Joan Hickson
Acting
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
Born: August 5, 1906
Place of Birth: Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Known For
Filmography
as Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Mrs. Whitweather
as Miss Marple
as Miss Marple
as Narrator
as Duchess of Marlborough
as Miss Marple
as Miss Jane Marple
as Miss Jane Marple
as Miss Jane Marple
as Miss Jane Marple
as Miss Marple
as Bea
as Mrs. Ellie Trellis
as Miss Wainwright
as Miss Jane Marple
as Miss Jane Marple
as Miss Marple
as Miss Marple
as Jane Marple
as Lady Harriet
as Aunt Agatha
as Miss Havisham
as Widow
as Carrie Esther Rapley
as Mrs. Rivington
as Mrs. Moody
as Sister / Mrs. May (archive footage)
as Mother
as Mrs Gibbons
as Mrs. Radlett
as Mrs. Dukes
as Mrs. Sprout
as Mrs. Chambers
as Elizabeth Penn
as Nurse
as Grace
as Edith Broughton
as Lady in Bookstore
as Mother
as Mrs Grubb
as Hilda Tuttle
as Mrs Weston
as Landlady
as Elsie Amble
as Housewife
as Mrs. Wood
as Landlady
as Miss Gibbs
as Mrs. Kidder
as Mrs. Bostwick
as Matron
as Phoebe
as Cook
as Guest at Party (uncredited)
as Mrs. Curtis
as Nurse
as Mrs. May
as Saleswoman
as Rosemary
as Miss Dobson
as Sister
as Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)
as Barmaid
as Aunt Florence
as Mrs. Bowles
as Mrs. Kent
as Sister Duckworth
as Mother
as Cook
as Mrs. Prynne
as Rosalie Watchett
as Landlady
as Chemist
as Mrs. West
as Lady Emily Cranfield
as Piano Customer (uncredited)
as Barmaid
as Miss Edinger
as Mrs. Perkins
as Mrs. Thomas
as Elsie Francis
as Barmaid
as Mrs. Forster
as Pub Landlady
as Mrs. Jones
as Mrs. Matthews
as Polly Ann Hadley
as Mrs. Hardcastle
as Mrs. Groaker
as Maggie
as Woman in Telephone Box (Uncredited)
as Station Announcer
as Mrs. Fenton
as Mrs Hawthorn
as Mrs. Harris
as The Waitress
as Housekeeper (Uncredited)
as Harry's Landlady
as Mrs. Codleyn
as Mrs Stukely
as Mrs. Ellis
as Hortense
as Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett
as Mrs Ward
as Mrs. Moore /Mrs. Bateman
as Emily Haldane
as Mrs. Pearson
as Mrs. Read
as Seamstress
as Miss Johnson
as Mrs. Lane
as Mother (uncredited)
as Hotel Manageress
as Miss Parker
as Minor role (uncredited)
as Mrs. Pike
as Katie
as Woman Carried Ashore (uncredited)
as Receptionist
as Ellen
as Emmy
as Effie