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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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Clockwise
  • Theater of Blood
  • The Million Pound Note
  • The Horse's Mouth
  • The 39 Steps
  • Danger Man
  • All at Sea
  • Boon

Known For

  • Miss Marple: Nemesis
  • Miss Marple
  • Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
  • Clockwise
  • Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
  • Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: 4:50 from Paddington
  • Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
  • Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
  • Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
  • Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
  • Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
  • Murder She Said
  • Miss Marple
  • Seven Days to Noon
  • Carry on Girls
  • The Promoter
  • Confessions of a Window Cleaner
  • The Wicked Lady

Featured Videos

  • Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: Read Today's Paper?
    Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: Read Today's Paper?Miss MarpleScene

Joan Hickson Filmography

1998
What's a Carry On? · as Sister / Mrs. Dukes (archive Footage) (uncredited)
1993
Century · as Mrs. Whitweather
1992
1991
1989
King of the Wind · as Duchess Of Marlborough
1989
1987
1987
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
1986
Screenplay (1986) (TV Series) · as Bea
1986
Clockwise · as Mrs. Ellie Trellis
1986
Boon (TV Series) · as Delia
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 Jane Marple
1984
Miss Marple (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
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
Strangers (TV Series) · as Miss Robinson
1977
That's Carry On! · as Sister / Mrs. May (archive Footage)
1976
The Crezz (TV Series) · as Mrs. Bronte
1976
Our Mutual Friend (1976) (TV Series) · as Abbey Potterson
1975
1974
South Riding (1974) (TV Series) · as Agnes Sigglesthwaite
1974
1974
Happy Ever After (UK) (TV Series) · as Mrs. Henderson
1974
Within These Walls (TV Series) · as Edna Dewfall
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
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
1967
ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Matron
1966
1965
The Secret of My Success · as Mrs. Pringle
1964
NET Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mrs. Jenkins
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
1960
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver · as Mrs. Dewsbury, Patient At Dr. Gulliver's
1960
Tunes of Glory · as Guest At Party (uncredited)
1960
Danger Man (TV Series) · as Mrs. Curtis
1960
Doctor in Love · as Nurse (uncredited)
1960
Carry on Constable · as Mrs. May
1960
BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as Edith Swinney
1959
Please Turn Over · as Saleswoman
1959
1959
No Hiding Place (TV Series)
1959
Carry on Nurse · as Sister
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
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
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
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 Mrs. Moore /mrs. Bateman
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
1940
Sailors Don't Care · as Woman Carried Ashore (uncredited)
1938
I See Ice! · as Receptionist
1937
1936
1935
Widow's Might · as Burroughs

1977
To See Such Fun · as Self
1975
Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator

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