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Joan Hickson

Acting

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

Died October 17, 1998

Also known as Джоан Хиксон · Miss M · Joan Bogle 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

Awards & recognition

  • Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 1987
  • Tony AwardBest Featured Actress in a Play · 1979

Filmography32 titles

The Taming of the Shrew

1980as Widow

Dance Little Lady

1954as Mrs. Matthews

Miss Marple: The Body in the Library

1984as Miss Marple

Danger Man

1960as Mrs. Curtis

Murder She Said

1961as Mrs. Kidder

The Gentle Touch

Tunes of Glory

1960as Guest at Party (uncredited)

King of the Wind

1990as Duchess of Marlborough

Man with a Million

1954as Maggie

The Promoter

1952as Mrs. Codleyn

Deadly Nightshade

1953as Mrs. Fenton

Seven Days to Noon

1950as Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

1980as Mrs. Rivington

Theater of Blood

1973as Mrs. Sprout

The Horse's Mouth

1958as Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)

What Every Woman Wants

1954as Polly Ann Hadley

I See a Dark Stranger

1946as Hotel Manageress

Carry On Nurse

1959as Sister

The 39 Steps

1959as Miss Dobson

Love from a Stranger

1937as Emmy

Great Expectations

as Miss Havisham

Clockwise

1986as Mrs. Ellie Trellis

I Thank a Fool

1962as Landlady

Yanks

1979as Mrs. Moody

Friends

1971as Lady in Bookstore

The Man Who Could Work Miracles

1936as Effie

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

1975as Mrs Gibbons

The Crowded Day

1954as Mrs. Jones

This Was a Woman

1948as Miss Johnson

The Wicked Lady

1983as Aunt Agatha

Confessions of a Window Cleaner

1974as Mrs. Radlett

Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait

1990as Narrator