Overview

Know for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
05 Aug, 1906 (118 years old)

Joan Hickson

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

Known For

Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
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106 min 1992

Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

Crime
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
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100 min 1991

Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

Mystery
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
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104 min 1989

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery

Mystery
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
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110 min 1987

Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington

Crime
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
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1987

Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel

Crime
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
HD
102 min 1986

Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage

Mystery

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