Joan Hickson
Born August 05, 1906 (Age: 119)
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Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Biography
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
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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Filmography
What's a Carry On?
1998
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as Sister / Mrs. Dukes (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 92
Century
1993
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as Mrs. Whitweather
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Age: 87
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
1992
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as Miss Marple
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Age: 86
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
1991
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as Miss Marple
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Age: 85
Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait
1990
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as Narrator
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Age: 84
King of the Wind
1990
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as Duchess of Marlborough
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Age: 83
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989
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as Miss Marple
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Age: 83
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
1987
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as Miss Jane Marple
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Age: 81
Daylight Robbery
1986
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as Bea
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Age: 79
Clockwise
1986
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as Mrs. Ellie Trellis
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Age: 79
The Wicked Lady
1983
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as Aunt Agatha
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Age: 76
No Image
A Ferry Ride Away
1981
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as Mrs. Massie
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Age: 74
The Taming of the Shrew
1980
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as Widow
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Age: 74
No Image
Bedroom Farce
1980
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as Delia
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Age: 74
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
1980
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as Mrs. Rivington
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Age: 73
South Riding
1974
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as
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Age: 68
Confessions of a Window Cleaner
1974
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as Mrs. Radlett
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Age: 68
Carry On Girls
1973
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as Mrs. Dukes
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Age: 67
Theatre of Blood
1973
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as Mrs. Sprout
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Age: 66
No Image
Just in Time for Christmas
1972
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as Mrs. Hope-Rising
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Age: 66
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
1972
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as Grace
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Age: 65
Dracula
1968
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as Mrs. Weston
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Age: 62
No Image
Maggie
1964
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as Maggie's mother
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Age: 57
No Image
For King and Country: Out There
1963
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as Mrs. Hudd
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Age: 57
Heavens Above!
1963
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as Housewife
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Age: 56
Nurse on Wheels
1963
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as Mrs. Wood
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Age: 56
I Thank a Fool
1962
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as Landlady
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Age: 56
In the Doghouse
1962
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as Miss Gibbs
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Age: 55
Crooks Anonymous
1962
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as
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Age: 55
Murder She Said
1961
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as Mrs. Kidder
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Age: 55
Raising the Wind
1961
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as Mrs. Bostwick
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Age: 55
Carry On Regardless
1961
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as Matron
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Age: 54
His and Hers
1961
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as Phoebe
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Age: 54
No Kidding
1960
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as Cook
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Age: 54
Tunes of Glory
1960
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as Guest at Party (uncredited)
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Age: 54
Doctor in Love
1960
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as Nurse (uncredited)
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Age: 53
Carry On Constable
1960
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as Mrs. May
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Age: 53
Please Turn Over
1959
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as Saleswoman
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Age: 53
Upstairs and Downstairs
1959
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as Rosemary
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Age: 53
The 39 Steps
1959
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as Miss Dobson
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Age: 52
Carry On Nurse
1959
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as Sister
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Age: 52
The Horse's Mouth
1958
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as Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)
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Age: 52
Chain of Events
1958
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as Barmaid
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Age: 52
Law and Disorder
1958
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as Aunt Florence
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Age: 51
Happy Is the Bride
1958
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as Mrs. Bowles
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Age: 51
Child in the House
1956
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as Cook
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Age: 50
The Last Man to Hang
1956
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as Mrs. Prynne
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Age: 49
Port of Escape
1956
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as Rosalie Watchett
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Age: 49
The Man Who Never Was
1956
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as Landlady
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Age: 49
Lost
1956
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as Chemist
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Age: 49
Jumping for Joy
1956
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as Lady Emily Cranfield
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Age: 49
The Extra Day
1956
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as Mrs. West
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Age: 49
An Alligator Named Daisy
1955
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as Piano Customer (uncredited)
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Age: 49
Simon and Laura
1955
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as Barmaid
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Age: 49
A Time to Kill
1955
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as Miss Edinger
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Age: 49
Value for Money
1955
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as Mrs. Perkins
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Age: 49
Doctor at Sea
1955
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as Mrs. Thomas
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Age: 48
As Long as They're Happy
1955
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as Barmaid
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Age: 48
Mad About Men
1954
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as Mrs. Forster
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Age: 48
To Dorothy, a Son
1954
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as Pub Landlady
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Age: 48
The Crowded Day
1954
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as Mrs. Jones
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Age: 48
Dance Little Lady
1954
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as Mrs. Matthews
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Age: 47
What Every Woman Wants
1954
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as Polly Ann Hadley
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Age: 47
The House Across the Lake
1954
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as Mrs. Hardcastle
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Age: 47
Doctor in the House
1954
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as Mrs. Groaker
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Age: 47
The Million Pound Note
1954
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as Maggie
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Age: 47
Love in Pawn
1953
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as Woman in Telephone Box (Uncredited)
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Age: 47
Rough Shoot
1953
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as Station Announcer
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Age: 46
Deadly Nightshade
1953
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as Mrs. Fenton
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Age: 46
Seven Days to Noon
1950
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as Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett
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Age: 44
The Magnet
1950
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as Mrs Ward
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Age: 44
The Rake's Progress
1945
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as Miss Parker
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Age: 39
I Live in Grosvenor Square
1945
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as Minor role (uncredited)
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Age: 38
Freedom Radio
1941
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as Katie
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Age: 34