Joan Hickson
Acting
Born: 1906-08-05 · 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
🎬 Movies (20)
What's a Carry On?
1998
Sister / Mrs. Dukes (archive footage) (uncredited)
Century
1993
Mrs. Whitweather
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
1992
Miss Marple
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
1991
Miss Marple
Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait
1990
Narrator
King of the Wind
1990
Duchess of Marlborough
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989
Miss Marple
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
1987
Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
1986
Miss Marple
Daylight Robbery
1986
Bea
Clockwise
1986
Mrs. Ellie Trellis
The Wicked Lady
1983
Aunt Agatha
A Ferry Ride Away
1981
Mrs. Massie
The Taming of the Shrew
1980
Widow
Bedroom Farce
1980
Delia
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
1980
Mrs. Rivington
Yanks
1979
Mrs. Moody
That's Carry On!
1977
Sister / Mrs. May (archive footage)
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
1976
Mother
Wedding Bells
1976
📺 TV Shows (20)
Miss Marple: Nemesis
1987
Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
1987
Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
1987
Miss Jane Marple
ScreenPlay
1986
Bea
Time for Murder
1985
Miss Wainwright
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
1985
Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
1985
Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
1985
Miss Marple
Screen Two
1985
Mrs. Whiteweather
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library
1984
Miss Marple
Poor Little Rich Girls
1984
Lady Harriet
Great Expectations
1981
Miss Havisham
Lady Killers
1980
Carrie Esther Rapley
The Gentle Touch
1980
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
Widow
Strangers
1978
Miss Robinson
Our Mutual Friend
1976
Abbey Potterson
Good Girl
1974
Mrs Morrow
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973
Mrs. Chambers
Crown Court
1972
Elizabeth Penn