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
Acted in 145
1990s
- 1998
What's a Carry On?
Sister / Mrs. Dukes (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1993
Century
Mrs. Whitweather
- 1992
- 1990
King of the Wind
Duchess of Marlborough
1980s
- 1989
- 1987
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
Miss Jane Marple · 2 episodes
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
Miss Jane Marple · 2 episodes
- 1986
Daylight Robbery
Bea
- 1985
Time for Murder
Miss Wainwright · 1 episode
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
Miss Jane Marple · 3 episodes
- 1984
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library
Miss Marple · 3 episodes
Miss Marple
Miss Marple · 21 episodes
Poor Little Rich Girls
Lady Harriet · 7 episodes
- 1983
- 1981
Great Expectations
Miss Havisham · 5 episodes
- 1980
The Taming of the Shrew
Widow
1970s
- 1979
Yanks
Mrs. Moody
- 1978
- 1977
That's Carry On!
Sister / Mrs. May (archive footage)
- 1976
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
Mother
Our Mutual Friend
Abbey Potterson · 1 episode
- 1975
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Mrs Gibbons
- 1974
South Riding
Movie
Village Hall
Ursula Garfield · 1 episode
- 1973
Carry On Girls
Mrs. Dukes
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Mrs. Chambers · 2 episodes
- 1972
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Grace
- 1971
- 1970
Carry On Loving
Mrs Grubb
From a Bird's Eye View
Hilda Tuttle · 1 episode
1960s
- 1969
Sinister Street
Mrs Cleghorne · 3 episodes
- 1968
Dracula
Mrs. Weston
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
Landlady
Ooh La La!
TV
- 1967
- 1966
- 1964
- 1963
Our Man At St Mark's
TV
Heavens Above!
Housewife
Nurse on Wheels
Mrs. Wood
- 1962
I Thank a Fool
Landlady
In the Doghouse
Miss Gibbs
Crooks Anonymous
Movie
- 1961
Murder She Said
Mrs. Kidder
Raising the Wind
Mrs. Bostwick
Carry On Regardless
Matron
His and Hers
Phoebe
- 1960
No Kidding
Cook
Barnaby Rudge
Mrs. Varden · 6 episodes
Doctor in Love
Nurse (uncredited)
Carry On Constable
Mrs. May
1950s
- 1959
Please Turn Over
Saleswoman
Upstairs and Downstairs
Rosemary
Carry On Nurse
Sister
- 1958
The Horse's Mouth
Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)
Chain of Events
Barmaid
Law and Disorder
Aunt Florence
Happy Is the Bride
Mrs. Bowles
- 1957
Barnacle Bill
Mrs. Kent
No Time for Tears
Sister Duckworth
Carry On Admiral
Mother
- 1956
Child in the House
Cook
The Last Man to Hang
Mrs. Prynne
Armchair Theatre
Mrs. Monkstown · 1 episode
Port of Escape
Rosalie Watchett
Lost
Chemist
The Extra Day
Mrs. West
Jumping for Joy
Lady Emily Cranfield
- 1955
An Alligator Named Daisy
Piano Customer (uncredited)
Simon and Laura
Barmaid
A Time to Kill
Miss Edinger
Value for Money
Mrs. Perkins
Doctor at Sea
Mrs. Thomas
As Long As They're Happy
Barmaid
- 1954
Mad About Men
Mrs. Forster
To Dorothy, a Son
Pub Landlady
The Crowded Day
Mrs. Jones
Dance Little Lady
Mrs. Matthews
What Every Woman Wants
Polly Ann Hadley
The House Across the Lake
Mrs. Hardcastle
Doctor in the House
Mrs. Groaker
- 1953
Love in Pawn
Woman in Telephone Box (Uncredited)
Rough Shoot
Station Announcer
Deadly Nightshade
Mrs. Fenton
- 1952
Hindle Wakes
Mrs Hawthorn
Come Back Peter
Mrs. Harris
Tall Headlines
The Waitress
Angels One Five
Housekeeper (Uncredited)
The Magic Box
Mrs Stukely
- 1951
High Treason
Mrs. Ellis
Hell Is Sold Out
Hortense
- 1950
Seven Days to Noon
Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett
The Magnet
Mrs Ward
1940s
- 1949
Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora
Emily Haldane
Marry Me
Mrs. Pearson
- 1948
It's Hard to be Good
Mending Woman (uncredited)
The Guinea Pig
Mrs. Read
Bond Street
Seamstress
This Was a Woman
Miss Johnson
- 1947
Just William's Luck
Mrs. Lane
So Well Remembered
Mother (uncredited)
- 1946
I See a Dark Stranger
Hotel Manageress
- 1945
The Rake's Progress
Miss Parker
I Live in Grosvenor Square
Minor role (uncredited)
- 1944
Don't Take It to Heart
Mrs. Pike
- 1941
Freedom Radio
Katie
- 1940
Sailors Don't Care
Woman Carried Ashore (uncredited)
1930s
- 1938
I See Ice
Receptionist
Second Thoughts
Ellen
- 1937
- 1936
- 1935
Widow's Might
Burroughs
Appearances1
1990s
- 1990
Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait
Narrator