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