Joan Hickson

Joan Hickson

1906-08-05 – 1998-10-17 (age 92) Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
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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 (nÊe 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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Known For

The Million Pound Note
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
The Man Who Never Was
The Man Who Never Was

1956

as Landlady

Murder She Said
Murder She Said

1961

as Mrs. Kidder

Carry On Nurse
Carry On Nurse

1959

as Sister

The Card
The Card

1952

as Mrs. Codleyn

Confessions of a Window Cleaner
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
The Wicked Lady
The Wicked Lady

1983

as Aunt Agatha

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington

1987

as Miss Jane Marple

The Horse's Mouth
The Horse's Mouth

1958

as Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)

Theatre of Blood
Theatre of Blood

1973

as Mrs. Sprout

Lost
Lost

1956

as Chemist

Carry On Girls
Carry On Girls

1973

as Mrs. Dukes

Friends
Friends

1971

as Lady in Bookstore

Yanks
Yanks

1979

as Mrs. Moody

The Magnet
The Magnet

1950

as Mrs Ward

Clockwise
Clockwise

1986

as Mrs. Ellie Trellis