Acting · Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK · Born August 5, 1906
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
MovieWhat's a Carry On?
1998
as Sister / Mrs. Dukes (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieCentury
1993
as Mrs. Whitweather
MovieMiss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
1992
as Miss Marple
MovieMiss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
1991
as Miss Marple
MovieAgatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait
1990
as Narrator
MovieKing of the Wind
1990
as Duchess of Marlborough
MovieMiss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989
as Miss Marple
MovieMiss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
1987
as Miss Jane Marple
TVMiss Marple: Nemesis
1987
as Miss Jane Marple
TVMiss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
1987
as Miss Jane Marple
TVMiss Marple: Sleeping Murder
1987
as Miss Jane Marple
MovieMiss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
1986
as Miss Marple
MovieDaylight Robbery
1986
as Bea
TVScreenPlay
1986
as Bea
MovieClockwise
1986
as Mrs. Ellie Trellis
TVTime for Murder
1985
as Miss Wainwright
TVMiss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
1985
as Miss Jane Marple
TVMiss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
1985
as Miss Jane Marple
TVMiss Marple: The Moving Finger
1985
as Miss Marple
TVScreen Two
1985
as Mrs. Whiteweather
TVMiss Marple: The Body in the Library
1984
as Miss Marple
TVPoor Little Rich Girls
1984
as Lady Harriet
Round And Round
1984
MovieThe Wicked Lady
1983
as Aunt Agatha
TVGreat Expectations
1981
as Miss Havisham
A Ferry Ride Away
1981
as Mrs. Massie
MovieThe Taming of the Shrew
1980
as Widow
Bedroom Farce
1980
as Delia
TVLady Killers
1980
as Carrie Esther Rapley
TVThe Gentle Touch
1980
MovieWhy Didn't They Ask Evans?
1980
as Mrs. Rivington
MovieYanks
1979
as Mrs. Moody
TVThe BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Widow
TVStrangers
1978
as Miss Robinson
MovieThat's Carry On!
1977
as Sister / Mrs. May (archive footage)
MovieTiptoe Through the Tulips
1976
as Mother
TVOur Mutual Friend
1976
as Abbey Potterson
Wedding Bells
1976
On the Tiles
1976
The Big Kick
1976
Double Trouble
1976
Baby Sitters
1976
Monkey Tricks
1976
MovieOne of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975
as Mrs Gibbons
MovieSouth Riding
1974
MovieConfessions of a Window Cleaner
1974
as Mrs. Radlett
Good Girl
1974
as Mrs Morrow
TVHappy Ever After
1974
as Mrs Henderson
MovieCarry On Girls
1973
as Mrs. Dukes
MovieTheatre of Blood
1973
as Mrs. Sprout
After Loch Lomond
1973
as Nancy
TVWhatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973
as Mrs. Chambers
Just in Time for Christmas
1972
as Mrs. Hope-Rising
TVCrown Court
1972
as Elizabeth Penn
TVSykes
1972
as Nurse
MovieA Day in the Death of Joe Egg
1972
as Grace
Under And Over
1971
TVBudgie
1971
as Edith Broughton
MovieFriends
1971
as Lady in Bookstore
TVPlay for Today
1970
as Mother
MovieCarry On Loving
1970
as Mrs Grubb
TVFrom a Bird's Eye View
1970
as Hilda Tuttle
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
as Mrs. Carter
TVSinister Street
1969
as Mrs Cleghorne
MovieDracula
1968
as Mrs. Weston
MovieMrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
1968
as Landlady
TVOoh La La!
1968
TVITV Playhouse
1967
as Matron
TVNET Playhouse
1966
as Mrs. Jenkins
TVMystery and Imagination
1966
as Mrs Weston
Thursday Theatre
1964
as Mrs. Jenkins
TVTheatre 625
1964
as Elsie Amble
Maggie
1964
as Maggie's mother
TVEspionage
1963
as Sara Forsythe
TVOur Man At St Mark's
1963
For King and Country: Out There
1963
as Mrs. Hudd
MovieHeavens Above!
