About

Known credits:
127
Birthday:
1906-08-05
Place of birth:
Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
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Joan Hickson

Overview

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.

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Known for

Acting
2004 Poor Little Rich Girls Actor N/A
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1993 Century Actor Mrs. Whitweather 58
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1992 Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side Actor Miss Marple 59
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1991 Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors Actor Miss Marple 59
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1990 Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait Actor Narrator N/A
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1990 King of the Wind Actor Duchess of Marlborough 59
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1989 Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery Actor Miss Marple 59
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1987 Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington Actor Miss Jane Marple 59
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1987 Miss Marple: Nemesis Actor Miss Jane Marple 70
Good
1987 Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel Actor Miss Jane Marple 70
Good
1987 Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder Actor Miss Jane Marple 70
Good
1986 Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage Actor Miss Marple 59
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1986 Daylight Robbery Actor Bea N/A
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1986 Clockwise Actor Mrs. Ellie Trellis 60
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1985 Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye Actor Miss Jane Marple 70
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1985 Miss Marple: A Murder is Announced Actor Miss Marple N/A
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1985 Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced Actor Miss Jane Marple 70
Good
1985 Miss Marple: The Moving Finger Actor Miss Marple 71
Good
1984 Miss Marple Actor Miss Marple 70
Good
1984 Miss Marple Actor Miss Marple N/A
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1984 Miss Marple: The Body in the Library Actor Miss Marple 71
Good
1984 Miss Marple Actor Miss Marple 70
Good
1983 The Wicked Lady Actor Aunt Agatha 58
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1981 Great Expectations Actor Miss Havisham 69
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1981 A Ferry Ride Away Actor Mrs. Massie N/A
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1980 The Taming of the Shrew Actor Widow 59
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1980 Bedroom Farce Actor Delia N/A
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1980 Why Didn't They Ask Evans? Actor Mrs. Rivington 59
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1979 Yanks Actor Mrs. Moody 58
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1977 That's Carry On! Actor Various Characters 58
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1976 Tiptoe Through the Tulips Actor Mother N/A
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1976 Wedding Bells Actor N/A
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1976 Baby Sitters Actor N/A
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1976 Double Trouble Actor N/A
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1976 Monkey Tricks Actor N/A
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1976 The Big Kick Actor N/A
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1976 On the Tiles Actor N/A
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1975 One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing Actor Mrs Gibbons 58
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1974 South Riding Actor N/A
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1974 Confessions of a Window Cleaner Actor Mrs. Radlett 58
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1974 Good Girl Actor N/A
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1973 Carry On Girls Actor Mrs. Dukes 58
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1973 Theatre of Blood Actor Mrs. Sprout 61
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1972 A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Actor Grace 58
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1971 Friends Actor Lady in Bookstore 58
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1970 Carry On Loving Actor Mrs Grubb 58
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1968 Dracula Actor Mrs Weston N/A
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1968 Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter Actor Landlady 58
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1964 Maggie Actor Maggie's mother N/A
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1963 Our Man At St Mark's Actor N/A
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1963 Heavens Above! Actor Housewife 59
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1963 Nurse on Wheels Actor Mrs. Wood 58
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1962 I Thank a Fool Actor Landlady 59
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1962 In the Doghouse Actor Miss Gibbs 59
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1962 Crooks Anonymous Actor 59
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1961 Murder She Said Actor Mrs. Kidder 62
Fair
1961 Raising the Wind Actor Mrs. Bostwick 59
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1961 Carry On Regardless Actor Matron 59
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1961 His and Hers Actor Phoebe 58
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1960 No Kidding Actor Cook 59
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1960 Doctor in Love Actor Nurse (uncredited) 58
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1960 Carry On Constable Actor Mrs. May 59
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1959 Please Turn Over Actor Saleswoman 59
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1959 Upstairs and Downstairs Actor Rosemary 58
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1959 The 39 Steps Actor Miss Dobson 59
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1959 Carry On Nurse Actor Matron 59
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1958 The Horse's Mouth Actor Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited) 59
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1958 Chain of Events Actor Barmaid 59
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1958 Law and Disorder Actor Aunt Florence 59
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1958 Happy Is the Bride Actor Mrs. Bowles 59
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1957 Barnacle Bill Actor Mrs. Kent 59
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1957 No Time for Tears Actor Sister Duckworth 58
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1957 Carry on Admiral Actor Mother 59
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1956 Child in the House Actor Cook 59
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1956 The Last Man to Hang Actor Mrs. Prynne 58
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1956 Port of Escape Actor Rosalie Watchett 58
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1956 The Man Who Never Was Actor Landlady 60
Fair
1956 Lost Actor Chemist 58
Average
1956 Jumping for Joy Actor Lady Emily Cranfield 59
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1956 The Extra Day Actor Mrs. West 59
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1955 An Alligator Named Daisy Actor Piano Customer (uncredited) 59
Average
1955 Simon and Laura Actor Barmaid 58
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1955 A Time to Kill Actor Miss Edinger 59
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1955 Value for Money Actor Mrs. Perkins 59
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1955 Doctor at Sea Actor Mrs. Thomas 58
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1955 As Long as They're Happy Actor Barmaid 59
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1954 Mad About Men Actor Mrs. Forster 58
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1954 To Dorothy, a Son Actor Pub Landlady 58
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1954 The Crowded Day Actor Mrs. Jones 58
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1954 Dance Little Lady Actor Mrs. Matthews 59
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1954 What Every Woman Wants Actor Polly Ann Hadley 59
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1954 The House Across the Lake Actor Mrs. Hardcastle 58
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1954 Doctor in the House Actor Mrs. Groaker 59
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1954 The Million Pound Note Actor Maggie 59
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1953 Love in Pawn Actor Woman in Telephone Box (Uncredited) 59
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1953 Rough Shoot Actor Station Announcer 58
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1953 Deadly Nightshade Actor Mrs. Fenton 59
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1952 Hindle Wakes Actor Mrs Hawthorn 58
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1952 Come Back Peter Actor Mrs. Harris 58
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1952 Tall Headlines Actor The Waitress 59
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1952 Angels One Five Actor Housekeeper (Uncredited) 59
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1952 Curtain Up Actor Harry's Landlady 59
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1952 The Card Actor Mrs. Codleyn 59
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1952 The Magic Box Actor Mrs Stukely 59
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1951 High Treason Actor Mrs. Ellis 58
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1950 Seven Days to Noon Actor Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett 59
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1950 The Magnet Actor Mrs Ward 59
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1949 Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora Actor Emily Haldane 58
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1949 When We Are Married Actor Mrs. Northrop N/A
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1949 Marry Me Actor Mrs. Pearson 59
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1948 The Guinea Pig Actor Mrs. Read 59
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1948 Bond Street Actor Seamstress 59
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1948 This Was a Woman Actor Miss Johnson 59
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1947 Just William's Luck Actor Mrs. Lane 59
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1947 So Well Remembered Actor Mother (uncredited) 58
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1946 I See a Dark Stranger Actor Hotel Manageress 59
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1946 The Trojan Brothers Actor Ada 59
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1945 The Rake's Progress Actor Miss Parker 59
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1945 I Live in Grosvenor Square Actor Minor role (uncredited) 59
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1944 Don't Take It to Heart Actor Mrs. Pike 59
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1941 Freedom Radio Actor Katie 59
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1940 Sailors Don't Care Actor Woman Carried Ashore 58
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1938 I See Ice Actor Receptionist 59
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1938 Second Thoughts Actor Ellen N/A
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1937 Love from a Stranger Actor Emmy 58
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1936 The Man Who Could Work Miracles Actor Effie 58
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Not At All Actor Mrs. K N/A
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