Joan Hickson
Acting
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
Known for
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movieWhat's a Carry On?
1998
Sister / Mrs. Dukes (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieCentury
1993
Mrs. Whitweather
movieKing of the Wind
1990
Duchess of Marlborough
movieMiss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989
Miss Marple
movieMiss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
1987
Miss Jane Marple
tvMiss Marple: Nemesis
1987
Miss Jane Marple
tvMiss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
1987
Miss Jane Marple
tvMiss Marple: Sleeping Murder
1987
Miss Jane Marple
movieClockwise
1986
Mrs. Ellie Trellis
tvTime for Murder
1985
Miss Wainwright
tvMiss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
1985
Miss Jane Marple
tvMiss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
1985
Miss Jane Marple
tvMiss Marple: The Moving Finger
1985
Miss Marple
tvScreen Two
1985
Mrs. Whiteweather
tvMiss Marple: The Body in the Library
1984
Miss Marple
tvPoor Little Rich Girls
1984
Lady Harriet
movieThe Wicked Lady
1983
Aunt Agatha
tvGreat Expectations
1981
Miss Havisham
A Ferry Ride Away
1981
Mrs. Massie
tvLady Killers
1980
Carrie Esther Rapley
movieWhy Didn't They Ask Evans?
1980
Mrs. Rivington
movieYanks
1979
Mrs. Moody
tvStrangers
1978
Miss Robinson
movieThat's Carry On!
1977
Sister / Mrs. May (archive footage)
tvOur Mutual Friend
1976
Abbey Potterson
movieOne of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975
Mrs Gibbons
movieConfessions of a Window Cleaner
1974
Mrs. Radlett
Good Girl
1974
Mrs Morrow
tvHappy Ever After
1974
Mrs Henderson
movieCarry On Girls
1973
Mrs. Dukes
movieTheatre of Blood
1973
Mrs. Sprout
tvWhatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973
Mrs. Chambers
Just in Time for Christmas
1972
Mrs. Hope-Rising
tvCrown Court
1972
Elizabeth Penn
tvSykes
1972
Nurse
tvBudgie
1971
Edith Broughton
movieFriends
1971
Lady in Bookstore
tvPlay for Today
1970
Mother
movieCarry On Loving
1970
Mrs Grubb
tvFrom a Bird's Eye View
1970
Hilda Tuttle
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
Mrs. Carter
tvSinister Street
1969
Mrs Cleghorne
movieDracula
1968
Mrs. Weston
tvITV Playhouse
1967
Matron / Mrs. Trix / Mrs. Massie
tvNET Playhouse
1966
Mrs. Jenkins
tvMystery and Imagination
1966
Mrs Weston
Thursday Theatre
1964
Mrs. Jenkins
tvTheatre 625
1964
Elsie Amble
Maggie
1964
Maggie's mother
tvEspionage
1963
Sara Forsythe
movieHeavens Above!
1963
Housewife
movieNurse on Wheels
1963
Mrs. Wood
movieI Thank a Fool
1962
Landlady
movieIn the Doghouse
1962
Miss Gibbs
movieMurder She Said
1961
Mrs. Kidder
movieRaising the Wind
1961
Mrs. Bostwick
movieHis and Hers
1961
Phoebe
tvBarnaby Rudge
1960
Mrs. Varden
movieTunes of Glory
1960
Guest at Party (uncredited)
tvDanger Man
1960
Mrs. Curtis
movieDoctor in Love
1960
Nurse (uncredited)
movieCarry On Constable
1960
Mrs. May
moviePlease Turn Over
1959
Saleswoman
movieUpstairs and Downstairs
1959
Rosemary
movieThe 39 Steps
1959
Miss Dobson
movieCarry On Nurse
1959
Sister
movieThe Horse's Mouth
1958
Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)
movieChain of Events
1958
Barmaid
movieLaw and Disorder
1958
Aunt Florence
movieHappy Is the Bride
1958
Mrs. Bowles
movieBarnacle Bill
1957
Mrs. Kent
movieNo Time for Tears
1957
Sister Duckworth
movieThe Last Man to Hang
1956
Mrs. Prynne
tvArmchair Theatre
1956
Mrs. Monkstown
moviePort of Escape
1956
Rosalie Watchett
movieThe Man Who Never Was
1956
Landlady
movieLost
1956
Chemist
movieThe Extra Day
1956
Mrs. West
movieJumping for Joy
1956
Lady Emily Cranfield
movieAn Alligator Named Daisy
1955
Piano Customer (uncredited)
movieSimon and Laura
1955
Barmaid
movieA Time to Kill
1955
Miss Edinger
movieValue for Money
1955
Mrs. Perkins
movieDoctor at Sea
1955
Mrs. Thomas
tvDixon of Dock Green
1955
Elsie Francis
movieMad About Men
1954
Mrs. Forster
movieTo Dorothy, a Son
1954
Pub Landlady
movieThe Crowded Day
1954
Mrs. Jones
movieDance Little Lady
1954
Mrs. Matthews
movieWhat Every Woman Wants
1954
Polly Ann Hadley
movieThe House Across the Lake
1954
Mrs. Hardcastle
movieDoctor in the House
1954
Mrs. Groaker
movieLove in Pawn
1953
Woman in Telephone Box (Uncredited)
movieRough Shoot
1953
Station Announcer
movieDeadly Nightshade
1953
Mrs. Fenton
movieHindle Wakes
1952
Mrs Hawthorn
movieCome Back Peter
1952
Mrs. Harris
movieTall Headlines
1952
The Waitress
movieAngels One Five
1952
Housekeeper (Uncredited)
movieCurtain Up
1952
Harry's Landlady
movieThe Card
1952
Mrs. Codleyn
movieThe Magic Box
1952
Mrs Stukely
movieHigh Treason
1951
Mrs. Ellis
movieHell Is Sold Out
1951
Hortense
movieSeven Days to Noon
1950
Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett
movieThe Magnet
1950
Mrs Ward
tvSunday Night Theatre
1950
Mrs. Moore /Mrs. Bateman
When We Are Married
1949
Mrs. Northrop
movieMarry Me
1949
Mrs. Pearson
movieThe Guinea Pig
1948
Mrs. Read
movieBond Street
1948
Seamstress
movieThis Was a Woman
1948
Miss Johnson
movieJust William's Luck
1947
Mrs. Lane
movieSo Well Remembered
1947
Mother (uncredited)
movieI See a Dark Stranger
1946
Hotel Manageress
movieThe Rake's Progress
1945
Miss Parker
movieI Live in Grosvenor Square
1945
Minor role (uncredited)
movieDon't Take It to Heart
1944
Mrs. Pike
movieSailors Don't Care
1940
Woman Carried Ashore (uncredited)
movieI See Ice
1938
Receptionist
movieWidow's Might
1935
Burroughs