Joan Hickson
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 5, 1906 in Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
- Died
- October 17, 1998
- Active Years
- 1935–1998 (64 Years)
- Total Credits
- 166 credits in database
Biography
Subject: Joan Hickson (Acting).
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Full Name: Joan Bogle Hickson OBE (also Joan Bogle Butler).
Dates: 5 August 1906 – 17 October 1998.
Nationality/Profession: English actress of theatre, film, and television.
Known for: Role as Agatha Christie's Miss Marple in the television series Miss Marple.
Other work: Narrated Miss Marple audio books.
Birthplace: Kingsthorpe, Northampton (or Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire, England).
Parents: Edith Mary (née Bogle) and Alfred Harold Hickson (shoe manufacturer).
Education: Oldfield School in Swanage, Dorset; trained at RADA in London.
Career start: Stage debut in 1927 (provincial theater).
Career details: Worked throughout the United Kingdom; West End comedies; often played confused or eccentric middle-aged women.
Specific credit: Miss Marple: Nemesis.
Joan Bogle Hickson OBE, also known as Joan Bogle Butler, was an English actress of theatre, film, and television. Born on August 5, 1906, in Kingsthorpe, Northampton, she was the daughter of Edith Mary Bogle and Alfred Harold Hickson. Hickson attended Oldfield School in Swanage, Dorset, and trained at RADA in London. She made her stage debut in 1927 in provincial theater and later performed in West End comedies, often portraying eccentric or confused middle-aged women. She is best known for her role as Agatha Christie's Miss Marple in the television series Miss Marple and for narrating Miss Marple audio books. Her credits include Miss Marple: Nemesis. She died on October 17, 1998.
Career overview
Joan Bogle Hickson OBE was an English actress of theatre, film, and television. Born on August 5, 1906, in Kingsthorpe, Northampton, she made her stage debut in 1927. Her early theatrical career included touring across Britain and working in provincial theater. She subsequently went on to a long series of West End comedies, where she frequently played the part of a confused or eccentric middle-aged woman.
Hickson is best known for her portrayal of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple in the television series Miss Marple. In addition to appearing as the character on television, she also narrated a number of Miss Marple stories on audio books. Her work in the series included the production Miss Marple: Nemesis. Throughout her career, she was recognized as a master of alert and intelligent interpretation. Her professional credits include 168 known entries.
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166 titles- 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
- ScreenPlay (1986) as Bea
- Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986) as Miss Marple
- Clockwise (1986) as Mrs. Ellie Trellis
- Daylight Robbery (1986) as Bea
- Screen Two (1985) as Mrs. Whiteweather
- 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
- Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (1984) as Miss Marple
- Poor Little Rich Girls (1984) as Lady Harriet
- Round And Round (1984)
- The Wicked Lady (1983) as Aunt Agatha
- Great Expectations (1981) as Miss Havisham
- A Ferry Ride Away (1981) as Mrs. Massie
- The Gentle Touch (1980)
- Lady Killers (1980) as Carrie Esther Rapley
- Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1980) as Mrs. Rivington
- Bedroom Farce (1980) as Delia
- The Taming of the Shrew (1980) as Widow
- 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)
- Our Mutual Friend (1976) as Abbey Potterson
- Baby Sitters (1976)
- On the Tiles (1976)
- Tiptoe Through the Tulips (1976) as Mother
- Double Trouble (1976)
- Monkey Tricks (1976)
- Wedding Bells (1976)
- The Big Kick (1976)
- One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975) as Mrs Gibbons
- Happy Ever After (1974) as Mrs Henderson
- Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974) as Mrs. Radlett
- Good Girl (1974) as Mrs Morrow
- South Riding (1974)
- Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1973) as Mrs. Chambers
- Theatre of Blood (1973) as Mrs. Sprout
- Carry On Girls (1973) as Mrs. Dukes
- After Loch Lomond (1973) as Nancy
- Crown Court (1972) as Elizabeth Penn
- Sykes (1972) as Nurse
- A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1972) as Grace
- Just in Time for Christmas (1972) as Mrs. Hope-Rising
- Budgie (1971) as Edith Broughton
- Under And Over (1971)
- Friends (1971) as Lady in Bookstore
- Play for Today (1970) as Mother
- From a Bird's Eye View (1970) as Hilda Tuttle
- Carry On Loving (1970) as Mrs Grubb
- Sinister Street (1969) as Mrs Cleghorne
- W. Somerset Maugham (1969) as Mrs. Carter
- Ooh La La! (1968)
- Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter (1968) as Landlady
- Dracula (1968) as Mrs. Weston
- ITV Playhouse (1967) as Matron
- ITV Playhouse (1967) as Mrs. Trix
- ITV Playhouse (1967) as Mrs. Massie
