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Joan Hickson

Joan Hickson

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 Swan

Born

Aug 05, 1906

Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK

Died

Oct 17, 1998

Known For

Acting

Movies

120 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.4

movie

Known For

Theatre of Blood

Theatre of Blood

1973

as Mrs. Sprout
Murder She Said

Murder She Said

1961

as Mrs. Kidder
Clockwise

Clockwise

1986

as Mrs. Ellie Trellis
The Man Who Never Was
The Man Who Never Was
1956 • as Landlady
★ 7.0
Yanks
Yanks
1979 • as Mrs. Moody
★ 5.9
Curtain Up
Curtain Up
1952 • as Harry's Landlady
★ 7.2
movie
Maggie
1964 • as Maggie's mother
The Million Pound Note
The Million Pound Note
1954 • as Maggie
★ 7.0
Theatre of Blood
Theatre of Blood
1973 • as Mrs. Sprout
★ 6.7
Murder She Said
Murder She Said
1961 • as Mrs. Kidder
★ 7.3
Carry On Girls
Carry On Girls
1973 • as Mrs. Dukes
★ 5.7
Crooks Anonymous
Crooks Anonymous
1962
★ 6.1
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
1986 • as Miss Marple
★ 6.7
movie
Bedroom Farce
1980 • as Delia
★ 6.0
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
1992 • as Miss Marple
★ 6.9
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
1980 • as Mrs. Rivington
★ 6.7
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
1974 • as Mrs. Radlett
★ 5.0
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
1987 • as Miss Jane Marple
★ 7.5
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
1992 • as Miss Marple
★ 7.4
Happy Is the Bride
Happy Is the Bride
1958 • as Mrs. Bowles
★ 7.0
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989 • as Miss Marple
★ 6.7
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975 • as Mrs Gibbons
★ 5.8
Clockwise
Clockwise
1986 • as Mrs. Ellie Trellis
★ 6.2
Carry On Nurse
Carry On Nurse
1959 • as Sister
★ 6.4
Love from a Stranger
Love from a Stranger
1937 • as Emmy
★ 6.3
movie
For King and Country: Out There
1963 • as Mrs. Hudd
Seven Days to Noon
Seven Days to Noon
1950 • as Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett
★ 6.8
The Wicked Lady
The Wicked Lady
1983 • as Aunt Agatha
★ 4.9
Friends
Friends
1971 • as Lady in Bookstore
★ 5.9
movie
Just in Time for Christmas
1972 • as Mrs. Hope-Rising
The 39 Steps
The 39 Steps
1959 • as Miss Dobson
★ 6.3
That's Carry On!
That's Carry On!
1977 • as Sister / Mrs. May (archive footage)
★ 5.8
No Kidding
No Kidding
1960 • as Cook
★ 6.1
Doctor in the House
Doctor in the House
1954 • as Mrs. Groaker
★ 6.5
Sailors Don't Care
Sailors Don't Care
1940 • as Woman Carried Ashore (uncredited)
★ 5.0
movie
Baby Sitters
1976
I See Ice
I See Ice
1938 • as Receptionist
★ 6.5
The Horse's Mouth
The Horse's Mouth
1958 • as Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)
★ 6.7
To Dorothy, a Son
To Dorothy, a Son
1954 • as Pub Landlady
★ 5.8
Barnacle Bill
Barnacle Bill
1957 • as Mrs. Kent
★ 6.6
Carry On Admiral
Carry On Admiral
1957 • as Mother
★ 6.4
Just William's Luck
Just William's Luck
1947 • as Mrs. Lane
★ 7.8
Carry On Loving
Carry On Loving
1970 • as Mrs Grubb
★ 5.7
As Long As They're Happy
As Long As They're Happy
1955 • as Barmaid
★ 7.5
movie
When We Are Married
1949 • as Mrs. Northrop
Tunes of Glory
Tunes of Glory
1960 • as Guest at Party (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Doctor at Sea
Doctor at Sea
1955 • as Mrs. Thomas
★ 5.8
The House Across the Lake
The House Across the Lake
1954 • as Mrs. Hardcastle
★ 5.5
I See a Dark Stranger
I See a Dark Stranger
1946 • as Hotel Manageress
★ 6.5
I Thank a Fool
I Thank a Fool
1962 • as Landlady
★ 6.1
A Time to Kill
A Time to Kill
1955 • as Miss Edinger
★ 7.7
An Alligator Named Daisy
An Alligator Named Daisy
1955 • as Piano Customer (uncredited)
★ 6.4
Carry On Regardless
Carry On Regardless
1961 • as Matron
★ 6.2
No Time for Tears
No Time for Tears
1957 • as Sister Duckworth
★ 6.0
The Rake's Progress
The Rake's Progress
1945 • as Miss Parker
★ 6.8
The Card
The Card
1952 • as Mrs. Codleyn
★ 7.0
Angels One Five
Angels One Five
