Joan Hickson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 5 August 1906 · Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
- Died
- 17 October 1998
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
Known for
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- 2026Not At All as Mrs. K
- 2026After Loch Lomond as Nancy
- 1998What's a Carry On? as Sister / Mrs. Dukes (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1993Century as Mrs. Whitweather
- 1992Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side as Miss Marple
- 1991Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors as Miss Marple
- 1990Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait as Narrator
- 1990King of the Wind as Duchess of Marlborough
- 1989Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery as Miss Marple
- 1987Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington as Miss Jane Marple
- 1986Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage as Miss Marple
- 1986Daylight Robbery as Bea
- 1986Clockwise as Mrs. Ellie Trellis
- 1983The Wicked Lady as Aunt Agatha
- 1981A Ferry Ride Away as Mrs. Massie
- 1980The Taming of the Shrew as Widow
- 1980Bedroom Farce as Delia
- 1980Why Didn't They Ask Evans? as Mrs. Rivington
- 1979Yanks as Mrs. Moody
- 1977That's Carry On! as Sister / Mrs. May (archive footage)
- 1976Tiptoe Through the Tulips as Mother
- 1976The Big Kick
- 1976On the Tiles
- 1976Baby Sitters
- 1976Wedding Bells
- 1976Monkey Tricks
- 1976Double Trouble
- 1975One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing as Mrs Gibbons
- 1974South Riding
- 1974Confessions of a Window Cleaner as Mrs. Radlett
- 1973Carry On Girls as Mrs. Dukes
- 1973Theatre of Blood as Mrs. Sprout
- 1972Just in Time for Christmas as Mrs. Hope-Rising
- 1972A Day in the Death of Joe Egg as Grace
- 1971Friends as Lady in Bookstore
- 1970Carry On Loving as Mrs Grubb
- 1968Dracula as Mrs. Weston
- 1968Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter as Landlady
- 1964Maggie as Maggie's mother
- 1963For King and Country: Out There as Mrs. Hudd
- 1963Heavens Above! as Housewife
- 1963Nurse on Wheels as Mrs. Wood
- 1962I Thank a Fool as Landlady
- 1962In the Doghouse as Miss Gibbs
- 1962Crooks Anonymous
- 1961Murder She Said as Mrs. Kidder
- 1961Raising the Wind as Mrs. Bostwick
- 1961Carry On Regardless as Matron
- 1961His and Hers as Phoebe
- 1960No Kidding as Cook
- 1960Tunes of Glory as Guest at Party (uncredited)
- 1960Doctor in Love as Nurse (uncredited)
- 1960Carry On Constable as Mrs. May
- 1959Please Turn Over as Saleswoman
- 1959Upstairs and Downstairs as Rosemary
- 1959The 39 Steps as Miss Dobson
- 1959Carry On Nurse as Sister
- 1958The Horse's Mouth as Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)
- 1958Chain of Events as Barmaid
- 1958Law and Disorder as Aunt Florence
- 1958Happy Is the Bride as Mrs. Bowles
- 1957Barnacle Bill as Mrs. Kent
- 1957No Time for Tears as Sister Duckworth
- 1957Carry On Admiral as Mother
- 1956Child in the House as Cook
- 1956The Last Man to Hang as Mrs. Prynne
- 1956Port of Escape as Rosalie Watchett
- 1956The Man Who Never Was as Landlady
- 1956Lost as Chemist
- 1956The Extra Day as Mrs. West
- 1956Jumping for Joy as Lady Emily Cranfield
- 1955An Alligator Named Daisy as Piano Customer (uncredited)
- 1955Simon and Laura as Barmaid
- 1955A Time to Kill as Miss Edinger
- 1955Value for Money as Mrs. Perkins
- 1955Doctor at Sea as Mrs. Thomas
- 1955As Long as They're Happy as Barmaid
- 1954Mad About Men as Mrs. Forster
- 1954To Dorothy, a Son as Pub Landlady
- 1954The Crowded Day as Mrs. Jones
- 1954Dance Little Lady as Mrs. Matthews
- 1954What Every Woman Wants as Polly Ann Hadley
- 1954The House Across the Lake as Mrs. Hardcastle
- 1954Doctor in the House as Mrs. Groaker
- 1954The Million Pound Note as Maggie
- 1953Love in Pawn as Woman in Telephone Box (Uncredited)
- 1953Rough Shoot as Station Announcer
- 1953Deadly Nightshade as Mrs. Fenton
- 1952Hindle Wakes as Mrs Hawthorn
- 1952Come Back Peter as Mrs. Harris
- 1952Tall Headlines as The Waitress
- 1952Angels One Five as Housekeeper (Uncredited)
- 1952Curtain Up as Harry's Landlady
- 1952The Card as Mrs. Codleyn
- 1952The Magic Box as Mrs Stukely
- 1951High Treason as Mrs. Ellis
- 1951Hell Is Sold Out as Hortense
- 1950Seven Days to Noon as Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett
- 1950The Magnet as Mrs Ward
- 1949Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora as Emily Haldane
- 1949When We Are Married as Mrs. Northrop
- 1949Marry Me as Mrs. Pearson
- 1948It's Hard to be Good as Mending Woman (uncredited)
- 1948The Guinea Pig as Mrs. Read
- 1948Bond Street as Seamstress
- 1948This Was a Woman as Miss Johnson
- 1947Just William's Luck as Mrs. Lane
- 1947So Well Remembered as Mother (uncredited)
- 1946I See a Dark Stranger as Hotel Manageress
- 1946The Trojan Brothers as Ada
- 1945The Rake's Progress as Miss Parker
- 1945I Live in Grosvenor Square as Minor role (uncredited)
- 1944Don't Take It to Heart as Mrs. Pike
- 1941Freedom Radio as Katie
- 1940Sailors Don't Care as Woman Carried Ashore (uncredited)
- 1938I See Ice as Receptionist
- 1938Second Thoughts as Ellen
- 1937Love from a Stranger as Emmy
- 1936The Man Who Could Work Miracles as Effie
- 1935Widow's Might as Burroughs