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Joan Hickson

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Joan Hickson

Born August 5, 1906 in Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UKDied October 17, 1998117 films

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.

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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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Murder She Said posterFirst watchMurder She Said19617.3as Mrs. KidderMiss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Theatre of Blood poster6.7Theatre of Blood1973Clockwise poster6.2Clockwise1986The Man Who Never Was poster7.0The Man Who Never Was1956The Million Pound Note poster7.0The Million Pound Note1954Tunes of Glory poster7.0Tunes of Glory1960Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage poster6.7Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage1986Carry On Nurse poster6.4Carry On Nurse1959The Horse's Mouth poster6.7The Horse's Mouth1958

Filmography

117 films as actor
  1. TBANot At AllMrs. K
  2. 1993CenturyMrs. Whitweather
  3. 1992Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to SideMiss Marple
  4. 1991Miss Marple: They Do It with MirrorsMiss Marple
  5. 1990King of the WindDuchess of Marlborough
  6. 1989Miss Marple: A Caribbean MysteryMiss Marple
  7. 1987Miss Marple: 4.50 from PaddingtonMiss Jane Marple
  8. 1986Miss Marple: The Murder at the VicarageMiss Marple
  9. 1986Daylight RobberyBea
  10. 1986ClockwiseMrs. Ellie Trellis
  11. 1983The Wicked LadyAunt Agatha
  12. 1981A Ferry Ride AwayMrs. Massie
  13. 1980The Taming of the ShrewWidow
  14. 1980Bedroom FarceDelia
  15. 1980Why Didn't They Ask Evans?Mrs. Rivington
  16. 1979YanksMrs. Moody
  17. 1976Tiptoe Through the TulipsMother
  18. 1976Wedding Bells
  19. 1976Double Trouble
  20. 1976The Big Kick
  21. 1976Baby Sitters
  22. 1976On the Tiles
  23. 1976Monkey Tricks
  24. 1975One of Our Dinosaurs Is MissingMrs Gibbons
  25. 1974South Riding
  26. 1974Confessions of a Window CleanerMrs. Radlett
  27. 1973Carry On GirlsMrs. Dukes
  28. 1973Theatre of BloodMrs. Sprout
  29. 1973After Loch LomondNancy
  30. 1972Just in Time for ChristmasMrs. Hope-Rising
  31. 1972A Day in the Death of Joe EggGrace
  32. 1971FriendsLady in Bookstore
  33. 1970Carry On LovingMrs Grubb
  34. 1968DraculaMrs. Weston
  35. 1968Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely DaughterLandlady
  36. 1964MaggieMaggie's mother
  37. 1963For King and Country: Out ThereMrs. Hudd
  38. 1963Heavens Above!Housewife
  39. 1963Nurse on WheelsMrs. Wood
  40. 1962I Thank a FoolLandlady
  41. 1962In the DoghouseMiss Gibbs
  42. 1962Crooks Anonymous
  43. 1961Murder She SaidMrs. Kidder
  44. 1961Raising the WindMrs. Bostwick
  45. 1961Carry On RegardlessMatron
  46. 1961His and HersPhoebe
  47. 1960No KiddingCook
  48. 1960Tunes of GloryGuest at Party (uncredited)
  49. 1960Doctor in LoveNurse (uncredited)
  50. 1960Carry On ConstableMrs. May
  51. 1959Please Turn OverSaleswoman
  52. 1959Upstairs and DownstairsRosemary
  53. 1959The 39 StepsMiss Dobson
  54. 1959Carry On NurseSister
  55. 1958The Horse's MouthLady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)
  56. 1958Chain of EventsBarmaid
  57. 1958Law and DisorderAunt Florence
  58. 1958Happy Is the BrideMrs. Bowles
  59. 1957Barnacle BillMrs. Kent
  60. 1957No Time for TearsSister Duckworth
  61. 1957Carry On AdmiralMother
  62. 1956Child in the HouseCook
  63. 1956The Last Man to HangMrs. Prynne
  64. 1956Port of EscapeRosalie Watchett
  65. 1956The Man Who Never WasLandlady
  66. 1956LostChemist
  67. 1956The Extra DayMrs. West
  68. 1956Jumping for JoyLady Emily Cranfield
  69. 1955An Alligator Named DaisyPiano Customer (uncredited)
  70. 1955Simon and LauraBarmaid
  71. 1955A Time to KillMiss Edinger
  72. 1955Value for MoneyMrs. Perkins
  73. 1955Doctor at SeaMrs. Thomas
  74. 1955As Long as They're HappyBarmaid
  75. 1954Mad About MenMrs. Forster
  76. 1954To Dorothy, a SonPub Landlady
  77. 1954The Crowded DayMrs. Jones
  78. 1954Dance Little LadyMrs. Matthews
  79. 1954What Every Woman WantsPolly Ann Hadley
  80. 1954The House Across the LakeMrs. Hardcastle
  81. 1954Doctor in the HouseMrs. Groaker
  82. 1954The Million Pound NoteMaggie
  83. 1953Love in PawnWoman in Telephone Box (Uncredited)
  84. 1953Rough ShootStation Announcer
  85. 1953Deadly NightshadeMrs. Fenton
  86. 1952Hindle WakesMrs Hawthorn
  87. 1952Come Back PeterMrs. Harris
  88. 1952Tall HeadlinesThe Waitress
  89. 1952Angels One FiveHousekeeper (Uncredited)
  90. 1952Curtain UpHarry's Landlady
  91. 1952The CardMrs. Codleyn
  92. 1952The Magic BoxMrs Stukely
  93. 1951High TreasonMrs. Ellis
  94. 1951Hell Is Sold OutHortense
  95. 1950Seven Days to NoonMrs. Emily Georgina Peckett
  96. 1950The MagnetMrs Ward
  97. 1949Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt NoraEmily Haldane
  98. 1949When We Are MarriedMrs. Northrop
  99. 1949Marry MeMrs. Pearson
  100. 1948It's Hard to be GoodMending Woman (uncredited)
  101. 1948The Guinea PigMrs. Read
  102. 1948Bond StreetSeamstress
  103. 1948This Was a WomanMiss Johnson
  104. 1947Just William's LuckMrs. Lane
  105. 1947So Well RememberedMother (uncredited)
  106. 1946I See a Dark StrangerHotel Manageress
  107. 1946The Trojan BrothersAda
  108. 1945The Rake's ProgressMiss Parker
  109. 1945I Live in Grosvenor SquareMinor role (uncredited)
  110. 1944Don't Take It to HeartMrs. Pike
  111. 1941Freedom RadioKatie
  112. 1940Sailors Don't CareWoman Carried Ashore (uncredited)
  113. 1938I See IceReceptionist
  114. 1938Second ThoughtsEllen
  115. 1937Love from a StrangerEmmy
  116. 1936The Man Who Could Work MiraclesEffie
  117. 1935Widow's MightBurroughs