1952 • as Housekeeper (Uncredited)
★ 6.1
Upstairs and Downstairs
Upstairs and Downstairs
1959 • as Rosemary
★ 5.8
What Every Woman Wants
What Every Woman Wants
1954 • as Polly Ann Hadley
★ 6.6
Law and Disorder
Law and Disorder
1958 • as Aunt Florence
★ 6.4
Carry On Constable
Carry On Constable
1960 • as Mrs. May
★ 6.3
The Last Man to Hang
The Last Man to Hang
1956 • as Mrs. Prynne
★ 6.2
The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew
1980 • as Widow
★ 8.0
The Magic Box
The Magic Box
1952 • as Mrs Stukely
★ 6.5
King of the Wind
King of the Wind
1990 • as Duchess of Marlborough
★ 7.0
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
1968 • as Landlady
★ 5.1
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
1936 • as Effie
★ 6.0
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
1972 • as Grace
★ 4.7
Please Turn Over
Please Turn Over
1959 • as Saleswoman
★ 6.3
Child in the House
Child in the House
1956 • as Cook
★ 6.6
The Magnet
The Magnet
1950 • as Mrs Ward
★ 6.4
What's a Carry On?
What's a Carry On?
1998 • as Sister / Mrs. Dukes (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.7
Doctor in Love
Doctor in Love
1960 • as Nurse (uncredited)
★ 5.5
Simon and Laura
Simon and Laura
1955 • as Barmaid
★ 5.9
Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait
Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait
1990 • as Narrator
This Was a Woman
This Was a Woman
1948 • as Miss Johnson
★ 5.7
Hindle Wakes
Hindle Wakes
1952 • as Mrs Hawthorn
★ 5.4
I Live in Grosvenor Square
I Live in Grosvenor Square
1945 • as Minor role (uncredited)
★ 6.8
His and Hers
His and Hers
1961 • as Phoebe
★ 5.3
Mad About Men
Mad About Men
1954 • as Mrs. Forster
★ 6.6
High Treason
High Treason
1951 • as Mrs. Ellis
★ 5.7
Port of Escape
Port of Escape
1956 • as Rosalie Watchett
★ 6.0
Freedom Radio
Freedom Radio
1941 • as Katie
★ 7.0
Raising the Wind
Raising the Wind
1961 • as Mrs. Bostwick
★ 6.3
It's Hard to be Good
It's Hard to be Good
1948 • as Mending Woman (uncredited)
★ 5.8
Heavens Above!
Heavens Above!
1963 • as Housewife
★ 6.6
Rough Shoot
Rough Shoot
1953 • as Station Announcer
★ 6.7
Jumping for Joy
Jumping for Joy
1956 • as Lady Emily Cranfield
★ 6.7
Lost
Lost
1956 • as Chemist
★ 6.8
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
1976 • as Mother
★ 8.0
Don't Take It to Heart
Don't Take It to Heart
1944 • as Mrs. Pike
★ 6.3
Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora
Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora
1949 • as Emily Haldane
★ 7.0
Marry Me
Marry Me
1949 • as Mrs. Pearson
★ 5.8
movie
On the Tiles
1976
Bond Street
Bond Street
1948 • as Seamstress
★ 6.9
The Guinea Pig
The Guinea Pig
1948 • as Mrs. Read
★ 7.1
Hell Is Sold Out
Hell Is Sold Out
1951 • as Hortense
★ 6.0
Century
Century
1993 • as Mrs. Whitweather
★ 5.1
Tall Headlines
Tall Headlines
1952 • as The Waitress
★ 6.8
The Extra Day
The Extra Day
1956 • as Mrs. West
★ 7.1
Nurse on Wheels
Nurse on Wheels
1963 • as Mrs. Wood
★ 6.1
Dance Little Lady
Dance Little Lady
1954 • as Mrs. Matthews
★ 7.8
Value for Money
Value for Money
1955 • as Mrs. Perkins
★ 6.9
So Well Remembered
So Well Remembered
1947 • as Mother (uncredited)
★ 5.2
The Crowded Day
The Crowded Day
1954 • as Mrs. Jones
★ 5.8
Come Back Peter
Come Back Peter
1952 • as Mrs. Harris
★ 8.0
In the Doghouse
In the Doghouse
1962 • as Miss Gibbs
★ 6.4
Dracula
Dracula
1968 • as Mrs. Weston
★ 10.0
Love in Pawn
Love in Pawn
1953 • as Woman in Telephone Box (Uncredited)
★ 7.2
movie
After Loch Lomond
1973 • as Nancy
South Riding
South Riding
1974
movie
Double Trouble
1976
movie
A Ferry Ride Away
1981 • as Mrs. Massie
Widow's Might
Widow's Might
1935 • as Burroughs
★ 10.0
Chain of Events
Chain of Events
1958 • as Barmaid
★ 6.4
Deadly Nightshade
Deadly Nightshade
1953 • as Mrs. Fenton
★ 6.8
movie
The Big Kick
1976
movie
Wedding Bells
1976
movie
Monkey Tricks
1976
Daylight Robbery
Daylight Robbery
1986 • as Bea
Second Thoughts
Second Thoughts
1938 • as Ellen
movie
The Trojan Brothers
1946 • as Ada
★ 6.5
movie
Not At All
• as Mrs. K