Joan Hickson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1906-08-05

Day of Death

1998-10-17

Place of Birth

Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK

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 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

Filmography (117)

⭐ 7.7 Role: Sister / Mrs. Dukes (archive footage) (uncredited)

What's a Carry On?

⭐ 5.1 Role: Mrs. Whitweather

Century

⭐ 7.4 Role: Miss Marple

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

⭐ 6.9 Role: Miss Marple

Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

⭐ 0 Role: Narrator

Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait

⭐ 7.0 Role: Duchess of Marlborough

King of the Wind

⭐ 6.5 Role: Miss Marple

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery

⭐ 7.4 Role: Miss Jane Marple

Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington

⭐ 6.6 Role: Miss Marple

Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage

⭐ 0 Role: Bea

Daylight Robbery

⭐ 6.2 Role: Mrs. Ellie Trellis

Clockwise

⭐ 5.0 Role: Aunt Agatha

The Wicked Lady

⭐ 0 Role: Mrs. Massie

A Ferry Ride Away

⭐ 8.0 Role: Widow

The Taming of the Shrew

⭐ 6.0 Role: Delia

Bedroom Farce

⭐ 6.7 Role: Mrs. Rivington

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

⭐ 5.9 Role: Mrs. Moody

Yanks

⭐ 5.8 Role: Sister / Mrs. May (archive footage)

That's Carry On!

⭐ 8.0 Role: Mother

Tiptoe Through the Tulips

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Wedding Bells

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

On the Tiles

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

The Big Kick

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Double Trouble

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Baby Sitters

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Monkey Tricks

⭐ 5.8 Role: Mrs Gibbons

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

South Riding

⭐ 5.0 Role: Mrs. Radlett

Confessions of a Window Cleaner

⭐ 5.7 Role: Mrs. Dukes

Carry On Girls

⭐ 6.7 Role: Mrs. Sprout

Theatre of Blood

⭐ 0 Role: Mrs. Hope-Rising

Just in Time for Christmas

⭐ 4.4 Role: Grace

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

⭐ 5.9 Role: Lady in Bookstore

Friends

⭐ 5.7 Role: Mrs Grubb

Carry On Loving

⭐ 10.0 Role: Mrs. Weston

Dracula

⭐ 5.3 Role: Landlady

Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter

⭐ 0 Role: Maggie's mother

Maggie

⭐ 0 Role: Mrs. Hudd

For King and Country: Out There

⭐ 6.6 Role: Housewife

Heavens Above!

⭐ 6.1 Role: Mrs. Wood

Nurse on Wheels

⭐ 6.1 Role: Landlady

I Thank a Fool

⭐ 6.4 Role: Miss Gibbs

In the Doghouse

⭐ 6.0 Role: Unknown

Crooks Anonymous

⭐ 7.3 Role: Mrs. Kidder

Murder She Said

⭐ 6.3 Role: Mrs. Bostwick

Raising the Wind

⭐ 6.3 Role: Matron

Carry On Regardless

⭐ 5.3 Role: Phoebe

His and Hers

⭐ 6.1 Role: Cook

No Kidding

⭐ 7.1 Role: Guest at Party (uncredited)

Tunes of Glory

⭐ 5.5 Role: Nurse (uncredited)

Doctor in Love

⭐ 6.3 Role: Mrs. May

Carry On Constable

⭐ 6.3 Role: Saleswoman

Please Turn Over

⭐ 5.8 Role: Rosemary

Upstairs and Downstairs

⭐ 6.3 Role: Miss Dobson

The 39 Steps

⭐ 6.4 Role: Sister

Carry On Nurse

⭐ 6.7 Role: Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)

