Joan Hickson
Known For
Acting
Born
1906-08-05 in Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Died
1998-10-17
Biography
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
Most Known For
Play for Today
as Mother
Crown Court
as Elizabeth Penn
Theatre 625
as Elsie Amble
No Hiding Place
Danger Man
as Mrs. Curtis
Sunday Night Theatre
as Mrs. Moore /Mrs. Bateman
Sykes
as Nurse
Mystery and Imagination
as Mrs Weston
The Gentle Touch
Dixon of Dock Green
as Elsie Francis
Yanks
as Mrs. Moody
Miss Marple: Nemesis
as Miss Jane Marple
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
as Mrs. Chambers
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library
as Miss Marple
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
as Miss Jane Marple
Lady Killers
as Carrie Esther Rapley
Crooks Anonymous
Budgie
as Edith Broughton
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
as Miss Marple
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
as Miss Jane Marple