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
Century
1993
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as Mrs. Whitweather
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Age: 87
Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait
1990
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as Narrator
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Age: 84
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
Theatre of Blood
1973
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as Mrs. Sprout
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Age: 66
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
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
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
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
Jumping for Joy
1956
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as Lady Emily Cranfield
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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
Freedom Radio
1941
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as Katie
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Age: 34