JH
Joan Hickson
Actor
Born August 5, 1906Died October 17, 1998 (92 years)
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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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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| 1998 | What's a Carry On? · as Various Characters |
| 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 | Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait · as Narrator |
| 1989 | King of the Wind · as Duchess Of Marlborough |
| 1989 | Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery · as Miss Marple |
| 1987 | Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: 4:50 from Paddington · as Miss Jane Marple |
| 1987 | Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder · as Miss Jane Marple |
| 1987 | Miss Marple: Nemesis (TV Series) · as Miss Jane Marple |
| 1987 | Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel (TV Series) · as Miss Jane Marple |
| 1987 | Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder (TV Series) · as Miss Jane Marple |
| 1986 | Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage · as Miss Marple |
| 1986 | Screenplay (1986) (TV Series) · as Bea |
| 1986 | Clockwise · as Mrs. Ellie Trellis |
| 1986 | |
| 1985 | Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye (TV Series) · as Miss Jane Marple |
| 1985 | Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (TV Series) · as Miss Jane Marple |
| 1985 | Miss Marple: The Moving Finger (TV Series) · as Miss Marple |
| 1984 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as Mrs. Whiteweather |
| 1984 | Miss Marple (TV Series) · as Miss Marple |
| 1984 | Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (TV Series) · as Miss Marple |
| 1983 | The Wicked Lady · as Aunt Agatha |
| 1981 | Great Expectations (1981) (TV Series) · as Miss Havisham |
| 1981 | Nanny (1981) (TV Series) · as Mrs. Nesbitt |
| 1981 | Barriers (TV Series) · as Traffic Warden |
| 1980 | The Taming of the Shrew · as Widow |
| 1980 | Lady Killers (TV Series) · as Carrie Esther Rapley |
| 1980 | The Gentle Touch (TV Series) |
| 1980 | Why Didn't They Ask Evans? · as Mrs. Rivington |
| 1979 | Yanks · as Mrs. Moody |
| 1978 | BBC Television Shakespeare (TV Series) |
| 1978 | Strangers (TV Series) · as Miss Robinson |
| 1977 | That's Carry On! · as Various Characters |
| 1976 | The Crezz (TV Series) · as Mrs. Bronte |
| 1976 | Our Mutual Friend (1976) (TV Series) · as Abbey Potterson |
| 1975 | One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing · as Mrs Gibbons |
| 1974 | South Riding (1974) (TV Series) · as Agnes Sigglesthwaite |
| 1974 | Confessions of a Window Cleaner · as Mrs. Radlett |
| 1974 | Happy Ever After (UK) (TV Series) · as Mrs. Henderson |
| 1974 | Within These Walls (TV Series) |
| 1973 | Carry on Girls · as Mrs. Dukes |
| 1973 | Theater of Blood · as Mrs. Sprout |
| 1973 | Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads (TV Series) · as Mrs. Chambers |
| 1972 | Crown Court (TV Series) · as Elizabeth Penn |
| 1972 | Sykes (TV Series) · as Nurse |
| 1972 | A Day in the Death of Joe Egg · as Grace |
| 1971 | Budgie (TV Series) · as Edith Broughton |
| 1971 | Friends · as Lady In Bookstore |
| 1970 | Carry on Loving · as Mrs Grubb |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) · as Mother |
| 1970 | Batchelor Father (TV Series) · as Mrs. Pugsley |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Mrs. Beatrice Williams |
| 1968 | Father, Dear Father (TV Series) · as Ethel |
| 1968 | Oh Brother! (TV Series) · as Mother John |
| 1968 | Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter · as Landlady |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Matron |
| 1966 | Mystery and Imagination (TV Series) |
| 1965 | The Secret of My Success · as Mrs. Pringle |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 (TV Series) · as Elsie Amble |
| 1963 | Espionage (TV Series) · as Sara Forsythe |
| 1963 | First Night (TV Series) · as Maggie's Mother |
| 1963 | Heavens Above! · as Housewife |
| 1963 | Nurse on Wheels · as Mrs. Wood |
| 1962 | I Thank a Fool · as Landlady |
| 1962 | Hugh and I (TV Series) · as Miss Chauncey |
| 1962 | |
| 1961 | In the Doghouse · as Miss Gibbs |
| 1961 | Comedy Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1961 | Roommates · as Mrs. Bostwick |
| 1961 | Murder She Said · as Mrs. Kidder |
| 1961 | Carry on Regardless · as Matron |
