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

Crown Court

Screen Two

No Hiding Place

Theatre 625

ITV Playhouse

All Movies (119)

What's a Carry On?1998 · as Sister / Mrs. Dukes (archive footage) (uncredited)
Century1993 · as Mrs. Whitweather
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side1992 · as Miss Marple
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors1991 · as Miss Marple
Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait1990 · as Narrator
King of the Wind1990 · as Duchess of Marlborough
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery1989 · as Miss Marple
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington1987 · as Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage1986 · as Miss Marple
Daylight Robbery1986 · as Bea
Clockwise1986 · as Mrs. Ellie Trellis
The Wicked Lady1983 · as Aunt Agatha
A Ferry Ride Away1981 · as Mrs. Massie
The Taming of the Shrew1980 · as Widow
Bedroom Farce1980 · as Delia
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?1980 · as Mrs. Rivington
Yanks1979 · as Mrs. Moody
That's Carry On!1977 · as Sister / Mrs. May (archive footage)
Tiptoe Through the Tulips1976 · as Mother
Wedding Bells1976
On the Tiles1976
The Big Kick1976
Double Trouble1976
Baby Sitters1976
Monkey Tricks1976
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing1975 · as Mrs Gibbons
South Riding1974
Confessions of a Window Cleaner1974 · as Mrs. Radlett
Carry On Girls1973 · as Mrs. Dukes
Theatre of Blood1973 · as Mrs. Sprout
After Loch Lomond1973 · as Nancy
Just in Time for Christmas1972 · as Mrs. Hope-Rising
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg1972 · as Grace
Friends1971 · as Lady in Bookstore
Carry On Loving1970 · as Mrs Grubb
Dracula1968 · as Mrs. Weston
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter1968 · as Landlady
Maggie1964 · as Maggie's mother
For King and Country: Out There1963 · as Mrs. Hudd
Heavens Above!1963 · as Housewife
Nurse on Wheels1963 · as Mrs. Wood
I Thank a Fool1962 · as Landlady
In the Doghouse1962 · as Miss Gibbs
Crooks Anonymous1962
Murder She Said1961 · as Mrs. Kidder
Raising the Wind1961 · as Mrs. Bostwick
Carry On Regardless1961 · as Matron
His and Hers1961 · as Phoebe
No Kidding1960 · as Cook
Tunes of Glory1960 · as Guest at Party (uncredited)
Doctor in Love1960 · as Nurse (uncredited)
Carry On Constable1960 · as Mrs. May
Please Turn Over1959 · as Saleswoman
Upstairs and Downstairs1959 · as Rosemary
The 39 Steps1959 · as Miss Dobson
Carry On Nurse1959 · as Sister
The Horse's Mouth1958 · as Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)
Chain of Events1958 · as Barmaid
Law and Disorder1958 · as Aunt Florence
Happy Is the Bride1958 · as Mrs. Bowles
Barnacle Bill1957 · as Mrs. Kent
No Time for Tears1957 · as Sister Duckworth
Carry On Admiral1957 · as Mother
Child in the House1956 · as Cook
The Last Man to Hang1956 · as Mrs. Prynne
Port of Escape1956 · as Rosalie Watchett
The Man Who Never Was1956 · as Landlady
Lost1956 · as Chemist
The Extra Day1956 · as Mrs. West
Jumping for Joy1956 · as Lady Emily Cranfield
An Alligator Named Daisy1955 · as Piano Customer (uncredited)
Simon and Laura1955 · as Barmaid
A Time to Kill1955 · as Miss Edinger
Value for Money1955 · as Mrs. Perkins
Doctor at Sea1955 · as Mrs. Thomas
As Long as They're Happy1955 · as Barmaid
Mad About Men1954 · as Mrs. Forster
To Dorothy, a Son1954 · as Pub Landlady
The Crowded Day1954 · as Mrs. Jones
Dance Little Lady1954 · as Mrs. Matthews
What Every Woman Wants1954 · as Polly Ann Hadley
The House Across the Lake1954 · as Mrs. Hardcastle
Doctor in the House1954 · as Mrs. Groaker
The Million Pound Note1954 · as Maggie
Love in Pawn1953 · as Woman in Telephone Box (Uncredited)
Rough Shoot1953 · as Station Announcer
Deadly Nightshade1953 · as Mrs. Fenton
Hindle Wakes1952 · as Mrs Hawthorn
Come Back Peter1952 · as Mrs. Harris
Tall Headlines1952 · as The Waitress
Angels One Five1952 · as Housekeeper (Uncredited)
Curtain Up1952 · as Harry's Landlady
The Card1952 · as Mrs. Codleyn
The Magic Box1952 · as Mrs Stukely
High Treason1951 · as Mrs. Ellis
Hell Is Sold Out1951 · as Hortense
Seven Days to Noon1950 · as Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett
The Magnet1950 · as Mrs Ward
Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora1949 · as Emily Haldane
When We Are Married1949 · as Mrs. Northrop
Marry Me1949 · as Mrs. Pearson
The Guinea Pig1948 · as Mrs. Read
Bond Street1948 · as Seamstress
This Was a Woman1948 · as Miss Johnson
Just William's Luck1947 · as Mrs. Lane
So Well Remembered1947 · as Mother (uncredited)
I See a Dark Stranger1946 · as Hotel Manageress
The Trojan Brothers1946 · as Ada
The Rake's Progress1945 · as Miss Parker
I Live in Grosvenor Square1945 · as Minor role (uncredited)
Don't Take It to Heart1944 · as Mrs. Pike
Freedom Radio1941 · as Katie
Sailors Don't Care1940 · as Woman Carried Ashore (uncredited)
I See Ice1938 · as Receptionist
Second Thoughts1938 · as Ellen
Love from a Stranger1937 · as Emmy
The Man Who Could Work Miracles1936 · as Effie
Widow's Might1935 · as Burroughs
Not At All— · as Mrs. K

