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Joan Hickson

  • Born Aug. 5, 1906
  • Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
  • Died Oct. 17, 1998, aged 92

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 …

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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

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Acting (166)

Mrs. Sprout

Mrs. Kidder

Mrs. Ellie Trellis

Landlady

Maggie

Sister

Guest at Party (uncredited)

Mrs. Moody

Mrs. Dukes

Mrs. May

Miss Marple

Matron

Mrs Gibbons

Miss Marple

Mrs Grubb

Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)

Miss Jane Marple

Miss Jane Marple

Miss Jane Marple

Miss Jane Marple

Miss Marple

Miss Jane Marple

Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett

Miss Marple

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Mrs. Codleyn

Miss Marple

Mrs. Radlett

Miss Marple

Miss Dobson

Miss Jane Marple

Housekeeper (Uncredited)

Mrs. Groaker

Effie

Lady in Bookstore

Mrs. Hardcastle

Housewife

Aunt Agatha

Mrs. Thomas

Hotel Manageress

Mrs. Curtis

Mrs Stukely

Mrs. Kent

Mrs Ward

Mrs. Forster

Mrs. Chambers

Grace

Nurse (uncredited)

Mrs. Rivington

Mrs. Read

Mrs. Wood

Saleswoman

Delia

Mother (uncredited)

Barmaid

Barmaid

Emmy

Miss Parker

Mrs. Ellis

Mrs. Bostwick

Phoebe

Mother

Mother

Minor role (uncredited)

Receptionist

Aunt Florence

Cook

Mrs. Jones

Miss Johnson

Pub Landlady

Rosemary

Mrs. Whitweather

Mrs. Prynne

Mrs. Perkins

Piano Customer (uncredited)

Mrs Hawthorn

Landlady

Miss Gibbs

Landlady

Mrs. Whiteweather

Widow

Mrs. Monkstown

Edith Broughton

Elizabeth Penn

Harry's Landlady

Mrs. Fenton

Duchess of Marlborough

Chemist

Miss Marple

Rosalie Watchett

Station Announcer

Nurse

Widow

Cook

Mrs. Pike

Mrs. Bowles

Woman in Telephone Box (Uncredited)

Mrs Weston

Mrs. West

Elsie Amble

Polly Ann Hadley

Barmaid

Seamstress

Mrs. Matthews

Elsie Francis

Katie

Mrs Henderson

Hortense

Mending Woman (uncredited)

Mrs. Lane

Mrs. Pearson

Sister Duckworth

Woman Carried Ashore (uncredited)

Miss Robinson

Miss Edinger

Hilda Tuttle

Miss Havisham

Matron / Mrs. Trix / Mrs. Massie

Lady Emily Cranfield

Mrs. Jenkins

Emily Haldane

Mrs. Harris

Mrs. Weston

Carrie Esther Rapley

Lady Harriet

Bea

Mrs. Moore /Mrs. Bateman

The Waitress

Ada

Ursula Garfield

Mrs. Varden

Delia

Sara Forsythe

Abbey Potterson

Mrs Cleghorne

Miss Wainwright

Mother

Burroughs

Mrs. Massie

Nancy

Narrator

Miss Frisby

Bea

Mrs. Hudd

Mrs Morrow

Mrs. Hope-Rising

Maggie's mother

Mrs. K

Ellen

Mrs Jenkins

Mrs. Carter

Mrs. Northrop

Miss Mackey

Appearances (2)

Sister / Mrs. May (archive footage)

Sister / Mrs. Dukes (archive footage) (uncredited)