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
Filmography (162 titles)
7.7MovieWhat's a Carry On?
Sister / Mrs. Dukes (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1998
5.1MovieCentury
Mrs. Whitweather · 1993
7.4MovieMiss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
Miss Marple · 1992
6.9MovieMiss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
Miss Marple · 1991
MovieAgatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait
Narrator · 1990
7.0MovieKing of the Wind
Duchess of Marlborough · 1990
6.6MovieMiss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Miss Marple · 1989
7.5MovieMiss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
Miss Jane Marple · 1987
7.4ShowMiss Marple: Nemesis
Miss Jane Marple · 1987
7.4ShowMiss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
Miss Jane Marple · 1987
7.4ShowMiss Marple: Sleeping Murder
Miss Jane Marple · 1987
6.6MovieMiss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
Miss Marple · 1986
MovieDaylight Robbery
Bea · 1986
6.0ShowScreenPlay
Bea · 1986
6.2MovieClockwise
Mrs. Ellie Trellis · 1986
4.0ShowTime for Murder
Miss Wainwright · 1985
7.3ShowMiss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
Miss Jane Marple · 1985
7.6ShowMiss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
Miss Jane Marple · 1985
7.7ShowMiss Marple: The Moving Finger
Miss Marple · 1985
7.1ShowScreen Two
Mrs. Whiteweather · 1985
7.5ShowMiss Marple: The Body in the Library
Miss Marple · 1984
7.5ShowPoor Little Rich Girls
Lady Harriet · 1984
Round And Round
1984
5.0MovieThe Wicked Lady
Aunt Agatha · 1983
6.3ShowGreat Expectations
Miss Havisham · 1981
A Ferry Ride Away
Mrs. Massie · 1981
8.0MovieThe Taming of the Shrew
Widow · 1980
Bedroom Farce
Delia · 1980
7.5ShowLady Killers
Carrie Esther Rapley · 1980
7.2ShowThe Gentle Touch
1980