Joan Hickson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1906-08-05 (92 years old)

Deathday

1998-10-17

Place of Birth

Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK

Joan Hickson

Biography

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, ofte...

Acting

1961

Murder She Said

as Mrs. Kidder

1971

Friends

as Lady in Bookstore

1960

1979

Yanks

as Mrs. Moody

1940

Sailors Don't Care

as Woman Carried Ashore

1961

1973

Carry On Girls

as Mrs. Dukes

1954

The House Across the Lake

as Mrs. Hardcastle

1946

I See a Dark Stranger

as Hotel Manageress

1973

Theatre of Blood

as Mrs. Sprout

1938

1952

The Card

as Mrs. Codleyn

1958

Happy Is the Bride

as Mrs. Bowles

1961

Raising the Wind

as Mrs. Bostwick

1950

Seven Days to Noon

as Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett

1977

That's Carry On!

as Various Characters

1950

The Magnet

as Mrs Ward

1959

Please Turn Over

as Saleswoman

1947

So Well Remembered

as Mother (uncredited)

1968

Dracula

as Mrs Weston

1960

No Kidding

as Cook

1938

I See Ice

as Receptionist

1962

I Thank a Fool

as Landlady

1951

High Treason

as Mrs. Ellis

1945

The Rake's Progress

as Miss Parker

1963

Nurse on Wheels

as Mrs. Wood

1955

Value for Money

as Mrs. Perkins

1955

Doctor at Sea

as Mrs. Thomas

1953

Deadly Nightshade

as Mrs. Fenton

1980

1956

The Extra Day

as Mrs. West

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Not At All

as Mrs. K

1952

Hindle Wakes

as Mrs Hawthorn

1944

1959

1961

His and Hers

as Phoebe

1993

Century

as Mrs. Whitweather

1957

Barnacle Bill

as Mrs. Kent

1983

The Wicked Lady

as Aunt Agatha

1941

1954

Dance Little Lady

as Mrs. Matthews

1958

The Horse's Mouth

as Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)

1953

Rough Shoot

as Station Announcer

1947

1981

A Ferry Ride Away

as Mrs. Massie

1986

Clockwise

as Mrs. Ellie Trellis

1959

The 39 Steps

as Miss Dobson

1958

Law and Disorder

as Aunt Florence

1960

1957

No Time for Tears

as Sister Duckworth

1954

Doctor in the House

as Mrs. Groaker

1956

Port of Escape

as Rosalie Watchett

1954

What Every Woman Wants

as Polly Ann Hadley

1963

Heavens Above!

as Housewife

1956

Lost

as Chemist

1957

1970

Carry On Loving

as Mrs Grubb

1952

Tall Headlines

as The Waitress

1962

In the Doghouse

as Miss Gibbs

1952

The Magic Box

as Mrs Stukely

1949

Marry Me

as Mrs. Pearson

1980

1987

1948

The Guinea Pig

as Mrs. Read

1956

The Last Man to Hang

as Mrs. Prynne

1954

Mad About Men

as Mrs. Forster

1955

A Time to Kill

as Miss Edinger

1954

To Dorothy, a Son

as Pub Landlady

1952

Curtain Up

as Harry's Landlady

1948

Bond Street

as Seamstress

1958

Chain of Events

as Barmaid

1953

Love in Pawn

as Woman in Telephone Box (Uncredited)

1955

Simon and Laura

as Barmaid

1954

The Crowded Day

as Mrs. Jones

1945

I Live in Grosvenor Square

as Minor role (uncredited)

1956

Jumping for Joy

as Lady Emily Cranfield

1956

1952

Come Back Peter

as Mrs. Harris

1955

An Alligator Named Daisy

as Piano Customer (uncredited)

1990

King of the Wind

as Duchess of Marlborough

1952

Angels One Five

as Housekeeper (Uncredited)

1949

When We Are Married

as Mrs. Northrop

1948

This Was a Woman

as Miss Johnson

1964

Maggie

as Maggie's mother

1951

Hell Is Sold Out

as Hortense

1935

Widow's Might

as Burroughs

1998

What's a Carry On?

as Various Characters (archive footage) (uncredited)

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