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Joan Hickson
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 several years throughout the United Kingdom and achieved success playing comedic, often eccentric... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Century as Mrs. Whitweather | 1993-12-31 |
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side as Miss Marple | 1992-12-27 |
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors as Miss Marple | 1991-12-29 |
Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait as Narrator | 1990-09-20 |
King of the Wind as Duchess of Marlborough | 1990-05-25 |
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery as Miss Marple | 1989-12-25 |
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington as Miss Jane Marple | 1987-02-25 |
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage as Miss Marple | 1986-12-25 |
Daylight Robbery as Bea | 1986-07-16 |
Clockwise as Mrs. Ellie Trellis | 1986-03-01 |
The Wicked Lady as Aunt Agatha | 1983-04-21 |
A Ferry Ride Away as Mrs. Massie | 1981-07-22 |
The Taming of the Shrew as Widow | 1980-10-23 |
Bedroom Farce as Delia | 1980-09-28 |
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? as Mrs. Rivington | 1980-03-30 |
Yanks as Mrs. Moody | 1979-09-01 |
That's Carry On! as Various Characters | 1977-11-10 |
Tiptoe Through the Tulips as Mother | 1976-03-16 |
The Big Kick | 1976-01-01 |
Monkey Tricks | 1976-01-01 |
On the Tiles | 1976-01-01 |
Baby Sitters | 1976-01-01 |
Wedding Bells | 1976-01-01 |
Double Trouble | 1976-01-01 |
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing as Mrs Gibbons | 1975-07-09 |
South Riding | 1974-09-16 |
Confessions of a Window Cleaner as Mrs. Radlett | 1974-08-16 |
Carry On Girls as Mrs. Dukes | 1973-11-09 |
Theatre of Blood as Mrs. Sprout | 1973-03-16 |
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg as Grace | 1972-05-01 |
Friends as Lady in Bookstore | 1971-03-24 |
Carry On Loving as Mrs Grubb | 1970-09-20 |
Dracula as Mrs Weston | 1968-11-18 |
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter as Landlady | 1968-01-22 |
Maggie as Maggie's mother | 1964-01-25 |
Heavens Above! as Housewife | 1963-05-20 |
Nurse on Wheels as Mrs. Wood | 1963-01-03 |
I Thank a Fool as Landlady | 1962-09-14 |
In the Doghouse as Miss Gibbs | 1962-05-17 |
Crooks Anonymous | 1962-03-31 |
Murder She Said as Mrs. Kidder | 1961-09-26 |
Raising the Wind as Mrs. Bostwick | 1961-09-06 |
Carry On Regardless as Matron | 1961-04-04 |
His and Hers as Phoebe | 1961-01-01 |
No Kidding as Cook | 1960-11-01 |
Doctor in Love as Nurse | 1960-07-12 |
Carry On Constable as Mrs. May | 1960-02-22 |
Please Turn Over as Saleswoman | 1959-12-17 |
Upstairs and Downstairs as Rosemary | 1959-11-02 |
The 39 Steps as Miss Dobson | 1959-03-13 |
Carry On Nurse as Matron | 1959-01-30 |
The Horse's Mouth as Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited) | 1958-11-11 |
Chain of Events as Barmaid | 1958-09-30 |
Law and Disorder as Aunt Florence | 1958-06-09 |
Happy Is the Bride as Mrs. Bowles | 1958-03-04 |
Barnacle Bill as Mrs. Kent | 1957-12-17 |
No Time for Tears as Sister Duckworth | 1957-10-04 |
Carry on Admiral as Mother | 1957-05-14 |
Child in the House as Cook | 1956-08-14 |
The Last Man to Hang as Mrs. Prynne | 1956-08-01 |
Port of Escape as Rosalie Watchett | 1956-05-01 |
The Man Who Never Was as Landlady | 1956-04-03 |
Lost as Chemist | 1956-01-31 |
Jumping for Joy as Lady Emily Cranfield | 1956-01-01 |
The Extra Day as Mrs. West | 1956-01-01 |
An Alligator Named Daisy as Piano Customer (uncredited) | 1955-12-13 |
Simon and Laura as Barmaid | 1955-11-02 |
A Time to Kill as Miss Edinger | 1955-11-01 |
Value for Money as Mrs. Perkins | 1955-08-09 |
Doctor at Sea as Mrs. Thomas | 1955-07-12 |
As Long as They're Happy as Barmaid | 1955-03-15 |
Mad About Men as Mrs. Forster | 1954-11-16 |
To Dorothy, a Son as Pub Landlady | 1954-10-31 |
The Crowded Day as Mrs. Jones | 1954-10-01 |
Dance Little Lady as Mrs. Matthews | 1954-07-13 |
What Every Woman Wants as Polly Ann Hadley | 1954-06-10 |
The House Across the Lake as Mrs. Hardcastle | 1954-04-16 |
Doctor in the House as Mrs. Groaker | 1954-03-23 |
The Million Pound Note as Maggie | 1954-01-07 |
Love in Pawn as Woman in Telephone Box (Uncredited) | 1953-11-23 |
Rough Shoot as Station Announcer | 1953-03-30 |
Deadly Nightshade as Mrs. Fenton | 1953-03-01 |
Hindle Wakes as Mrs Hawthorn | 1952-11-10 |
Come Back Peter as Mrs. Harris | 1952-10-31 |
Tall Headlines as The Waitress | 1952-04-15 |
Angels One Five as Housekeeper (Uncredited) | 1952-03-19 |
Curtain Up as Harry's Landlady | 1952-03-12 |
The Card as Mrs. Codleyn | 1952-02-25 |
The Magic Box as Mrs Stukely | 1952-01-01 |
High Treason as Mrs. Ellis | 1951-11-13 |
Seven Days to Noon as Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett | 1950-10-30 |
The Magnet as Mrs Ward | 1950-10-01 |
Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora as Emily Haldane | 1949-08-29 |
When We Are Married as Mrs. Northrop | 1949-07-10 |
Marry Me as Mrs. Pearson | 1949-06-07 |
The Guinea Pig as Mrs. Read | 1948-10-26 |
Bond Street as Seamstress | 1948-05-12 |
This Was a Woman as Miss Johnson | 1948-01-27 |
Just William's Luck as Mrs. Lane | 1947-12-17 |
So Well Remembered as Mother (uncredited) | 1947-07-09 |
I See a Dark Stranger as Hotel Manageress | 1946-07-04 |
The Trojan Brothers as Ada | 1946-02-04 |
The Rake's Progress as Miss Parker | 1945-12-06 |
I Live in Grosvenor Square as Minor role (uncredited) | 1945-07-20 |
Don't Take It to Heart as Mrs. Pike | 1944-11-13 |
Freedom Radio as Katie | 1941-02-04 |
Sailors Don't Care as Woman Carried Ashore | 1940-12-28 |
I See Ice as Receptionist | 1938-02-10 |
Second Thoughts as Ellen | 1938-01-01 |
Love from a Stranger as Emmy | 1937-04-18 |
The Man Who Could Work Miracles as Effie | 1936-07-23 |