Joan Hickson
Born in Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK — Aug 05 1906• Died Oct 17 1998
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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 (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 he…
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Mother
Crown Court
Elizabeth Penn
Theatre 625
Elsie Amble
Sunday Night Theatre
Mrs. Moore /Mrs. Bateman
No Hiding Place
Danger Man
Mrs. Curtis
Sykes
Nurse
Dixon of Dock Green
Elsie Francis
Budgie
Edith Broughton
Mystery and Imagination
Mrs Weston
Strangers
Miss Robinson
Lady Killers
Carrie Esther Rapley
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Mrs. Chambers
The Gentle Touch
Ooh La La!
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
Miss Jane Marple
Our Man At St Mark's
Time for Murder
Miss Wainwright
Our Mutual Friend
Abbey Potterson
From a Bird's Eye View
Hilda Tuttle
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library
Miss Marple
Miss Marple: Nemesis
Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
Miss Jane Marple
Carry On Nurse
Sister
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
Miss Marple
Barnaby Rudge
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
Miss Jane Marple
Armchair Theatre
Mrs. Monkstown
Theatre of Blood
Mrs. Sprout
The Wicked Lady
Aunt Agatha
Sinister Street
Mrs Cleghorne
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
Miss Marple
The Million Pound Note
Maggie
Carry On Regardless
Matron
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
Mrs. Radlett
Clockwise
Mrs. Ellie Trellis
Angels One Five
Housekeeper (Uncredited)
Doctor in the House
Mrs. Groaker
Murder She Said
Mrs. Kidder
Yanks
Mrs. Moody
The Man Who Never Was
Landlady
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
Miss Jane Marple
What's a Carry On?
Sister / Mrs. Dukes (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charlesworth at Large
Miss Frisby
Lost
Chemist
The Last Man to Hang
Mrs. Prynne
Simon and Laura
Barmaid
The Horse's Mouth
Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)
Carry On Loving
Mrs Grubb
Friends
Lady in Bookstore
The Card
Mrs. Codleyn
King of the Wind
Duchess of Marlborough
Heavens Above!
Housewife
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
Miss Marple
His and Hers
Phoebe
The 39 Steps
Miss Dobson
Century
Mrs. Whitweather
Great Expectations
Miss Havisham
Nurse on Wheels
Mrs. Wood
That's Carry On!
Sister / Mrs. May (archive footage)
Marry Me
Mrs. Pearson
Barnacle Bill
Mrs. Kent
Law and Disorder
Aunt Florence
Tunes of Glory
Guest at Party (uncredited)
Raising the Wind
Mrs. Bostwick
Happy Is the Bride
Mrs. Bowles
The Magic Box
Mrs Stukely
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
Miss Marple
The Magnet
Mrs Ward
Under And Over
Doctor in Love
Nurse (uncredited)
I Thank a Fool
Landlady
Curtain Up
Harry's Landlady
So Well Remembered
Mother (uncredited)
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Mrs Gibbons
Doctor at Sea
Mrs. Thomas
I See a Dark Stranger
Hotel Manageress
Crooks Anonymous
Poor Little Rich Girls
Lady Harriet
An Alligator Named Daisy
Piano Customer (uncredited)
Freedom Radio
Katie
South Riding
The Taming of the Shrew
Widow
Hell Is Sold Out
Hortense
Bond Street
Seamstress
The Guinea Pig
Mrs. Read
Carry On Girls
Mrs. Dukes
Good Girl
Mrs Morrow
No Kidding
Cook
Don't Take It to Heart
Mrs. Pike
As Long as They're Happy
Barmaid
High Treason
Mrs. Ellis
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
Effie
Rough Shoot
Station Announcer
Mad About Men
Mrs. Forster
Carry On Constable
Mrs. May
Upstairs and Downstairs
Rosemary
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Mrs. Rivington
Monkey Tricks
On the Tiles
I See Ice
Receptionist
I Live in Grosvenor Square
Minor role (uncredited)
Maggie
Maggie's mother
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Grace
Chain of Events
Barmaid
Seven Days to Noon
Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Miss Marple
Dracula
Mrs. Weston
Bedroom Farce
Delia
Carry On Admiral
Mother
Value for Money
Mrs. Perkins
The Rake's Progress
Miss Parker
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
Landlady
The House Across the Lake
Mrs. Hardcastle
Wedding Bells
To Dorothy, a Son
Pub Landlady
Sailors Don't Care
Woman Carried Ashore (uncredited)
What Every Woman Wants
Polly Ann Hadley
Double Trouble
Please Turn Over
Saleswoman
Jumping for Joy
Lady Emily Cranfield
Child in the House
Cook
Port of Escape
Rosalie Watchett
Hindle Wakes
Mrs Hawthorn
Love in Pawn
Woman in Telephone Box (Uncredited)
A Time to Kill
Miss Edinger
The Crowded Day
Mrs. Jones
The Big Kick
Tall Headlines
The Waitress
The Trojan Brothers
Ada
No Time for Tears
Sister Duckworth
In the Doghouse
Miss Gibbs
This Was a Woman
Miss Johnson
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
Mother
Baby Sitters
Love from a Stranger
Emmy
The Extra Day
Mrs. West
For King and Country: Out There
Mrs. Hudd
Deadly Nightshade
Mrs. Fenton
Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora
Emily Haldane
Dance Little Lady
Mrs. Matthews
Just William's Luck
Mrs. Lane
Just in Time for Christmas
Mrs. Hope-Rising
Daylight Robbery
Bea
Come Back Peter
Mrs. Harris
Not At All
Mrs. K
When We Are Married
Mrs. Northrop
Widow's Might
Burroughs
Second Thoughts
Ellen
A Ferry Ride Away
Mrs. Massie
Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait
Narrator
After Loch Lomond
Nancy