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