telephone Box (Uncredited)
(1953)
Rough Shoot
as Station Announcer
(1953)
Deadly Nightshade
as Mrs. Fenton
(1952)
The Card
as Mrs. Codleyn
(1952)
The Magic Box
as Mrs Stukely
(1952)
Hindle Wakes
as Mrs Hawthorn
(1952)
Angels One Five
as Housekeeper (Uncredited)
(1952)
Tall Headlines
as The Waitress
(1952)
Curtain Up
as Harry's Landlady
(1952)
Come Back Peter
as Mrs. Harris
(1951)
Hell Is Sold Out
as Hortense
(1951)
High Treason
as Mrs. Ellis
(1950)
Seven Days to Noon
as Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett
(1950)
The Magnet
as Mrs Ward
(1949)
Marry Me
as Mrs. Pearson
(1949)
When We Are Married
as Mrs. Northrop
(1949)
Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora
as Emily Haldane
(1948)
Bond Street
as Seamstress
(1948)
The Guinea Pig
as Mrs. Read
(1948)
This Was a Woman
as Miss Johnson
(1947)
So Well Remembered
as Mother (uncredited)
(1947)
Just William's Luck
as Mrs. Lane
(1946)
I See a Dark Stranger
as Hotel Manageress
(1946)
The Trojan Brothers
as Ada
(1945)
I Live in Grosvenor Square
as Minor role (uncredited)
(1945)
The Rake's Progress
as Miss Parker
(1944)
Don't Take It to Heart
as Mrs. Pike
(1941)
Freedom Radio
as Katie
(1940)
Sailors Don't Care
as Woman Carried Ashore
(1938)
I See Ice
as Receptionist
(1938)
Second Thoughts
as Ellen
(1937)
Love from a Stranger
as Emmy
(1936)
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
as Effie
(1935)
Widow's Might
as Burroughs