All TV Shows (46)

Miss Marple: Nemesis1987 · as Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel1987 · as Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder1987 · as Miss Jane Marple
ScreenPlay1986 · as Bea
Time for Murder1985 · as Miss Wainwright
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye1985 · as Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced1985 · as Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger1985 · as Miss Marple
Screen Two1985 · as Mrs. Whiteweather
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library1984 · as Miss Marple
Poor Little Rich Girls1984 · as Lady Harriet
Round And Round1984
Great Expectations1981 · as Miss Havisham
Lady Killers1980 · as Carrie Esther Rapley
The Gentle Touch1980
The BBC Television Shakespeare1978 · as Widow
Strangers1978 · as Miss Robinson
Our Mutual Friend1976 · as Abbey Potterson
Good Girl1974 · as Mrs Morrow
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?1973 · as Mrs. Chambers
Crown Court1972 · as Elizabeth Penn
Sykes1972 · as Nurse
Under And Over1971
Budgie1971 · as Edith Broughton
Play for Today1970 · as Mother
From a Bird's Eye View1970 · as Hilda Tuttle
W. Somerset Maugham1969 · as Mrs. Carter
Sinister Street1969 · as Mrs Cleghorne
Ooh La La!1968
ITV Playhouse1967 · as Matron
ITV Playhouse1967 · as Mrs. Trix
ITV Playhouse1967 · as Mrs. Massie
NET Playhouse1966 · as Mrs. Jenkins
Mystery and Imagination1966 · as Mrs Weston
Thursday Theatre1964 · as Mrs. Jenkins
Theatre 6251964 · as Elsie Amble
Espionage1963 · as Sara Forsythe
Our Man At St Mark's1963
Barnaby Rudge1960
Barnaby Rudge1960 · as Mrs. Varden
Danger Man1960 · as Mrs. Curtis
No Hiding Place1959
Charlesworth at Large1958 · as Miss Frisby
Armchair Theatre1956 · as Mrs. Monkstown
Dixon of Dock Green1955 · as Elsie Francis
Sunday Night Theatre1950 · as Mrs. Moore /Mrs. Bateman