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Joan Hickson

5th August 1906 Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK Acting

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

119 Movies 37 TV Shows 156 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Century poster
Century 31st December 1993 as Mrs. Whitweather
Yanks poster
Yanks 19th September 1979 as Mrs. Moody
Friends poster
Friends 24th March 1971 as Lady in Bookstore
Dracula poster
Dracula 18th November 1968 as Mrs. Weston
Maggie poster
Maggie 25th January 1964 as Maggie's mother
Lost poster
Lost 31st January 1956 as Chemist
Love in Pawn poster
Love in Pawn 23rd November 1953 as Woman in Telephone Box (Uncredited)
The Card poster
The Card 25th February 1952 as Mrs. Codleyn
Sykes poster
Sykes 14th September 1972 as Nurse
Budgie poster
Budgie 9th April 1971 as Edith Broughton