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Joan Hickson

Joan Hickson

Birthday: 1906-08-05 | Place of Birth: Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK

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

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1993
Century

as    Mrs. Whitweather

1991
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

as    Miss Marple

1990
1989
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery

as    Miss Marple

1987
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington

as    Miss Jane Marple

1987
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel

as    Miss Jane Marple

1987
Miss Marple: Nemesis

as    Miss Jane Marple

1987
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder

as    Miss Jane Marple

1987
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder

as    Miss Jane Marple

1987
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel

as    Miss Marple

1987
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder

as    Miss Marple

1987
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder

as    Miss Marple

1986
1986
Clockwise

as    Mrs. Ellie Trellis

1985
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

as    Miss Jane Marple

1985
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye

as    Miss Jane Marple

1985
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye

as    Miss 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 Body in the Library

as    Miss Marple

1984
Miss Marple

as    Miss Marple

1984
Miss Marple The Complete Collection

as    Miss Marple

1983
The Wicked Lady

as    Aunt Agatha

1981
A Ferry Ride Away

as    Mrs. Massie

1980
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

as    Mrs. Rivington

1980
The Taming of the Shrew

as    Widow