Joan Hickson

Known for ActingBorn 1906-08-05Died 1998-10-17Kingsthorpe, 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 encyclopediaRead more

Movies & web series

Dracula

Ooh La La!

Espionage

Widow's Might

Our Man At St Mark's

Miss Marple

The Taming of the Shrew

Tiptoe Through the Tulips

Sinister Street

What's a Carry On?

Miss Marple: The Moving Finger

Come Back Peter

Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington

Miss Marple: The Body in the Library

Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

Poor Little Rich Girls

Miss Marple: Nemesis

Lady Killers

Dance Little Lady

Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel

Just William's Luck

Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder

A Time to Kill

Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye

As Long as They're Happy

Strangers

The Gentle Touch

Screen Two

NET Playhouse

Murder She Said

Danger Man

King of the Wind

Budgie

Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

Theatre 625

I Live in Grosvenor Square

Our Mutual Friend

Love in Pawn

Curtain Up

ITV Playhouse

The Extra Day

Tunes of Glory

Happy Is the Bride

The Guinea Pig

The Man Who Never Was

Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage