Joan Hickson
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
What's a Carry On?
1998
as Sister / Mrs. Dukes (archive footage) (uncredited)
Century
1993
as Mrs. Whitweather
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
1992
as Miss Marple
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
1991
as Miss Marple
King of the Wind
1990
as Duchess of Marlborough
Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait
1990
as Narrator
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989
as Miss Marple
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
1987
as Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: Nemesis
1987
as Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
1987
as Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
1987
as Miss Jane Marple
Daylight Robbery
1986
as Bea
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
1986
as Miss Marple
Clockwise
1986
as Mrs. Ellie Trellis
ScreenPlay
1986
as Bea
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
1985
as Miss Marple
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
1985
as Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
1985
as Miss Jane Marple
Time for Murder
1985
as Miss Wainwright
Screen Two
1985
as Mrs. Whiteweather
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library
1984
as Miss Marple
Poor Little Rich Girls
1984
as Lady Harriet
Round And Round
1984
Miss Marple
1984
as Miss Marple
The Wicked Lady
1983
as Aunt Agatha
A Ferry Ride Away
1981
as Mrs. Massie
Great Expectations
1981
as Miss Havisham
The Taming of the Shrew
1980
as Widow
Bedroom Farce
1980
as Delia
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
1980
as Mrs. Rivington
The Gentle Touch
1980
Lady Killers
1980
as Carrie Esther Rapley
Yanks
1979
as Mrs. Moody
Strangers
1978
as Miss Robinson
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Widow
That's Carry On!
1977
as Sister / Mrs. May (archive footage)
Wedding Bells
1976
On the Tiles
1976
The Big Kick
1976
Double Trouble
1976
Baby Sitters
1976
Monkey Tricks
1976
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
1976
as Mother
Our Mutual Friend
1976
as Abbey Potterson
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975
as Mrs Gibbons
South Riding
1974
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
1974
as Mrs. Radlett
Good Girl
1974
as Mrs Morrow
Happy Ever After
1974
as Mrs Henderson
Carry On Girls
1973
as Mrs. Dukes
Theatre of Blood
1973
as Mrs. Sprout
After Loch Lomond
1973
as Nancy
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973
as Mrs. Chambers
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
1972
as Grace
Just in Time for Christmas
1972
as Mrs. Hope-Rising
Crown Court
1972
as Elizabeth Penn
Sykes
1972
as Nurse
Friends
1971
as Lady in Bookstore
Budgie
1971
as Edith Broughton
Under And Over
1971
Carry On Loving
1970
as Mrs Grubb
Play for Today
1970
as Mother
From a Bird's Eye View
1970
as Hilda Tuttle
Sinister Street
1969
as Mrs Cleghorne
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
as Mrs. Carter
Who-Dun-It
1969
as Miss Mackey
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
1968
as Landlady
Dracula
1968
as Mrs. Weston
Ooh La La!
1968
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Matron
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Mrs. Trix
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Mrs. Massie
Mystery and Imagination
1966
as Mrs Weston
NET Playhouse
1966
as Mrs. Jenkins
Maggie
1964
as Maggie's mother
Theatre 625
1964
as Elsie Amble
Thursday Theatre
1964
as Mrs Jenkins
Nurse on Wheels
1963
as Mrs. Wood
Heavens Above!
1963
as Housewife
For King and Country: Out There
1963
as Mrs. Hudd
Our Man At St Mark's
1963
Espionage
1963
as Sara Forsythe
I Thank a Fool
1962
as Landlady
In the Doghouse
1962
as Miss Gibbs
Crooks Anonymous
1962
Murder She Said
1961
as Mrs. Kidder
Carry On Regardless
1961
as Matron
Raising the Wind
1961
as Mrs. Bostwick
His and Hers
1961
as Phoebe
Carry On Constable
1960
as Mrs. May
No Kidding
1960
as Cook
Doctor in Love
1960
as Nurse (uncredited)
Tunes of Glory
1960
as Guest at Party (uncredited)
Barnaby Rudge
1960
Danger Man
1960
as Mrs. Curtis
Barnaby Rudge
1960
as Mrs. Varden
Please Turn Over
1959
as Saleswoman
Carry On Nurse
1959
as Sister
The 39 Steps
1959
as Miss Dobson
Upstairs and Downstairs
1959
as Rosemary
No Hiding Place
1959
Happy Is the Bride
1958
as Mrs. Bowles
The Horse's Mouth
1958
as Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)
Law and Disorder
1958
as Aunt Florence
Chain of Events
1958
as Barmaid
Charlesworth at Large
1958
as Miss Frisby
Barnacle Bill
1957
as Mrs. Kent
No Time for Tears
1957
as Sister Duckworth
Carry On Admiral
1957
as Mother
The Extra Day
1956
as Mrs. West
Port of Escape
1956
as Rosalie Watchett
Lost
1956
as Chemist
Child in the House
1956
as Cook
The Last Man to Hang
1956
as Mrs. Prynne
Jumping for Joy
1956
as Lady Emily Cranfield
The Man Who Never Was
1956
as Landlady
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Mrs. Monkstown
Value for Money
1955
as Mrs. Perkins
Doctor at Sea
1955
as Mrs. Thomas
As Long as They're Happy
1955
as Barmaid
A Time to Kill
1955
as Miss Edinger
Simon and Laura
1955
as Barmaid
An Alligator Named Daisy
1955
as Piano Customer (uncredited)
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
as Elsie Francis
The House Across the Lake
1954
as Mrs. Hardcastle
Dance Little Lady
1954
as Mrs. Matthews
Doctor in the House
1954
as Mrs. Groaker
What Every Woman Wants
1954
as Polly Ann Hadley
The Million Pound Note
1954
as Maggie
Mad About Men
1954
as Mrs. Forster
To Dorothy, a Son
1954
as Pub Landlady
The Crowded Day
1954
as Mrs. Jones
Deadly Nightshade
1953
as Mrs. Fenton
Rough Shoot
1953
as Station Announcer
Love in Pawn
1953
as Woman in Telephone Box (Uncredited)
The Card
1952
as Mrs. Codleyn
Hindle Wakes
1952
as Mrs Hawthorn
Tall Headlines
1952
as The Waitress
The Magic Box
1952
as Mrs Stukely
Curtain Up
1952
as Harry's Landlady
Come Back Peter
1952
as Mrs. Harris
Angels One Five
1952
as Housekeeper (Uncredited)
High Treason
1951
as Mrs. Ellis
Hell Is Sold Out
1951
as Hortense
Seven Days to Noon
1950
as Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett
The Magnet
1950
as Mrs Ward
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Mrs. Moore /Mrs. Bateman
Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora
1949
as Emily Haldane
Marry Me
1949
as Mrs. Pearson
When We Are Married
1949
as Mrs. Northrop
The Guinea Pig
1948
as Mrs. Read
Bond Street
1948
as Seamstress
This Was a Woman
1948
as Miss Johnson
It's Hard to be Good
1948
as Mending Woman (uncredited)
So Well Remembered
1947
as Mother (uncredited)
Just William's Luck
1947
as Mrs. Lane
I See a Dark Stranger
1946
as Hotel Manageress
The Trojan Brothers
1946
as Ada
The Rake's Progress
1945
as Miss Parker
I Live in Grosvenor Square
1945
as Minor role (uncredited)
Don't Take It to Heart
1944
as Mrs. Pike
Freedom Radio
1941
as Katie
Sailors Don't Care
1940
as Woman Carried Ashore (uncredited)
Second Thoughts
1938
as Ellen
I See Ice
1938
as Receptionist
Love from a Stranger
1937
as Emmy
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
1936
as Effie
Widow's Might
1935
as Burroughs