
Joan Hickson
Joan Bogle Hickson OBE 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)
- 1980 · The Taming of the Shrew as Widow
- 1976 · Tiptoe Through the Tulips as Mother
- 1971 · Friends as Lady in Bookstore
- 1969 · Sinister Street as Mrs. Cleghorne
- 1962 · I Thank a Fool as Landlady
- 1962 · In the Doghouse as Miss Gibbs
- 1961 · Carry On Regardless as Matron
- 1960 · No Kidding as Cook
- 1960 · Doctor in Love as Nurse
- 1958 · Chain of Events as Barmaid
- 1957 · Carry On Admiral as Mother
- 1956 · The Last Man to Hang as Mrs. Prynne
- 1956 · Port of Escape as Rosalie Watchett
- 1956 · The Extra Day as Mrs. West
- 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 · Value for Money as Mrs. Perkins
- 1954 · Mad About Men as Mrs. Forster
- 1954 · To Dorothy, a Son as Pub Landlady
- 1954 · The Crowded Day as Mrs. Jones
- 1954 · Dance Little Lady as Mrs. Matthews
- 1954 · The House Across the Lake as Mrs. Hardcastle
- 1954 · Doctor in the House as Mrs. Groaker
- 1953 · Love in Pawn as Woman in Telephone Box (Uncredited)
- 1953 · Rough Shoot as Station Announcer
- 1952 · Tall Headlines as The Waitress
- 1950 · The Magnet as Mrs Ward
- 1947 · Just William's Luck as Mrs. Lane
- 1947 · So Well Remembered as Mother (uncredited)
- 1946 · I See a Dark Stranger as Hotel Manageress
- 1945 · The Rake's Progress as Miss Parker
- 1945 · I Live in Grosvenor Square as Minor role (uncredited)
- 1937 · Love from a Stranger as Emmy
- 1936 · The Man Who Could Work Miracles as Effie
- Future · After Loch Lomond as Nancy
- 2004 · Poor Little Rich Girls as
- 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
- 1990 · King of the Wind as Duchess of Marlborough
- 1989 · Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery as Miss Marple
- 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
- 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
- 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: A Murder Is Announced 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 · Miss Marple The Complete Collection as Miss Marple
- 1983 · The Wicked Lady as Aunt Agatha
- 1981 · Great Expectations as Miss Havisham
- 1981 · A Ferry Ride Away as Mrs. Massie
- 1980 · Bedroom Farce as Delia
- 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
- 1977 · That's Carry On! as Various Characters
- 1976 · Wedding Bells as
- 1976 · Baby Sitters as
- 1976 · On the Tiles as
- 1976 · Double Trouble as
- 1976 · The Big Kick as
- 1976 · Monkey Tricks as
- 1975 · One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing as Mrs Gibbons
- 1974 · South Riding as
- 1974 · Confessions of a Window Cleaner as Mrs. Radlett
- 1974 · Good Girl as
- 1974 · Within These Walls as
- 1973 · Carry On Girls as Mrs. Dukes
- 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
- 1972 · A Day in the Death of Joe Egg as Grace
- 1971 · Under And Over as
- 1971 · Budgie as Edith Broughton
- 1970 · Play for Today as Mother
- 1970 · Carry On Loving as Mrs Grubb
- 1970 · From a Bird's Eye View as Hilda Tuttle
- 1968 · Dracula as Mrs Weston
- 1968 · Ooh La La! as
- 1968 · Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter as Landlady
- 1966 · Mystery and Imagination as
- 1964 · Maggie as Maggie's mother
- 1963 · Our Man At St Mark's as
- 1963 · Heavens Above! as Housewife
- 1963 · Nurse on Wheels as Mrs. Wood
- 1962 · Crooks Anonymous as
- 1961 · Murder She Said as Mrs. Kidder
- 1961 · Raising the Wind as Mrs. Bostwick
- 1961 · His and Hers as Phoebe
- 1960 · Barnaby Rudge as
- 1960 · Tunes of Glory as
- 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 Matron
- 1958 · The Horse's Mouth as Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)
- 1958 · Charlesworth at Large as Miss Frisby
- 1958 · Law and Disorder as Aunt Florence
- 1958 · Happy Is the Bride as Mrs. Bowles
- 1957 · Barnacle Bill as Mrs. Kent
- 1957 · No Time for Tears as Sister Duckworth
- 1956 · Child in the House as Cook
- 1956 · The Man Who Never Was as Landlady
- 1956 · Lost as Chemist
- 1955 · Doctor at Sea as Mrs. Thomas
- 1955 · Dixon of Dock Green as Elsie Francis
- 1955 · As Long as They're Happy as Barmaid
- 1954 · What Every Woman Wants as Polly Ann Hadley
- 1954 · The Million Pound Note as Maggie
- 1953 · Deadly Nightshade as Mrs. Fenton
- 1952 · Hindle Wakes as Mrs Hawthorn
- 1952 · Come Back Peter as Mrs. Harris
- 1952 · Angels One Five as Housekeeper (Uncredited)
- 1952 · Curtain Up as Harry's Landlady
- 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 · Seven Days to Noon as Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett
- 1950 · Sunday Night Theatre as Mrs. Moore /Mrs. Bateman
- 1949 · Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora as Emily Haldane
- 1949 · When We Are Married as Mrs. Northrop
- 1949 · Marry Me as Mrs. Pearson
- 1948 · The Guinea Pig as Mrs. Read
- 1948 · Bond Street as Seamstress
- 1948 · This Was a Woman as Miss Johnson
- 1946 · The Trojan Brothers as Ada
- 1944 · Don't Take It to Heart as Mrs. Pike
- 1941 · Freedom Radio as Katie
- 1940 · Sailors Don't Care as Woman Carried Ashore
- 1938 · Second Thoughts as Ellen
- Future · Not At All as Mrs. K
- 1938 · I See Ice as Receptionist
- 1935 · Widow's Might as Burroughs