Joan Hickson
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday5 August 1906
Died17 October 1998 (age 92)
Place of birthKingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Known credits166
Biography
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 se…
What's a Carry On?
1998 · Sister / Mrs. Dukes (archive footage) (uncredited)
Century
1993 · Mrs. Whitweather
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
1992 · Miss Marple
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
1991 · Miss Marple
Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait
1990 · Narrator
King of the Wind
1990 · Duchess of Marlborough
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989 · Miss Marple
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
1987 · Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: Nemesis
1987 · Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
1987 · Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
1987 · Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
1986 · Miss Marple
Daylight Robbery
1986 · Bea
ScreenPlay
1986 · Bea
Clockwise
1986 · Mrs. Ellie Trellis
Time for Murder
1985 · Miss Wainwright
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
1985 · Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
1985 · Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
1985 · Miss Marple
Screen Two
1985 · Mrs. Whiteweather
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library
1984 · Miss Marple
Miss Marple
1984 · Miss Marple
Poor Little Rich Girls
1984 · Lady Harriet
Round And Round
1984
The Wicked Lady
1983 · Aunt Agatha
Great Expectations
1981 · Miss Havisham
A Ferry Ride Away
1981 · Mrs. Massie
The Taming of the Shrew
1980 · Widow
Bedroom Farce
1980 · Delia
Lady Killers
1980 · Carrie Esther Rapley
The Gentle Touch
1980
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
1980 · Mrs. Rivington
Yanks
1979 · Mrs. Moody
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978 · Widow
Strangers
1978 · Miss Robinson
That's Carry On!
1977 · Sister / Mrs. May (archive footage)
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
1976 · Mother
Our Mutual Friend
1976 · Abbey Potterson
Wedding Bells
1976
On the Tiles
1976
The Big Kick
1976
Double Trouble
1976
Baby Sitters
1976
Monkey Tricks
1976
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975 · Mrs Gibbons
South Riding
1974
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
1974 · Mrs. Radlett
Good Girl
1974 · Mrs Morrow
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