
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 · King of the Wind as Duchess of Marlborough
- 1989 · Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery as Miss Marple
- 1987 · Miss Marple: Nemesis as Miss Jane Marple
- 1986 · Clockwise as Mrs. Ellie Trellis
- 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
- 1983 · The Wicked Lady as Aunt Agatha
- 1980 · Lady Killers as Carrie Esther Rapley
- 1980 · The Gentle Touch as
- 1976 · Tiptoe Through the Tulips as Mother
- 1976 · Wedding Bells as
- 1976 · Monkey Tricks as
- 1975 · One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing as Mrs Gibbons
- 1974 · Within These Walls 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
- 1970 · Carry On Loving as Mrs Grubb
- 1968 · Ooh La La! as
- 1966 · Mystery and Imagination as
- 1963 · Heavens Above! as Housewife
- 1962 · I Thank a Fool as Landlady
- 1961 · Raising the Wind as Mrs. Bostwick
- 1961 · Carry On Regardless as Matron
- 1960 · No Kidding as Cook
- 1960 · Danger Man as Mrs. Curtis
- 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 · Chain of Events as Barmaid
- 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 · Jumping for Joy as Lady Emily Cranfield
- 1955 · An Alligator Named Daisy as Piano Customer (uncredited)
- 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 · The House Across the Lake as Mrs. Hardcastle
- 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 · Deadly Nightshade as Mrs. Fenton
- 1952 · Come Back Peter as Mrs. Harris
- 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
- 1945 · I Live in Grosvenor Square as Minor role (uncredited)
- 1944 · Don't Take It to Heart as Mrs. Pike
- 1941 · Freedom Radio as Katie
- 1937 · Love from a Stranger as Emmy
- 1935 · Widow's Might as Burroughs
- Future · After Loch Lomond as Nancy
- 1991 · Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors as Miss Marple
- 1990 · Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait as Narrator
- 1987 · Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington as Miss Jane Marple
- 1987 · Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel as Miss Jane Marple
- 1987 · Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder as Miss Jane Marple
- 1986 · Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage as Miss Marple
- 1986 · Daylight Robbery as Bea
- 1985 · Time for Murder as Miss Wainwright
- 1985 · Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced as Miss Jane Marple
- 1984 · Poor Little Rich Girls as Lady Harriet
- 1981 · Great Expectations as Miss Havisham
- 1981 · A Ferry Ride Away as Mrs. Massie
- 1980 · The Taming of the Shrew as Widow
- 1980 · Bedroom Farce as Delia
- 1980 · Why Didn't They Ask Evans? as Mrs. Rivington
- 1979 · Yanks as Mrs. Moody
- 1977 · That's Carry On! as Various Characters
- 1976 · The Big Kick as
- 1976 · Double Trouble as
- 1976 · On the Tiles as
- 1976 · Baby Sitters as
- 1974 · South Riding 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 · From a Bird's Eye View as Hilda Tuttle
- 1969 · Sinister Street as Mrs. Cleghorne
- 1968 · Dracula as Mrs Weston
- 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 · Nurse on Wheels as Mrs. Wood
- 1962 · In the Doghouse as Miss Gibbs
- 1962 · Crooks Anonymous as
- 1961 · Murder She Said as Mrs. Kidder
- 1961 · His and Hers as Phoebe
- 1960 · Barnaby Rudge as
- 1960 · Tunes of Glory as Guest at Party (uncredited)
- 1960 · Doctor in Love as Nurse
- 1958 · The Horse's Mouth as Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)
- 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 · The Extra Day as Mrs. West
- 1955 · Simon and Laura as Barmaid
- 1955 · A Time to Kill as Miss Edinger
- 1955 · Value for Money as Mrs. Perkins
- 1955 · As Long as They're Happy as Barmaid
- 1954 · To Dorothy, a Son as Pub Landlady
- 1954 · Dance Little Lady as Mrs. Matthews
- 1953 · Rough Shoot as Station Announcer
- 1952 · Hindle Wakes as Mrs Hawthorn
- 1952 · Tall Headlines as The Waitress
- 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
- 1940 · Sailors Don't Care as Woman Carried Ashore (uncredited)
- 1938 · I See Ice as Receptionist
- 1938 · Second Thoughts as Ellen
- 1936 · The Man Who Could Work Miracles as Effie
- Future · Not At All as Mrs. K