Joan Hickson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

153

Gender

Female

Birthday

1906-08-05

Day of death

1998-10-17 (92 years old)

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

Known For

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Crown Court

    Crown Court

  • Theatre 625

    Theatre 625

  • Clockwise

    Clockwise

  • Double Trouble

    Double Trouble

  • No Hiding Place

    No Hiding Place

  • King of the Wind

    King of the Wind

  • Dracula

    Dracula

  • Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye

    Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye

  • South Riding

    South Riding

  • Sunday Night Theatre

    Sunday Night Theatre

  • Miss Marple: The Moving Finger

    Miss Marple: The Moving Finger

  • Curtain Up

    Curtain Up

  • Danger Man

    Danger Man

  • Bond Street

    Bond Street

  • Miss Marple: The Body in the Library

    Miss Marple: The Body in the Library

  • Crooks Anonymous

    Crooks Anonymous

  • Friends

    Friends

  • The Extra Day

    The Extra Day

  • Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder

    Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder

  • Heavens Above!

    Heavens Above!

  • Miss Marple: Nemesis

    Miss Marple: Nemesis

  • Tunes of Glory

    Tunes of Glory

  • Theatre of Blood

    Theatre of Blood

  • Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel

    Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel

  • On the Tiles

    On the Tiles

  • Ooh La La!

    Ooh La La!

  • Sykes

    Sykes

  • Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage

    Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage

  • I See Ice

    I See Ice

  • Lady Killers

    Lady Killers

  • Doctor in Love

    Doctor in Love

  • Yanks

    Yanks

  • Mystery and Imagination

    Mystery and Imagination

  • Wedding Bells

    Wedding Bells

  • Dixon of Dock Green

    Dixon of Dock Green

  • Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

    Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

  • Just William's Luck

    Just William's Luck

  • Budgie

    Budgie

  • Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait

    Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait

  • Simon and Laura

    Simon and Laura

  • The Wicked Lady

    The Wicked Lady

  • Love from a Stranger

    Love from a Stranger

  • The Gentle Touch

    The Gentle Touch

  • Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

    Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

  • Carry On Girls

    Carry On Girls

  • Baby Sitters

    Baby Sitters

  • Happy Is the Bride

    Happy Is the Bride

  • I See a Dark Stranger

    I See a Dark Stranger

  • So Well Remembered

    So Well Remembered

  • Rough Shoot

    Rough Shoot

  • Our Man At St Mark's

    Our Man At St Mark's

  • Bedroom Farce

    Bedroom Farce

  • I Thank a Fool

    I Thank a Fool

  • Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington

    Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington

  • Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

    Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

  • Murder She Said

    Murder She Said

  • The Crowded Day

    The Crowded Day

  • From a Bird's Eye View

    From a Bird's Eye View

  • When We Are Married

    When We Are Married

  • Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

  • In the Doghouse

    In the Doghouse

  • The Million Pound Note

    The Million Pound Note

  • His and Hers

    His and Hers

  • Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

    Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

  • Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery

    Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery

  • Sailors Don't Care

    Sailors Don't Care

  • Our Mutual Friend

    Our Mutual Friend

  • Daylight Robbery

    Daylight Robbery

  • The Man Who Never Was

    The Man Who Never Was

  • Barnaby Rudge

    Barnaby Rudge

  • Carry On Nurse

    Carry On Nurse

  • The Magic Box

    The Magic Box

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

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

  • High Treason

    High Treason

  • Confessions of a Window Cleaner

    Confessions of a Window Cleaner

  • The 39 Steps

    The 39 Steps

  • Mad About Men

    Mad About Men

  • Time for Murder

    Time for Murder

  • Poor Little Rich Girls

    Poor Little Rich Girls

  • Century

    Century

  • Miss Marple

    Miss Marple

  • Carry On Constable

    Carry On Constable

  • Doctor at Sea

    Doctor at Sea

  • Barnacle Bill

    Barnacle Bill

  • The Trojan Brothers

    The Trojan Brothers

  • Carry On Regardless

    Carry On Regardless

  • The Card

    The Card

  • The Guinea Pig

    The Guinea Pig

  • Seven Days to Noon

    Seven Days to Noon

  • Sinister Street

    Sinister Street

  • Charlesworth at Large

    Charlesworth at Large

  • Nurse on Wheels

    Nurse on Wheels

  • Carry On Loving

    Carry On Loving

  • That's Carry On!

    That's Carry On!

  • Love in Pawn

    Love in Pawn

  • Hell Is Sold Out

    Hell Is Sold Out

  • Doctor in the House

    Doctor in the House

  • No Kidding

    No Kidding

  • Please Turn Over

    Please Turn Over

  • Lost

    Lost

  • Hindle Wakes

    Hindle Wakes

  • What Every Woman Wants

    What Every Woman Wants

  • Angels One Five

    Angels One Five

  • One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

    One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

  • Carry On Admiral

    Carry On Admiral

  • Marry Me

    Marry Me

  • Law and Disorder

    Law and Disorder

  • Maggie

    Maggie

  • Upstairs and Downstairs

    Upstairs and Downstairs

  • What's a Carry On?

    What's a Carry On?

  • Port of Escape

    Port of Escape

  • Raising the Wind

    Raising the Wind

  • As Long as They're Happy

    As Long as They're Happy

  • No Time for Tears

    No Time for Tears

  • The Man Who Could Work Miracles

    The Man Who Could Work Miracles

  • The Magnet

    The Magnet

  • I Live in Grosvenor Square

    I Live in Grosvenor Square

  • Value for Money

    Value for Money

  • Just in Time for Christmas

    Just in Time for Christmas

  • Tall Headlines

    Tall Headlines

  • Freedom Radio

    Freedom Radio

  • Don't Take It to Heart

    Don't Take It to Heart

  • The Horse's Mouth

    The Horse's Mouth

  • A Time to Kill

    A Time to Kill

  • Under And Over

    Under And Over

  • For King and Country: Out There

    For King and Country: Out There

  • The House Across the Lake

    The House Across the Lake

  • Jumping for Joy

    Jumping for Joy

  • An Alligator Named Daisy

    An Alligator Named Daisy

  • Deadly Nightshade

    Deadly Nightshade

  • Child in the House

    Child in the House

  • To Dorothy, a Son

    To Dorothy, a Son

  • The Taming of the Shrew

    The Taming of the Shrew

  • Second Thoughts

    Second Thoughts

  • Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora

    Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora

  • The Last Man to Hang

    The Last Man to Hang

  • Chain of Events

    Chain of Events

  • This Was a Woman

    This Was a Woman

  • The Big Kick

    The Big Kick

  • Good Girl

    Good Girl

  • A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

    A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

  • Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter

    Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter

  • The Rake's Progress

    The Rake's Progress

  • Tiptoe Through the Tulips

    Tiptoe Through the Tulips

  • Come Back Peter

    Come Back Peter

  • Monkey Tricks

    Monkey Tricks

  • Dance Little Lady

    Dance Little Lady

  • After Loch Lomond

    After Loch Lomond

  • Not At All

    Not At All

  • Widow's Might

    Widow's Might

  • A Ferry Ride Away

    A Ferry Ride Away

  • Miss Marple

    Miss Marple