The Horse's Mouth

⭐ 6.3 Role: Barmaid

Chain of Events

⭐ 6.4 Role: Aunt Florence

Law and Disorder

⭐ 7.0 Role: Mrs. Bowles

Happy Is the Bride

⭐ 6.6 Role: Mrs. Kent

Barnacle Bill

⭐ 6.0 Role: Sister Duckworth

No Time for Tears

⭐ 6.4 Role: Mother

Carry On Admiral

⭐ 6.6 Role: Cook

Child in the House

⭐ 6.2 Role: Mrs. Prynne

The Last Man to Hang

⭐ 6.0 Role: Rosalie Watchett

Port of Escape

⭐ 7.0 Role: Landlady

The Man Who Never Was

⭐ 6.8 Role: Chemist

Lost

⭐ 7.1 Role: Mrs. West

The Extra Day

⭐ 6.7 Role: Lady Emily Cranfield

Jumping for Joy

⭐ 6.4 Role: Piano Customer (uncredited)

An Alligator Named Daisy

⭐ 5.9 Role: Barmaid

Simon and Laura

⭐ 7.7 Role: Miss Edinger

A Time to Kill

⭐ 6.9 Role: Mrs. Perkins

Value for Money

⭐ 5.8 Role: Mrs. Thomas

Doctor at Sea

⭐ 7.5 Role: Barmaid

As Long as They're Happy

⭐ 6.5 Role: Mrs. Forster

Mad About Men

⭐ 5.8 Role: Pub Landlady

To Dorothy, a Son

⭐ 5.8 Role: Mrs. Jones

The Crowded Day

⭐ 7.8 Role: Mrs. Matthews

Dance Little Lady

⭐ 6.5 Role: Polly Ann Hadley

What Every Woman Wants

⭐ 5.5 Role: Mrs. Hardcastle

The House Across the Lake

⭐ 6.5 Role: Mrs. Groaker

Doctor in the House

⭐ 7.0 Role: Maggie

The Million Pound Note

⭐ 7.2 Role: Woman in Telephone Box (Uncredited)

Love in Pawn

⭐ 6.7 Role: Station Announcer

Rough Shoot

⭐ 6.8 Role: Mrs. Fenton

Deadly Nightshade

⭐ 5.4 Role: Mrs Hawthorn

Hindle Wakes

⭐ 8.0 Role: Mrs. Harris

Come Back Peter

⭐ 6.8 Role: The Waitress

Tall Headlines

⭐ 6.1 Role: Housekeeper (Uncredited)

Angels One Five

⭐ 7.2 Role: Harry's Landlady

Curtain Up

⭐ 7.0 Role: Mrs. Codleyn

The Card

⭐ 6.5 Role: Mrs Stukely

The Magic Box

⭐ 5.7 Role: Mrs. Ellis

High Treason

⭐ 6.0 Role: Hortense

Hell Is Sold Out

⭐ 6.8 Role: Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett

Seven Days to Noon

⭐ 6.3 Role: Mrs Ward

The Magnet

⭐ 7.0 Role: Emily Haldane

Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora

⭐ 0 Role: Mrs. Northrop

When We Are Married

⭐ 5.8 Role: Mrs. Pearson

Marry Me

⭐ 7.2 Role: Mrs. Read

The Guinea Pig

⭐ 6.9 Role: Seamstress

Bond Street

⭐ 5.7 Role: Miss Johnson

This Was a Woman

⭐ 7.8 Role: Mrs. Lane

Just William's Luck

⭐ 5.0 Role: Mother (uncredited)

So Well Remembered

⭐ 6.5 Role: Hotel Manageress

I See a Dark Stranger

⭐ 6.5 Role: Ada

The Trojan Brothers

⭐ 6.8 Role: Miss Parker

The Rake's Progress

⭐ 7.3 Role: Minor role (uncredited)

I Live in Grosvenor Square

⭐ 6.3 Role: Mrs. Pike

Don't Take It to Heart

⭐ 7.0 Role: Katie

Freedom Radio

⭐ 5.0 Role: Woman Carried Ashore (uncredited)

Sailors Don't Care

⭐ 6.5 Role: Receptionist

I See Ice

⭐ 0 Role: Ellen

Second Thoughts

⭐ 6.3 Role: Emmy

Love from a Stranger

⭐ 5.9 Role: Effie

The Man Who Could Work Miracles

⭐ 10.0 Role: Burroughs

Widow's Might