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