| 1961 | His and Hers · as Phoebe |
| 1960 | Beware of Children · as Cook |
| 1960 | The 3 Worlds of Gulliver · as Mrs. Dewsbury, Patient At Dr. Gulliver's |
| 1960 | Tunes of Glory · as Party Guest |
| 1960 | Danger Man (TV Series) · as Mrs. Curtis |
| 1960 | Doctor in Love · as Nurse |
| 1960 | Carry on Constable · as Mrs. May |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as Edith Swinney |
| 1959 | Please Turn Over · as Saleswoman |
| 1959 | Upstairs and Downstairs · as Rosemary |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Carry on Nurse · as Matron |
| 1959 | The 39 Steps · as Miss Dobson |
| 1958 | Behind the Mask · as Sister |
| 1958 | The Horse's Mouth · as Lady In Gallery Queue (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Chain of Events · as Barmaid |
| 1958 | H.G. Wells' Invisible Man (TV Series) · as Madame Dupont |
| 1958 | Law and Disorder · as Aunt Florence |
| 1958 | Happy Is the Bride · as Mrs. Bowles |
| 1957 | All at Sea · as Mrs. Kent |
| 1957 | The Ship Was Loaded · as Mother |
| 1957 | No Time for Tears · as Sister Duckworth |
| 1957 | Emergency-Ward 10 (TV Series) · as Miss Knowles |
| 1956 | Child in the House · as Cook |
| 1956 | The Last Man to Hang · as Mrs. Prynne |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Mrs. Monkstown |
| 1956 | The Extra Day · as Mrs. West |
| 1956 | Tears for Simon · as Chemist |
| 1956 | Port of Escape · as Rosalie Watchett |
| 1956 | The Man Who Never Was · as Landlady |
| 1956 | Jumping for Joy · as Lady Emily Cranfield |
| 1955 | An Alligator Named Daisy · as Piano Customer (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Simon and Laura · as Barmaid |
| 1955 | A Time to Kill · as Miss Edinger |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Countess Von Stainz |
| 1955 | Doctor at Sea · as Mrs. Thomas |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Aunt Alice |
| 1955 | The Woman for Joe · as Publican's Wife |
| 1955 | Value for Money · as Mrs. Perkins |
| 1955 | Dixon of Dock Green (TV Series) · as Elsie Francis |
| 1955 | As Long as They're Happy · as Barmaid |
| 1954 | Mad About Men · as Mrs. Forster |
| 1954 | Cash on Delivery · as Pub Landlady |
| 1954 | Shop Spoiled · as Mrs. Jones |
| 1954 | Dance Little Lady · as Mrs. Matthews |
| 1954 | What Every Woman Wants · as Polly Ann Hadley |
| 1954 | Doctor in the House · as Mrs. Groaker |
| 1954 | Heat Wave · as Mrs. Hardcastle |
| 1954 | The Million Pound Note · as Maggie |
| 1953 | Love in Pawn · as Woman In Telephone Box (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Sailor of the King · as Hotel Manager |
| 1953 | Shoot First · as Station Announcer |
| 1953 | Deadly Nightshade · as Mrs. Fenton |
| 1953 | Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Presents (TV Series) · as Nurse Gibson |
| 1952 | No Haunt for a Gentleman · as Mme. Omskaya |
| 1952 | Holiday Week · as Mrs Hawthorn |
| 1952 | Come Back Peter · as Mrs. Harris |
| 1952 | The Frightened Bride · as The Waitress |
| 1952 | The Promoter · as Mrs. Codleyn |
| 1952 | Angels One Five · as Housekeeper (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Curtain Up · as Harry's Landlady |
| 1951 | High Treason · as Mrs. Ellis |
| 1951 | Hell Is Sold Out · as Hortense |
| 1951 | The Magic Box · as Mrs Stukely |
| 1950 | Seven Days to Noon · as Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett |
| 1950 | The Magnet · as Mrs Ward |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Millie Blunt |
| 1949 | Celia · as Emily Haldane |
| 1949 | Don't Ever Leave Me · as Mrs. Pearson |
| 1949 | Marry Me · as Mrs. Pearson |
| 1948 | This Was a Woman · as Miss Johnson |
| 1948 | It's Hard to Be Good · as Mending Woman |
| 1948 | The Outsider · as Mrs. Read |
| 1948 | Bond Street · as Seamstress |
| 1948 | Just William's Luck · as Mrs. Lane |
| 1947 | So Well Remembered · as Mother (uncredited) |
| 1946 | I See a Dark Stranger · as Hotel Manageress |
| 1945 | Notorious Gentleman · as Miss Parker |
| 1945 | A Yank in London · as Minor Role (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Don't Take It to Heart! · as Mrs. Pike |
| 1941 | The Saint Meets the Tiger · as Mary (aunt Agatha's Maid) |
| 1941 | The Voice in the Night · as Katie |
| 1940 | Sailors Don't Care · as Woman Carried Ashore |
| 1938 | I See Ice! · as Receptionist |
| 1937 | A Night of Terror · as Emmy |
| 1936 | The Man Who Could Work Miracles · as Effie |
| 1935 | Widow's Might · as Burroughs |