Joan Hickson

Joan Hickson

Acting

Born August 5, 1906 · Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK

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 Mi…

Known for

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970

Crown Court

Crown Court

1972

Screen Two

Screen Two

1985

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

1964

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

1967

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

1967

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

1967

No Hiding Place

No Hiding Place

1959

Acting(163)

1998What's a Carry On?Sister / Mrs. Dukes (archive footage) (uncredited)

1993CenturyMrs. Whitweather

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

1991Miss Marple: They Do It with MirrorsMiss Marple

1990Agatha Christie - Unfinished PortraitNarrator

1990King of the WindDuchess of Marlborough

1989Miss Marple: A Caribbean MysteryMiss Marple

1987Miss Marple: 4.50 from PaddingtonMiss Jane Marple

1987Miss Marple: NemesisMiss Jane Marple

1987Miss Marple: At Bertram's HotelMiss Jane Marple

1987Miss Marple: Sleeping MurderMiss Jane Marple

1986Miss Marple: The Murder at the VicarageMiss Marple

1986Daylight RobberyBea

1986ScreenPlayBea

1986ClockwiseMrs. Ellie Trellis

1985Time for MurderMiss Wainwright

1985Miss Marple: A Pocketful of RyeMiss Jane Marple

1985Miss Marple: A Murder Is AnnouncedMiss Jane Marple

1985Miss Marple: The Moving FingerMiss Marple

1985Screen TwoMrs. Whiteweather

1984Miss Marple: The Body in the LibraryMiss Marple

1984Poor Little Rich GirlsLady Harriet

1984Round And Round

1983The Wicked LadyAunt Agatha

1981Great ExpectationsMiss Havisham

1981A Ferry Ride AwayMrs. Massie

1980The Taming of the ShrewWidow

1980Bedroom FarceDelia

1980Lady KillersCarrie Esther Rapley

1980The Gentle Touch

1980Why Didn't They Ask Evans?Mrs. Rivington

1979YanksMrs. Moody

1978The BBC Television ShakespeareWidow

1978StrangersMiss Robinson

1977That's Carry On!Sister / Mrs. May (archive footage)

1976Tiptoe Through the TulipsMother

1976Our Mutual FriendAbbey Potterson

1976The Big Kick

1976Wedding Bells

1976Double Trouble

1976Baby Sitters

1976On the Tiles

1976Monkey Tricks

1975One of Our Dinosaurs Is MissingMrs Gibbons

1974South Riding

1974Confessions of a Window CleanerMrs. Radlett

1974Good GirlMrs Morrow

1974Happy Ever AfterMrs Henderson

1973Carry On GirlsMrs. Dukes

1973Theatre of BloodMrs. Sprout

1973After Loch LomondNancy

1973Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?Mrs. Chambers

1972Just in Time for ChristmasMrs. Hope-Rising

1972Crown CourtElizabeth Penn

1972A Day in the Death of Joe EggGrace

1971Under And Over

1971BudgieEdith Broughton

1971FriendsLady in Bookstore

1970Play for TodayMother

1970Carry On LovingMrs Grubb

1970From a Bird's Eye ViewHilda Tuttle

1969W. Somerset MaughamMrs. Carter

1969Sinister StreetMrs Cleghorne

1968DraculaMrs. Weston

1968Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely DaughterLandlady

1967ITV PlayhouseMatron

1966NET PlayhouseMrs. Jenkins

1966Mystery and ImaginationMrs Weston

1964Thursday TheatreMrs. Jenkins

1964Theatre 625Elsie Amble

1964MaggieMaggie's mother

1963EspionageSara Forsythe

1963Our Man At St Mark's

1963For King and Country: Out ThereMrs. Hudd

1963Heavens Above!Housewife

1963Nurse on WheelsMrs. Wood

1962I Thank a FoolLandlady

1962In the DoghouseMiss Gibbs

1962Crooks Anonymous

1961Murder She SaidMrs. Kidder

1961Raising the WindMrs. Bostwick

1961Carry On RegardlessMatron

1961His and HersPhoebe

1960No KiddingCook

1960Barnaby Rudge

1960Tunes of GloryGuest at Party (uncredited)

1960Danger ManMrs. Curtis

1960Doctor in LoveNurse (uncredited)

1960Carry On ConstableMrs. May

1959Please Turn OverSaleswoman

1959Upstairs and DownstairsRosemary

1959No Hiding Place

1959The 39 StepsMiss Dobson

1959Carry On NurseSister

1958The Horse's MouthLady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)

1958Chain of EventsBarmaid

1958Charlesworth at LargeMiss Frisby

1958Law and DisorderAunt Florence

1958Happy Is the BrideMrs. Bowles

1957Barnacle BillMrs. Kent

1957No Time for TearsSister Duckworth

1957Carry On AdmiralMother

1956Child in the HouseCook

1956The Last Man to HangMrs. Prynne

1956Armchair TheatreMrs. Monkstown

1956Port of EscapeRosalie Watchett

1956The Man Who Never WasLandlady

1956LostChemist

1956The Extra DayMrs. West

1956Jumping for JoyLady Emily Cranfield

1955An Alligator Named DaisyPiano Customer (uncredited)

1955Simon and LauraBarmaid

1955A Time to KillMiss Edinger

1955Value for MoneyMrs. Perkins

1955Doctor at SeaMrs. Thomas

1955Dixon of Dock GreenElsie Francis

1955As Long as They're HappyBarmaid

1954Mad About MenMrs. Forster

1954To Dorothy, a SonPub Landlady

1954The Crowded DayMrs. Jones

1954Dance Little LadyMrs. Matthews

1954What Every Woman WantsPolly Ann Hadley

1954The House Across the LakeMrs. Hardcastle

1954Doctor in the HouseMrs. Groaker

1954The Million Pound NoteMaggie

1953Love in PawnWoman in Telephone Box (Uncredited)

1953Rough ShootStation Announcer

1953Deadly NightshadeMrs. Fenton

1952Hindle WakesMrs Hawthorn

1952Come Back PeterMrs. Harris

1952Tall HeadlinesThe Waitress

1952Angels One FiveHousekeeper (Uncredited)

1952Curtain UpHarry's Landlady

1952The CardMrs. Codleyn

1952The Magic BoxMrs Stukely

1951High TreasonMrs. Ellis

1951Hell Is Sold OutHortense

1950Seven Days to NoonMrs. Emily Georgina Peckett

1950The MagnetMrs Ward

1950Sunday Night TheatreMrs. Moore /Mrs. Bateman

1949Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt NoraEmily Haldane

1949When We Are MarriedMrs. Northrop

1949Marry MeMrs. Pearson

1948The Guinea PigMrs. Read

1948Bond StreetSeamstress

1948This Was a WomanMiss Johnson

1947Just William's LuckMrs. Lane

1947So Well RememberedMother (uncredited)

1946I See a Dark StrangerHotel Manageress

1946The Trojan BrothersAda

1945The Rake's ProgressMiss Parker

1945I Live in Grosvenor SquareMinor role (uncredited)

1944Don't Take It to HeartMrs. Pike

1941Freedom RadioKatie

1940Sailors Don't CareWoman Carried Ashore (uncredited)

1938I See IceReceptionist

1938Second ThoughtsEllen

1937Love from a StrangerEmmy

1936The Man Who Could Work MiraclesEffie

1935Widow's MightBurroughs

Not At AllMrs. K

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