Joan Hickson
Known for Acting · 163 credits
- Born
- 1906-08-05
- Died
- 1998-10-17
- Place of birth
- Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Джоан Хиксон · Miss M · Joan Bogle 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
TV Shows (44)
Play for Today
1970
as Mother
Crown Court
1972
as Elizabeth Penn
Screen Two
1985
as Mrs. Whiteweather
Theatre 625
1964
as Elsie Amble
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Matron / Mrs. Trix / Mrs. Massie
No Hiding Place
1959
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Elsie Francis
Strangers
1978
as Miss Robinson
Danger Man
1960
as Mrs. Curtis
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Mrs. Moore /Mrs. Bateman
Sykes
1972
as Nurse
ScreenPlay
1986
as Bea
NET Playhouse
1966
as Mrs. Jenkins
Mystery and Imagination
1966
as Mrs Weston
Budgie
1971
as Edith Broughton
The Gentle Touch
1980
Espionage
1963
as Sara Forsythe
Lady Killers
1980
as Carrie Esther Rapley
Thursday Theatre
1964
as Mrs. Jenkins
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Widow
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973
as Mrs. Chambers
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library
1984
as Miss Marple
Miss Marple: Nemesis
1987
as Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
1985
as Miss Marple
Ooh La La!
1968
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
1985
as Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
1987
as Miss Jane Marple
Sinister Street
1969
as Mrs Cleghorne
Happy Ever After
1974
as Mrs Henderson
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
1987
as Miss Jane Marple
Great Expectations
1981
as Miss Havisham
Time for Murder
1985
as Miss Wainwright
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
as Mrs. Carter
Our Mutual Friend
1976
as Abbey Potterson
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Mrs. Monkstown
Our Man At St Mark's
1963
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
1985
as Miss Jane Marple
From a Bird's Eye View
1970
as Hilda Tuttle
Barnaby Rudge
1960
as Mrs. Varden
Under And Over
1971
Good Girl
1974
as Mrs Morrow
Charlesworth at Large
1958
as Miss Frisby
Poor Little Rich Girls
1984
as Lady Harriet
Round And Round
1984
Movies (119)
The Million Pound Note
1954
as Maggie
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
1987
as Miss Jane Marple
Maggie
1964
as Maggie's mother
Bedroom Farce
1980
as Delia
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
1986
as Miss Marple
Curtain Up
1952
as Harry's Landlady
Carry On Nurse
1959
as Sister
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
1991
as Miss Marple
Crooks Anonymous
1962
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
1980
as Mrs. Rivington
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
1992
as Miss Marple
Theatre of Blood
1973
as Mrs. Sprout
The Wicked Lady
1983
as Aunt Agatha
Yanks
1979
as Mrs. Moody
Murder She Said
1961
as Mrs. Kidder
Baby Sitters
1976
Love from a Stranger
1937
as Emmy
Carry On Girls
1973
as Mrs. Dukes
The Man Who Never Was
1956
as Landlady
Friends
1971
as Lady in Bookstore
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989
as Miss Marple
Happy Is the Bride
1958
as Mrs. Bowles
Child in the House
1956
as Cook
Please Turn Over
1959
as Saleswoman
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
1974
as Mrs. Radlett
Clockwise
1986
as Mrs. Ellie Trellis
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
1936
as Effie
Upstairs and Downstairs
1959
as Rosemary
Carry On Constable
1960
as Mrs. May
His and Hers
1961
as Phoebe
Carry On Loving
1970
as Mrs Grubb
The Taming of the Shrew
1980
as Widow
Carry On Regardless
1961
as Matron
King of the Wind
1990
as Duchess of Marlborough
Doctor in the House
1954
as Mrs. Groaker
For King and Country: Out There
1963
as Mrs. Hudd
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975
as Mrs Gibbons
Tunes of Glory
1960
as Guest at Party (uncredited)
The Crowded Day
1954
as Mrs. Jones
The Magic Box
1952
as Mrs Stukely
Just William's Luck
1947
as Mrs. Lane
An Alligator Named Daisy
1955
as Piano Customer (uncredited)
When We Are Married
1949
as Mrs. Northrop
Doctor at Sea
1955
as Mrs. Thomas
Simon and Laura
1955
as Barmaid
The 39 Steps
1959
as Miss Dobson
The Guinea Pig
1948
as Mrs. Read
Doctor in Love
1960
as Nurse (uncredited)
On the Tiles
1976
That's Carry On!