- NET Playhouse (1966) as Mrs. Jenkins
- Mystery and Imagination (1966) as Mrs Weston
- Theatre 625 (1964) as Elsie Amble
- Thursday Theatre (1964) as Mrs Jenkins
- Maggie (1964) as Maggie's mother
- Espionage (1963) as Sara Forsythe
- Our Man At St Mark's (1963)
- Nurse on Wheels (1963) as Mrs. Wood
- For King and Country: Out There (1963) as Mrs. Hudd
- Heavens Above! (1963) as Housewife
- Crooks Anonymous (1962)
- I Thank a Fool (1962) as Landlady
- In the Doghouse (1962) as Miss Gibbs
- 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
- Danger Man (1960) as Mrs. Curtis
- Barnaby Rudge (1960)
- Barnaby Rudge (1960) as Mrs. Varden
- Tunes of Glory (1960) as Guest at Party (uncredited)
- No Kidding (1960) as Cook
- Doctor in Love (1960) as Nurse (uncredited)
- Carry On Constable (1960) as Mrs. May
- No Hiding Place (1959)
- Carry On Nurse (1959) as Sister
- The 39 Steps (1959) as Miss Dobson
- Please Turn Over (1959) as Saleswoman
- Upstairs and Downstairs (1959) as Rosemary
- The Horse's Mouth (1958) as Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)
- Happy Is the Bride (1958) as Mrs. Bowles
- 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
- Carry On Admiral (1957) as Mother
- No Time for Tears (1957) as Sister Duckworth
- Armchair Theatre (1956) as Mrs. Monkstown
- The Man Who Never Was (1956) as Landlady
- Child in the House (1956) as Cook
- Lost (1956) as Chemist
- The Extra Day (1956) as Mrs. West
- Jumping for Joy (1956) as Lady Emily Cranfield
- The Last Man to Hang (1956) as Mrs. Prynne
- Port of Escape (1956) as Rosalie Watchett
- Dixon of Dock Green (1955) as Elsie Francis
- Doctor at Sea (1955) as Mrs. Thomas
- Simon and Laura (1955) as Barmaid
- An Alligator Named Daisy (1955) as Piano Customer (uncredited)
- As Long as They're Happy (1955) as Barmaid
- A Time to Kill (1955) as Miss Edinger
- Value for Money (1955) as Mrs. Perkins
- The Million Pound Note (1954) as Maggie
- Doctor in the House (1954) as Mrs. Groaker
- Mad About Men (1954) as Mrs. Forster
- The House Across the Lake (1954) as Mrs. Hardcastle
- The Crowded Day (1954) as Mrs. Jones
- What Every Woman Wants (1954) as Polly Ann Hadley
- To Dorothy, a Son (1954) as Pub Landlady
- Dance Little Lady (1954) as Mrs. Matthews
- Rough Shoot (1953) as Station Announcer
- Deadly Nightshade (1953) as Mrs. Fenton
- Love in Pawn (1953) as Woman in Telephone Box (Uncredited)
- Curtain Up (1952) as Harry's Landlady
- The Card (1952) as Mrs. Codleyn
- Angels One Five (1952) as Housekeeper (Uncredited)
- The Magic Box (1952) as Mrs Stukely
- Hindle Wakes (1952) as Mrs Hawthorn
- Tall Headlines (1952) as The Waitress
- Come Back Peter (1952) as Mrs. Harris
- High Treason (1951) as Mrs. Ellis
- Hell Is Sold Out (1951) as Hortense
- Sunday Night Theatre (1950) as Mrs. Moore /Mrs. Bateman
- Seven Days to Noon (1950) as Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett
- The Magnet (1950) as Mrs Ward
- When We Are Married (1949) as Mrs. Northrop
- Marry Me (1949) as Mrs. Pearson
- Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora (1949) as Emily Haldane
- Bond Street (1948) as Seamstress
- The Guinea Pig (1948) as Mrs. Read
- This Was a Woman (1948) as Miss Johnson
- 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)
- I See Ice (1938) as Receptionist
- Second Thoughts (1938) as Ellen
- Love from a Stranger (1937) as Emmy
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936) as Effie
- Widow's Might (1935) as Burroughs
- Not At All as Mrs. K
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Joan Hickson best known for?
Joan Hickson is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1991), Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington (1987), Miss Marple: Nemesis (1987), Adam (1983).
When and where was Joan Hickson born?
Joan Hickson was born on August 5, 1906 in Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK. They passed away on October 17, 1998.
How many credits does Joan Hickson have?
Joan Hickson has accumulated over 166 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1935 to 1998.
What is Joan Hickson's background in cinema and television?
Subject: Joan Hickson (Acting). Goal: Factual identity profile. Constraints: 90-130 words, plain prose only, no markdown, no headings, no preamble, no JSON, no surrounding quotes. Source material: Provided TMDB bio, Wikipedia, IMDb, etc. Strictness: Only verifiable facts from the sources. No invention. Full Name: Joan ...
Joan Hickson by the numbers
Age in their best-rated roles
- Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1973) as Mrs. Chambers — aged about 66
- Miss Marple: The Moving Finger (1985) as Miss Marple — aged about 78
- Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington (1987) as Miss Jane Marple — aged about 80
- Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985) as Miss Jane Marple — aged about 78
- Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (1984) as Miss Marple — aged about 77
- As Long as They're Happy (1955) as Barmaid — aged about 48
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