
Joan Hickson
Born
August 5, 1906
Died
October 17, 1998 (92 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Joan Bogle Hickson OBE 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.
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Known For

What's a Carry On?
Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998

The Taming of the Shrew
Widow
1980
Bedroom Farce
Delia
1980

Yanks
Mrs. Moody
1979

That's Carry On!
Various Characters
1977

Carry On Girls
Mrs. Dukes
1973

Theatre of Blood
Mrs. Sprout
1973

Friends
Lady in Bookstore
1971

Dracula
Mrs Weston
1968

Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
Landlady
1968

Nurse on Wheels
Mrs. Wood
1963

I Thank a Fool
Landlady
1962

Murder She Said
Mrs. Kidder
1961

Raising the Wind
Mrs. Bostwick
1961

Carry On Regardless
Matron
1961

His and Hers
Phoebe
1961

No Kidding
Cook
1960

Carry On Constable
Mrs. May
1960

Please Turn Over
Saleswoman
1959

Carry On Nurse
Matron
1959

Happy Is the Bride
Mrs. Bowles
1958

The Extra Day
Mrs. West
1956

Value for Money
Mrs. Perkins
1955

Doctor at Sea
Mrs. Thomas
1955

The House Across the Lake
Mrs. Hardcastle
1954

Deadly Nightshade
Mrs. Fenton
1953

Hindle Wakes
Mrs Hawthorn
1952

The Card
Mrs. Codleyn
1952

High Treason
Mrs. Ellis
1951

Seven Days to Noon
Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett
1950

The Magnet
Mrs Ward
1950

So Well Remembered
Mother (uncredited)
1947

I See a Dark Stranger
Hotel Manageress
1946

The Rake's Progress
Miss Parker
1945

Don't Take It to Heart
Mrs. Pike
1944

Sailors Don't Care
Woman Carried Ashore
1940

I See Ice
Receptionist
1938

Second Thoughts
Ellen
1938
Not At All
Mrs. K

Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait
Narrator
1990

King of the Wind
Duchess of Marlborough
1990

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Miss Marple
1989

Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
Miss Jane Marple
1987
After Loch Lomond
Nancy
Poor Little Rich Girls
(7 episodes)
2004

Century
Mrs. Whitweather
1993

Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
Miss Marple
1992

Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
Miss Marple
1991

Miss Marple: Nemesis
Miss Jane Marple · (2 episodes)
1987

Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
Miss Jane Marple · (2 episodes)
1987

Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
Miss Jane Marple · (2 episodes)
1987

Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
Miss Marple
1986

Daylight Robbery
Bea
1986

Clockwise
Mrs. Ellie Trellis
1986

Time for Murder
Miss Wainwright · (1 episode)
1985

Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
Miss Jane Marple · (2 episodes)
1985

Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
Miss Jane Marple · (3 episodes)
1985

Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
Miss Marple · (2 episodes)
1985

Miss Marple: The Body in the Library
Miss Marple · (3 episodes)
1984

Miss Marple The Complete Collection
Miss Marple · (1 episode)
1984

The Wicked Lady
Aunt Agatha
1983

Great Expectations
Miss Havisham · (13 episodes)
1981
A Ferry Ride Away
Mrs. Massie
1981

Lady Killers
Carrie Esther Rapley · (1 episode)
1980

The Gentle Touch
(1 episode)
1980

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Mrs. Rivington
1980

The BBC Television Shakespeare
Widow · (1 episode)
1978

Tiptoe Through the Tulips
Mother
1976
Wedding Bells
1976
On the Tiles
1976
The Big Kick
1976
Double Trouble
1976
Baby Sitters
1976
Monkey Tricks
1976

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Mrs Gibbons
1975

South Riding
1974

Confessions of a Window Cleaner
Mrs. Radlett
1974
Good Girl
(6 episodes)
1974

Within These Walls
(1 episode)
1974

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Mrs. Chambers · (2 episodes)
1973

Crown Court
Elizabeth Penn · (2 episodes)
1972

Sykes
Nurse · (1 episode)
1972

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Grace
1972
Under And Over
(6 episodes)
1971

Budgie
Edith Broughton · (1 episode)
1971

Play for Today
Mother · (1 episode)
1970

Carry On Loving
Mrs Grubb
1970

From a Bird's Eye View
Hilda Tuttle · (1 episode)
1970
Sinister Street
Mrs. Cleghorne · (6 episodes)
1969
Ooh La La!
(1 episode)
1968

Mystery and Imagination
(1 episode)
1966
Maggie
Maggie's mother
1964

Our Man At St Mark's
(46 episodes)
1963

Heavens Above!
Housewife
1963

In the Doghouse
Miss Gibbs
1962

Crooks Anonymous
1962

Barnaby Rudge
(9 episodes)
1960

Tunes of Glory
1960

Danger Man
Mrs. Curtis · (1 episode)
1960

Doctor in Love
Nurse
1960

Upstairs and Downstairs
Rosemary
1959

No Hiding Place
(1 episode)
1959

The 39 Steps
Miss Dobson
1959

The Horse's Mouth
Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)
1958

Chain of Events
Barmaid
1958
Charlesworth at Large
Miss Frisby · (6 episodes)
1958

Law and Disorder
Aunt Florence
1958

Barnacle Bill
Mrs. Kent
1957

No Time for Tears
Sister Duckworth
1957

Carry On Admiral
Mother
1957

Child in the House
Cook
1956

The Last Man to Hang
Mrs. Prynne
1956

Port of Escape
Rosalie Watchett
1956

The Man Who Never Was
Landlady
1956

Lost
Chemist
1956

Jumping for Joy
Lady Emily Cranfield
1956

An Alligator Named Daisy
Piano Customer (uncredited)
1955

Simon and Laura
Barmaid
1955

A Time to Kill
Miss Edinger
1955

Dixon of Dock Green
Elsie Francis · (1 episode)
1955

As Long as They're Happy
Barmaid
1955

Mad About Men
Mrs. Forster
1954

To Dorothy, a Son
Pub Landlady
1954

The Crowded Day
Mrs. Jones
1954

Dance Little Lady
Mrs. Matthews
1954

What Every Woman Wants
Polly Ann Hadley
1954

Doctor in the House
Mrs. Groaker
1954

The Million Pound Note
Maggie
1954

Love in Pawn
Woman in Telephone Box (Uncredited)
1953

Rough Shoot
Station Announcer
1953

Come Back Peter
Mrs. Harris
1952

Tall Headlines
The Waitress
1952

Angels One Five
Housekeeper (Uncredited)
1952

Curtain Up
Harry's Landlady
1952

The Magic Box
Mrs Stukely
1952

Hell Is Sold Out
Hortense
1951

Sunday Night Theatre
Mrs. Moore /Mrs. Bateman · (1 episode)
1950

Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora
Emily Haldane
1949
When We Are Married
Mrs. Northrop
1949

Marry Me
Mrs. Pearson
1949

The Guinea Pig
Mrs. Read
1948

Bond Street
Seamstress
1948

This Was a Woman
Miss Johnson
1948

Just William's Luck
Mrs. Lane
1947
The Trojan Brothers
Ada
1946

I Live in Grosvenor Square
Minor role (uncredited)
1945

Freedom Radio
Katie
1941

Love from a Stranger
Emmy
1937

The Man Who Could Work Miracles
Effie
1936
Widow's Might
Burroughs
1935