Joan Hickson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

149

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

  • No Hiding Place

    No Hiding Place

  • Sykes

    Sykes

  • Dixon of Dock Green

    Dixon of Dock Green

  • Sunday Night Theatre

    Sunday Night Theatre

  • Danger Man

    Danger Man

  • Miss Marple: Nemesis

    Miss Marple: Nemesis

  • Lady Killers

    Lady Killers

  • King of the Wind

    King of the Wind

  • An Alligator Named Daisy

    An Alligator Named Daisy

  • The Card

    The Card

  • Raising the Wind

    Raising the Wind

  • The Magic Box

    The Magic Box

  • Budgie

    Budgie

  • The Gentle Touch

    The Gentle Touch

  • Law and Disorder

    Law and Disorder

  • The Wicked Lady

    The Wicked Lady

  • Carry On Admiral

    Carry On Admiral

  • Miss Marple: The Body in the Library

    Miss Marple: The Body in the Library

  • Clockwise

    Clockwise

  • Upstairs and Downstairs

    Upstairs and Downstairs

  • Marry Me

    Marry Me

  • The Man Who Never Was

    The Man Who Never Was

  • Mystery and Imagination

    Mystery and Imagination

  • Port of Escape

    Port of Escape

  • Carry On Constable

    Carry On Constable

  • Deadly Nightshade

    Deadly Nightshade

  • Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

    Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

  • The Million Pound Note

    The Million Pound Note

  • Ooh La La!

    Ooh La La!

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

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

  • One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

    One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

  • No Time for Tears

    No Time for Tears

  • The 39 Steps

    The 39 Steps

  • What Every Woman Wants

    What Every Woman Wants

  • Widow's Might

    Widow's Might

  • What's a Carry On?

    What's a Carry On?

  • Wedding Bells

    Wedding Bells

  • So Well Remembered

    So Well Remembered

  • Hell Is Sold Out

    Hell Is Sold Out

  • Miss Marple: The Moving Finger

    Miss Marple: The Moving Finger

  • Angels One Five

    Angels One Five

  • High Treason

    High Treason

  • Value for Money

    Value for Money

  • The House Across the Lake

    The House Across the Lake

  • Mad About Men

    Mad About Men

  • Carry On Nurse

    Carry On Nurse

  • Chain of Events

    Chain of Events

  • Don't Take It to Heart

    Don't Take It to Heart

  • Lost

    Lost

  • The Crowded Day

    The Crowded Day

  • I Thank a Fool

    I Thank a Fool

  • Carry On Loving

    Carry On Loving

  • Love from a Stranger

    Love from a Stranger

  • I See a Dark Stranger

    I See a Dark Stranger

  • A Time to Kill

    A Time to Kill

  • Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye

    Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye

  • After Loch Lomond

    After Loch Lomond

  • Jumping for Joy

    Jumping for Joy

  • Monkey Tricks

    Monkey Tricks

  • Doctor in the House

    Doctor in the House

  • Come Back Peter

    Come Back Peter

  • Theatre of Blood

    Theatre of Blood

  • Rough Shoot

    Rough Shoot

  • I Live in Grosvenor Square

    I Live in Grosvenor Square

  • Tiptoe Through the Tulips

    Tiptoe Through the Tulips

  • The Magnet

    The Magnet

  • Love in Pawn

    Love in Pawn

  • The Extra Day

    The Extra Day

  • Bond Street

    Bond Street

  • Barnacle Bill

    Barnacle Bill

  • Doctor in Love

    Doctor in Love

  • Daylight Robbery

    Daylight Robbery

  • Confessions of a Window Cleaner

    Confessions of a Window Cleaner

  • Heavens Above!

    Heavens Above!

  • His and Hers

    His and Hers

  • Simon and Laura

    Simon and Laura

  • Carry On Regardless

    Carry On Regardless

  • Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel

    Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel

  • Doctor at Sea

    Doctor at Sea

  • Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery

    Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery

  • Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

    Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

  • Please Turn Over

    Please Turn Over

  • Our Man At St Mark's

    Our Man At St Mark's

  • South Riding

    South Riding

  • No Kidding

    No Kidding

  • Barnaby Rudge

    Barnaby Rudge

  • Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder

    Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder

  • From a Bird's Eye View

    From a Bird's Eye View

  • Century

    Century

  • Double Trouble

    Double Trouble

  • Just in Time for Christmas

    Just in Time for Christmas

  • The Rake's Progress

    The Rake's Progress

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

    Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter

  • Time for Murder

    Time for Murder

  • This Was a Woman

    This Was a Woman

  • Tunes of Glory

    Tunes of Glory

  • The Big Kick

    The Big Kick

  • Tall Headlines

    Tall Headlines

  • A Ferry Ride Away

    A Ferry Ride Away

  • A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

    A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

  • Dracula

    Dracula

  • Crooks Anonymous

    Crooks Anonymous

  • Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait

    Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait

  • Murder She Said

    Murder She Said

  • Carry On Girls

    Carry On Girls

  • As Long as They're Happy

    As Long as They're Happy

  • Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington

    Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington

  • Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

    Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

  • Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage

    Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage

  • In the Doghouse

    In the Doghouse

  • Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

  • Yanks

    Yanks

  • Curtain Up

    Curtain Up

  • Friends

    Friends

  • When We Are Married

    When We Are Married

  • The Horse's Mouth

    The Horse's Mouth

  • I See Ice

    I See Ice

  • That's Carry On!

    That's Carry On!

  • Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

    Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

  • To Dorothy, a Son

    To Dorothy, a Son

  • On the Tiles

    On the Tiles

  • The Guinea Pig

    The Guinea Pig

  • The Taming of the Shrew

    The Taming of the Shrew

  • Charlesworth at Large

    Charlesworth at Large

  • Nurse on Wheels

    Nurse on Wheels

  • Good Girl

    Good Girl

  • Dance Little Lady

    Dance Little Lady

  • The Last Man to Hang

    The Last Man to Hang

  • Under And Over

    Under And Over

  • Just William's Luck

    Just William's Luck

  • Sinister Street

    Sinister Street

  • Seven Days to Noon

    Seven Days to Noon

  • Poor Little Rich Girls

    Poor Little Rich Girls

  • The Man Who Could Work Miracles

    The Man Who Could Work Miracles

  • Bedroom Farce

    Bedroom Farce

  • Baby Sitters

    Baby Sitters

  • Happy Is the Bride

    Happy Is the Bride

  • Maggie

    Maggie

  • Sailors Don't Care

    Sailors Don't Care

  • Miss Marple

    Miss Marple

  • Child in the House

    Child in the House

  • Freedom Radio

    Freedom Radio

  • Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora

    Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora

  • Hindle Wakes

    Hindle Wakes

  • Not At All

    Not At All

  • The Trojan Brothers

    The Trojan Brothers

  • Second Thoughts

    Second Thoughts