1963
as Housewife
MovieNurse on Wheels
1963
as Mrs. Wood
MovieI Thank a Fool
1962
as Landlady
MovieIn the Doghouse
1962
as Miss Gibbs
MovieCrooks Anonymous
1962
MovieMurder She Said
1961
as Mrs. Kidder
MovieRaising the Wind
1961
as Mrs. Bostwick
MovieCarry On Regardless
1961
as Matron
MovieHis and Hers
1961
as Phoebe
MovieNo Kidding
1960
as Cook
TVBarnaby Rudge
1960
MovieTunes of Glory
1960
as Guest at Party (uncredited)
TVDanger Man
1960
as Mrs. Curtis
MovieDoctor in Love
1960
as Nurse (uncredited)
MovieCarry On Constable
1960
as Mrs. May
MoviePlease Turn Over
1959
as Saleswoman
MovieUpstairs and Downstairs
1959
as Rosemary
TVNo Hiding Place
1959
MovieThe 39 Steps
1959
as Miss Dobson
MovieCarry On Nurse
1959
as Sister
MovieThe Horse's Mouth
1958
as Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)
MovieChain of Events
1958
as Barmaid
Charlesworth at Large
1958
as Miss Frisby
MovieLaw and Disorder
1958
as Aunt Florence
MovieHappy Is the Bride
1958
as Mrs. Bowles
MovieBarnacle Bill
1957
as Mrs. Kent
MovieNo Time for Tears
1957
as Sister Duckworth
MovieCarry On Admiral
1957
as Mother
MovieChild in the House
1956
as Cook
MovieThe Last Man to Hang
1956
as Mrs. Prynne
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Mrs. Monkstown
MoviePort of Escape
1956
as Rosalie Watchett
MovieThe Man Who Never Was
1956
as Landlady
MovieLost
1956
as Chemist
MovieThe Extra Day
1956
as Mrs. West
MovieJumping for Joy
1956
as Lady Emily Cranfield
MovieAn Alligator Named Daisy
1955
as Piano Customer (uncredited)
MovieSimon and Laura
1955
as Barmaid
MovieA Time to Kill
1955
as Miss Edinger
MovieValue for Money
1955
as Mrs. Perkins
MovieDoctor at Sea
1955
as Mrs. Thomas
TVDixon of Dock Green
1955
as Elsie Francis
MovieAs Long as They're Happy
1955
as Barmaid
MovieMad About Men
1954
as Mrs. Forster
MovieTo Dorothy, a Son
1954
as Pub Landlady
MovieThe Crowded Day
1954
as Mrs. Jones
MovieDance Little Lady
1954
as Mrs. Matthews
MovieWhat Every Woman Wants
1954
as Polly Ann Hadley
MovieThe House Across the Lake
1954
as Mrs. Hardcastle
MovieDoctor in the House
1954
as Mrs. Groaker
MovieThe Million Pound Note
1954
as Maggie
MovieLove in Pawn
1953
as Woman in Telephone Box (Uncredited)
MovieRough Shoot
1953
as Station Announcer
MovieDeadly Nightshade
1953
as Mrs. Fenton
MovieHindle Wakes
1952
as Mrs Hawthorn
MovieCome Back Peter
1952
as Mrs. Harris
MovieTall Headlines
1952
as The Waitress
MovieAngels One Five
1952
as Housekeeper (Uncredited)
MovieCurtain Up
1952
as Harry's Landlady
MovieThe Card
1952
as Mrs. Codleyn
MovieThe Magic Box
1952
as Mrs Stukely
MovieHigh Treason
1951
as Mrs. Ellis
MovieHell Is Sold Out
1951
as Hortense
MovieSeven Days to Noon
1950
as Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett
MovieThe Magnet
1950
as Mrs Ward
TVSunday Night Theatre
1950
as Mrs. Moore /Mrs. Bateman
MovieCelia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora
1949
as Emily Haldane
When We Are Married
1949
as Mrs. Northrop
MovieMarry Me
1949
as Mrs. Pearson
MovieThe Guinea Pig
1948
as Mrs. Read
MovieBond Street
1948
as Seamstress
MovieThis Was a Woman
1948
as Miss Johnson
MovieJust William's Luck
1947
as Mrs. Lane
MovieSo Well Remembered
1947
as Mother (uncredited)
MovieI See a Dark Stranger
1946
as Hotel Manageress
The Trojan Brothers
1946
as Ada
MovieThe Rake's Progress
1945
as Miss Parker
MovieI Live in Grosvenor Square
1945
as Minor role (uncredited)
MovieDon't Take It to Heart
1944
as Mrs. Pike
MovieFreedom Radio
1941
as Katie
MovieSailors Don't Care
1940
as Woman Carried Ashore (uncredited)
MovieI See Ice
1938
as Receptionist
MovieSecond Thoughts
1938
as Ellen
MovieLove from a Stranger
1937
as Emmy
MovieThe Man Who Could Work Miracles
1936
as Effie
MovieWidow's Might
1935
as Burroughs
Not At All
as Mrs. K
