Joan Hickson
Known for Acting · 158 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 (39)
Play for Today
1970
as Mother
Crown Court
1972
as Elizabeth Penn
Screen Two
1985
as Mrs. Whiteweather
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Matron / Mrs. Trix / Mrs. Massie
Theatre 625
1964
as Elsie Amble
No Hiding Place
1959
Danger Man
1960
as Mrs. Curtis
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Mrs. Moore /Mrs. Bateman
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Elsie Francis
Espionage
1963
as Sara Forsythe
ScreenPlay
1986
as Bea
Mystery and Imagination
1966
as Mrs Weston
Sykes
1972
as Nurse
Strangers
1978
as Miss Robinson
The Gentle Touch
1980
Budgie
1971
as Edith Broughton
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973
as Mrs. Chambers
Lady Killers
1980
as Carrie Esther Rapley
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
1985
as Miss Jane Marple
Ooh La La!
1968
Miss Marple: Nemesis
1987
as Miss Jane Marple
Our Man At St Mark's
1963
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
1985
as Miss Marple
Time for Murder
1985
as Miss Wainwright
From a Bird's Eye View
1970
as Hilda Tuttle
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
1987
as Miss Jane Marple
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Mrs. Monkstown
Our Mutual Friend
1976
as Abbey Potterson
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library
1984
as Miss Marple
Barnaby Rudge
1960
as Mrs. Varden
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
1985
as Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple
1984
as Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
1987
as Miss Jane Marple
Great Expectations
1981
as Miss Havisham
Sinister Street
1969
as Mrs Cleghorne
Good Girl
1974
as Mrs Morrow
Charlesworth at Large
1958
as Miss Frisby
Under And Over
1971
Poor Little Rich Girls
1984
as Lady Harriet
Movies (119)
The Million Pound Note
1954
as Maggie
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
1986
as Miss Marple
Carry On Nurse
1959
as Sister
Theatre of Blood
1973
as Mrs. Sprout
Yanks
1979
as Mrs. Moody
Friends
1971
as Lady in Bookstore
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989
as Miss Marple
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
1974
as Mrs. Radlett
The Wicked Lady
1983
as Aunt Agatha
Murder She Said
1961
as Mrs. Kidder
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
1991
as Miss Marple
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
1987
as Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
1992
as Miss Marple
Clockwise
1986
as Mrs. Ellie Trellis
Marry Me
1949
as Mrs. Pearson
Maggie
1964
as Maggie's mother
Tunes of Glory
1960
as Guest at Party (uncredited)
Carry On Loving
1970
as Mrs Grubb
Doctor in Love
1960
as Nurse (uncredited)
The Card
1952
as Mrs. Codleyn
Crooks Anonymous
1962
Angels One Five
1952
as Housekeeper (Uncredited)
The Man Who Never Was
1956
as Landlady
The 39 Steps
1959
as Miss Dobson
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975
as Mrs Gibbons
The Magic Box
1952
as Mrs Stukely
Carry On Constable
1960
as Mrs. May
No Time for Tears
1957
as Sister Duckworth
Century
1993
as Mrs. Whitweather
Nurse on Wheels
1963
as Mrs. Wood
I See a Dark Stranger
1946
as Hotel Manageress
Upstairs and Downstairs
1959
as Rosemary
Carry On Girls
1973
as Mrs. Dukes
I Live in Grosvenor Square
1945
as Minor role (uncredited)
Lost
1956
as Chemist
High Treason
1951
as Mrs. Ellis
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
1936
as Effie
Doctor in the House
1954
as Mrs. Groaker
Seven Days to Noon
1950
as Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett
Barnacle Bill
1957
as Mrs. Kent
Carry On Regardless
1961
as Matron
King of the Wind
1990
as Duchess of Marlborough
An Alligator Named Daisy
1955
as Piano Customer (uncredited)
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
1980
as Mrs. Rivington
What's a Carry On?
