Joan Hickson
Acting
1906-08-05 · Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
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
movieWhat's a Carry On?
as Sister / Mrs. Dukes (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1998 · 7.7
movieCentury
as Mrs. Whitweather · 1993 · 5.1
movieMiss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
as Miss Marple · 1992 · 7.4
movieMiss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
as Miss Marple · 1991 · 6.9
movieAgatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait
as Narrator · 1990 · 0.0
movieKing of the Wind
as Duchess of Marlborough · 1990 · 7.0
movieMiss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
as Miss Marple · 1989 · 6.5
movieMiss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
as Miss Jane Marple · 1987 · 7.4
tvMiss Marple: Nemesis
as Miss Jane Marple · 1987 · 7.3
tvMiss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
as Miss Jane Marple · 1987 · 7.4
tvMiss Marple: Sleeping Murder
as Miss Jane Marple · 1987 · 7.3
movieMiss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
as Miss Marple · 1986 · 6.6
movieDaylight Robbery
as Bea · 1986 · 0.0
tvScreenPlay
as Bea · 1986 · 6.0
movieClockwise
as Mrs. Ellie Trellis · 1986 · 6.2
tvTime for Murder
as Miss Wainwright · 1985 · 4.0
tvMiss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
as Miss Jane Marple · 1985 · 7.3
tvMiss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
as Miss Jane Marple · 1985 · 7.5
tvMiss Marple: The Moving Finger
as Miss Marple · 1985 · 7.6
tvScreen Two
as Mrs. Whiteweather · 1985 · 7.1
tvMiss Marple: The Body in the Library
as Miss Marple · 1984 · 7.5
tvPoor Little Rich Girls
as Lady Harriet · 1984 · 7.5
tvRound And Round
as · 1984 · 0.0
movieThe Wicked Lady
as Aunt Agatha · 1983 · 5.0