Joan Hickson
Acting
Born: 1906-08-05 in Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
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
Known For
Play for Today
Mother
Crown Court
Elizabeth Penn
Screen Two
Mrs. Whiteweather
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Widow
ITV Playhouse
Matron
ITV Playhouse
Mrs. Trix
ITV Playhouse
Mrs. Massie
No Hiding Place
Theatre 625
Elsie Amble
Danger Man
Mrs. Curtis
Lady Killers
Carrie Esther Rapley
ScreenPlay
Bea
Sunday Night Theatre
Mrs. Moore /Mrs. Bateman
Dixon of Dock Green
Elsie Francis
Sykes
Nurse
NET Playhouse
Mrs. Jenkins
Miss Marple
Miss Marple
Strangers
Miss Robinson
Mystery and Imagination
Mrs Weston
The Gentle Touch
Espionage
Sara Forsythe
Budgie
Edith Broughton
The Million Pound Note
Maggie
Great Expectations
Miss Havisham
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Mrs. Chambers
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library
Miss Marple
Happy Ever After
Mrs Henderson
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: Nemesis
Miss Jane Marple
Sinister Street
Mrs Cleghorne
Ooh La La!
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
Miss Marple
Carry On Nurse
Sister
Yanks
Mrs. Moody
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
Miss Marple
Our Mutual Friend
Abbey Potterson
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
Miss Marple