1998
as Sister / Mrs. Dukes (archive footage) (uncredited)
I Thank a Fool
1962
as Landlady
Love from a Stranger
1937
as Emmy
Simon and Laura
1955
as Barmaid
Law and Disorder
1958
as Aunt Florence
Doctor at Sea
1955
as Mrs. Thomas
That's Carry On!
1977
as Sister / Mrs. May (archive footage)
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
1968
as Landlady
The Magnet
1950
as Mrs Ward
Mad About Men
1954
as Mrs. Forster
Wedding Bells
1976
Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait
1990
as Narrator
The Last Man to Hang
1956
as Mrs. Prynne
Value for Money
1955
as Mrs. Perkins
Raising the Wind
1961
as Mrs. Bostwick
Carry On Admiral
1957
as Mother
Don't Take It to Heart
1944
as Mrs. Pike
Chain of Events
1958
as Barmaid
The House Across the Lake
1954
as Mrs. Hardcastle
His and Hers
1961
as Phoebe
Happy Is the Bride
1958
as Mrs. Bowles
Hell Is Sold Out
1951
as Hortense
Child in the House
1956
as Cook
Please Turn Over
1959
as Saleswoman
Bond Street
1948
as Seamstress
Port of Escape
1956
as Rosalie Watchett
The Crowded Day
1954
as Mrs. Jones
The Rake's Progress
1945
as Miss Parker
No Kidding
1960
as Cook
As Long as They're Happy
1955
as Barmaid
Freedom Radio
1941
as Katie
Baby Sitters
1976
Rough Shoot
1953
as Station Announcer
In the Doghouse
1962
as Miss Gibbs
The Horse's Mouth
1958
as Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)
Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora
1949
as Emily Haldane
To Dorothy, a Son
1954
as Pub Landlady
A Time to Kill
1955
as Miss Edinger
Bedroom Farce
1980
as Delia
South Riding
1974
Heavens Above!
1963
as Housewife
I See Ice
1938
as Receptionist
What Every Woman Wants
1954
as Polly Ann Hadley
This Was a Woman
1948
as Miss Johnson
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
1976
as Mother
The Taming of the Shrew
1980
as Widow
Deadly Nightshade
1953
as Mrs. Fenton
Curtain Up
1952
as Harry's Landlady
Monkey Tricks
1976
The Extra Day
1956
as Mrs. West
For King and Country: Out There
1963
as Mrs. Hudd
The Guinea Pig
1948
as Mrs. Read
The Trojan Brothers
1946
as Ada
On the Tiles
1976
Just William's Luck
1947
as Mrs. Lane
Jumping for Joy
1956
as Lady Emily Cranfield
Tall Headlines
1952
as The Waitress
So Well Remembered
1947
as Mother (uncredited)
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
1972
as Grace
Love in Pawn
1953
as Woman in Telephone Box (Uncredited)
Second Thoughts
1938
as Ellen
Double Trouble
1976
Come Back Peter
1952
as Mrs. Harris
Hindle Wakes
1952
as Mrs Hawthorn
When We Are Married
1949
as Mrs. Northrop
Daylight Robbery
1986
as Bea
Dance Little Lady
1954
as Mrs. Matthews
Dracula
1968
as Mrs. Weston
After Loch Lomond
as Nancy
A Ferry Ride Away
1981
as Mrs. Massie
Widow's Might
1935
as Burroughs
Not At All
as Mrs. K
The Big Kick
1976
Sailors Don't Care
1940
as Woman Carried Ashore (uncredited)
Just in Time for Christmas
1972
as Mrs. Hope-Rising
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 158 credits spanning from 1935 to 1998, Joan Hickson has appeared in 119 films and 39 TV shows.
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Most Popular Joan Hickson Movies
- The Million Pound Note (1954) — as Maggie
- Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986) — as Miss Marple
- Carry On Nurse (1959) — as Sister
- Theatre of Blood (1973) — as Mrs. Sprout
- Yanks (1979) — as Mrs. Moody
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