1977
as Sister / Mrs. May (archive footage)
Hell Is Sold Out
1951
as Hortense
I See Ice
1938
as Receptionist
No Kidding
1960
as Cook
Barnacle Bill
1957
as Mrs. Kent
So Well Remembered
1947
as Mother (uncredited)
Nurse on Wheels
1963
as Mrs. Wood
What's a Carry On?
1998
as Sister / Mrs. Dukes (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Card
1952
as Mrs. Codleyn
I Thank a Fool
1962
as Landlady
Bond Street
1948
as Seamstress
Tall Headlines
1952
as The Waitress
The Horse's Mouth
1958
as Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
1976
as Mother
Chain of Events
1958
as Barmaid
Lost
1956
as Chemist
The Extra Day
1956
as Mrs. West
Carry On Admiral
1957
as Mother
The Rake's Progress
1945
as Miss Parker
South Riding
1974
I See a Dark Stranger
1946
as Hotel Manageress
No Time for Tears
1957
as Sister Duckworth
Seven Days to Noon
1950
as Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett
As Long as They're Happy
1955
as Barmaid
I Live in Grosvenor Square
1945
as Minor role (uncredited)
Angels One Five
1952
as Housekeeper (Uncredited)
This Was a Woman
1948
as Miss Johnson
Heavens Above!
1963
as Housewife
Hindle Wakes
1952
as Mrs Hawthorn
Raising the Wind
1961
as Mrs. Bostwick
Law and Disorder
1958
as Aunt Florence
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
1968
as Landlady
Mad About Men
1954
as Mrs. Forster
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
1972
as Grace
Century
1993
as Mrs. Whitweather
Just in Time for Christmas
1972
as Mrs. Hope-Rising
In the Doghouse
1962
as Miss Gibbs
Jumping for Joy
1956
as Lady Emily Cranfield
Value for Money
1955
as Mrs. Perkins
What Every Woman Wants
1954
as Polly Ann Hadley
Freedom Radio
1941
as Katie
High Treason
1951
as Mrs. Ellis
The Magnet
1950
as Mrs Ward
The House Across the Lake
1954
as Mrs. Hardcastle
Don't Take It to Heart
1944
as Mrs. Pike
Sailors Don't Care
1940
as Woman Carried Ashore (uncredited)
Marry Me
1949
as Mrs. Pearson
Deadly Nightshade
1953
as Mrs. Fenton
The Last Man to Hang
1956
as Mrs. Prynne
Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait
1990
as Narrator
After Loch Lomond
1973
as Nancy
Double Trouble
1976
Port of Escape
1956
as Rosalie Watchett
The Big Kick
1976
Widow's Might
1935
as Burroughs
Rough Shoot
1953
as Station Announcer
Dracula
1968
as Mrs. Weston
Wedding Bells
1976
To Dorothy, a Son
1954
as Pub Landlady
Dance Little Lady
1954
as Mrs. Matthews
Love in Pawn
1953
as Woman in Telephone Box (Uncredited)
A Ferry Ride Away
1981
as Mrs. Massie
Monkey Tricks
1976
Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora
1949
as Emily Haldane
Daylight Robbery
1986
as Bea
The Trojan Brothers
1946
as Ada
A Time to Kill
1955
as Miss Edinger
Second Thoughts
1938
as Ellen
Come Back Peter
1952
as Mrs. Harris
Not At All
as Mrs. K
About Joan Hickson
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.… With 163 credits spanning from 1935 to 1998, Joan Hickson has appeared in 119 films and 44 TV shows.
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Most Popular Joan Hickson Movies
- The Million Pound Note (1954) — as Maggie
- Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington (1987) — as Miss Jane Marple
- Maggie (1964) — as Maggie's mother
- Bedroom Farce (1980) — as Delia
- Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986) — as Miss Marple
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