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Joan Hickson
Joan Hickson

Joan Hickson

ActingBorn August 5, 1906Died October 17, 1998 (age 92)Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK

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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Filmography

1998
What's a Carry On?

as Sister / Mrs. Dukes (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1993
Century

as Mrs. Whitweather

Movie
1990
King of the Wind

as Duchess of Marlborough

Movie
1989Movie
1987Movie
1987
Miss Marple: Nemesis

as Miss Jane Marple

TV
1987TV
1987
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder

as Miss Jane Marple

TV
1986Movie
1986TV
1986
Clockwise

as Mrs. Ellie Trellis

Movie
1985
Time for Murder

as Miss Wainwright

TV
1985TV
1985TV
1985TV
1985
Screen Two

as Mrs. Whiteweather

TV
1984
Poor Little Rich Girls

as Lady Harriet

TV
1983
The Wicked Lady

as Aunt Agatha

Movie
1981
Great Expectations

as Miss Havisham

TV
1981
A Ferry Ride Away

as Mrs. Massie

Movie
1980Movie
1980Movie
1980
Lady Killers

as Carrie Esther Rapley

TV
1980Movie
1979
Yanks

as Mrs. Moody

Movie
1978
Strangers

as Miss Robinson

TV
1977
That's Carry On!

as Sister / Mrs. May (archive footage)

Movie
1976Movie
1976
Our Mutual Friend

as Abbey Potterson

TV
1976Movie
1976Movie
1976Movie
1976Movie
1976Movie
1975Movie
1974Movie
1974Movie
1974
Good Girl

as Mrs Morrow

TV
1973
Carry On Girls

as Mrs. Dukes

Movie
1973
Theatre of Blood

as Mrs. Sprout

Movie
1973Movie
1972
Just in Time for Christmas

as Mrs. Hope-Rising

Movie
1972
Crown Court

as Elizabeth Penn

TV
1972
Sykes

as Nurse

TV
1971
Budgie

as Edith Broughton

TV
1971
Friends

as Lady in Bookstore

Movie
1970TV
1970
Carry On Loving

as Mrs Grubb

Movie
1970
From a Bird's Eye View

as Hilda Tuttle

TV
1969
W. Somerset Maugham

as Mrs. Carter

TV
1969
Sinister Street

as Mrs Cleghorne

TV
1968
Dracula

as Mrs. Weston

Movie
1967
ITV Playhouse

as Matron

TV
1967
ITV Playhouse

as Mrs. Trix

TV
1967
ITV Playhouse

as Mrs. Massie

TV
1966
NET Playhouse

as Mrs. Jenkins

TV
1966TV
1964
Thursday Theatre

as Mrs. Jenkins

TV
1964
Theatre 625

as Elsie Amble

TV
1964
Maggie

as Maggie's mother

Movie
1963
Espionage

as Sara Forsythe

TV
1963Movie
1963
Heavens Above!

as Housewife

Movie
1963
Nurse on Wheels

as Mrs. Wood

Movie
1962
I Thank a Fool

as Landlady

Movie
1962
In the Doghouse

as Miss Gibbs

Movie
1961
Murder She Said

as Mrs. Kidder

Movie
1961
Raising the Wind

as Mrs. Bostwick

Movie
1961Movie
1961
His and Hers

as Phoebe

Movie
1960
No Kidding

as Cook

Movie
1960
Barnaby Rudge

as Mrs. Varden

TV
1960
Tunes of Glory

as Guest at Party (uncredited)

Movie
1960
Danger Man

as Mrs. Curtis

TV
1960
Doctor in Love

as Nurse (uncredited)

Movie
1960Movie
1959
Please Turn Over

as Saleswoman

Movie
1959Movie
1959
The 39 Steps

as Miss Dobson

Movie
1959Movie
1958
The Horse's Mouth

as Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)

Movie
1958
Chain of Events

as Barmaid

Movie
1958
Charlesworth at Large

as Miss Frisby

TV
1958
Law and Disorder

as Aunt Florence

Movie
1958
Happy Is the Bride

as Mrs. Bowles

Movie
1957
Barnacle Bill

as Mrs. Kent

Movie
1957
No Time for Tears

as Sister Duckworth

Movie
1957Movie
1956Movie
1956
The Last Man to Hang

as Mrs. Prynne

Movie
1956
Armchair Theatre

as Mrs. Monkstown

TV
1956
Port of Escape

as Rosalie Watchett

Movie
1956Movie
1956
Lost

as Chemist

Movie
1956
The Extra Day

as Mrs. West

Movie
1956
Jumping for Joy

as Lady Emily Cranfield

Movie
1955
An Alligator Named Daisy

as Piano Customer (uncredited)

Movie
1955
Simon and Laura

as Barmaid

Movie
1955
A Time to Kill

as Miss Edinger

Movie
1955
Value for Money

as Mrs. Perkins

Movie
1955
Doctor at Sea

as Mrs. Thomas

Movie
1955
Dixon of Dock Green

as Elsie Francis

TV
1955Movie
1954
Mad About Men

as Mrs. Forster

Movie
1954
To Dorothy, a Son

as Pub Landlady

Movie
1954
The Crowded Day

as Mrs. Jones

Movie
1954
Dance Little Lady

as Mrs. Matthews

Movie
1954
What Every Woman Wants

as Polly Ann Hadley

Movie
1954
The House Across the Lake

as Mrs. Hardcastle

Movie
1954
Doctor in the House

as Mrs. Groaker

Movie
1954Movie
1953
Love in Pawn

as Woman in Telephone Box (Uncredited)

Movie
1953
Rough Shoot

as Station Announcer

Movie
1953
Deadly Nightshade

as Mrs. Fenton

Movie
1952
Hindle Wakes

as Mrs Hawthorn

Movie
1952
Come Back Peter

as Mrs. Harris

Movie
1952
Tall Headlines

as The Waitress

Movie
1952
Angels One Five

as Housekeeper (Uncredited)

Movie
1952
Curtain Up

as Harry's Landlady

Movie
1952
The Card

as Mrs. Codleyn

Movie
1952
The Magic Box

as Mrs Stukely

Movie
1951
High Treason

as Mrs. Ellis

Movie
1951
Hell Is Sold Out

as Hortense

Movie
1950
Seven Days to Noon

as Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett

Movie
1950
The Magnet

as Mrs Ward

Movie
1950
Sunday Night Theatre

as Mrs. Moore /Mrs. Bateman

TV
1949
When We Are Married

as Mrs. Northrop

Movie
1949
Marry Me

as Mrs. Pearson

Movie
1948
The Guinea Pig

as Mrs. Read

Movie
1948
Bond Street

as Seamstress

Movie
1948
This Was a Woman

as Miss Johnson

Movie
1947Movie
1947
So Well Remembered

as Mother (uncredited)

Movie
1946
I See a Dark Stranger

as Hotel Manageress

Movie
1946Movie
1945
The Rake's Progress

as Miss Parker

Movie
1945
I Live in Grosvenor Square

as Minor role (uncredited)

Movie
1944Movie
1941Movie
1940
Sailors Don't Care

as Woman Carried Ashore (uncredited)

Movie
1938
I See Ice

as Receptionist

Movie
1938Movie
1937Movie
1935
Widow's Might

as Burroughs

Movie
Not At All

as Mrs. K

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayAugust 5, 1906
Day of DeathOctober 17, 1998
Place of BirthKingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Popularity0.9
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