Joan Hickson

Joan Hickson

Acting

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…

Filmography

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What's a Carry On? ★ 7.7 What's a Carry On? 1998 Century ★ 5.1 Century 1993 Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side ★ 7.4 Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side 1992 Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors ★ 6.9 Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors 1991 Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait 1990 King of the Wind ★ 7.0 King of the Wind 1990 Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery ★ 6.5 Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery 1989 Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington ★ 7.4 Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington 1987 Miss Marple: Nemesis ★ 7.3 Miss Marple: Nemesis 1987 Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel ★ 7.4 Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel 1987 Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder ★ 7.3 Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder 1987 Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage ★ 6.6 Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage 1986 Daylight Robbery Daylight Robbery 1986 ScreenPlay ★ 6.0 ScreenPlay 1986 Clockwise ★ 6.2 Clockwise 1986 Time for Murder ★ 4.0 Time for Murder 1985 Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye ★ 7.3 Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye 1985 Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced ★ 7.5 Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced 1985 Miss Marple: The Moving Finger ★ 7.6 Miss Marple: The Moving Finger 1985 Screen Two ★ 7.1 Screen Two 1985 Miss Marple: The Body in the Library ★ 7.5 Miss Marple: The Body in the Library 1984 Poor Little Rich Girls ★ 7.5 Poor Little Rich Girls 1984 The Wicked Lady ★ 5.0 The Wicked Lady 1983 Great Expectations ★ 6.3 Great Expectations 1981 A Ferry Ride Away A Ferry Ride Away 1981 The Taming of the Shrew ★ 8.0 The Taming of the Shrew 1980 Bedroom Farce ★ 6.0 Bedroom Farce 1980 Lady Killers ★ 7.5 Lady Killers 1980 The Gentle Touch ★ 7.2 The Gentle Touch 1980 Why Didn't They Ask Evans? ★ 6.7 Why Didn't They Ask Evans? 1980 Yanks ★ 5.9 Yanks 1979 The BBC Television Shakespeare ★ 6.0 The BBC Television Shakespeare 1978 Strangers ★ 7.3 Strangers 1978 That's Carry On! ★ 5.8 That's Carry On! 1977 Tiptoe Through the Tulips ★ 8.0 Tiptoe Through the Tulips 1976 Our Mutual Friend ★ 7.0 Our Mutual Friend 1976 Wedding Bells Wedding Bells 1976 On the Tiles On the Tiles 1976 The Big Kick The Big Kick 1976 Double Trouble Double Trouble 1976 Baby Sitters Baby Sitters 1976 Monkey Tricks Monkey Tricks 1976 One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing ★ 5.8 One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing 1975 South Riding South Riding 1974 Confessions of a Window Cleaner ★ 5.0 Confessions of a Window Cleaner 1974 Good Girl Good Girl 1974 Carry On Girls ★ 5.7 Carry On Girls 1973 Theatre of Blood ★ 6.7 Theatre of Blood 1973 After Loch Lomond After Loch Lomond 1973 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? ★ 7.7 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? 1973 Just in Time for Christmas Just in Time for Christmas 1972 Crown Court ★ 5.7 Crown Court 1972 Sykes ★ 6.7 Sykes 1972 A Day in the Death of Joe Egg ★ 4.4 A Day in the Death of Joe Egg 1972 Under And Over Under And Over 1971 Budgie ★ 7.2 Budgie 1971 Friends ★ 5.9 Friends 1971 Play for Today ★ 6.6 Play for Today 1970 Carry On Loving ★ 5.7 Carry On Loving 1970 From a Bird's Eye View ★ 6.0 From a Bird's Eye View 1970 W. Somerset Maugham W. Somerset Maugham 1969 Sinister Street ★ 8.0 Sinister Street 1969 Dracula ★ 10.0 Dracula 1968 Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter ★ 5.3 Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter 1968 Ooh La La! ★ 10.0 Ooh La La! 1968 ITV Playhouse ★ 7.0 ITV Playhouse 1967 NET Playhouse ★ 7.3 NET Playhouse 1966 Mystery and Imagination ★ 5.8 Mystery and Imagination 1966 Thursday Theatre Thursday Theatre 1964 Theatre 625 ★ 7.2 Theatre 625 1964 Maggie Maggie 1964 Espionage ★ 10.0 Espionage 1963 Our Man At St Mark's ★ 9.0 Our Man At St Mark's 1963 For King and Country: Out There For King and Country: Out There 1963 Heavens Above! ★ 6.6 Heavens Above! 1963 Nurse on Wheels ★ 6.1 Nurse on Wheels 1963 I Thank a Fool ★ 6.1 I Thank a Fool 1962 In the Doghouse ★ 6.4 In the Doghouse 1962 Crooks Anonymous ★ 6.1 Crooks Anonymous 1962 Murder She Said ★ 7.3 Murder She Said 1961