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Joan Bogle Hickson, OBE 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. She also narrated a number of Miss Marple stories on audio books.
Birth Name
Joan Bogle Hickson
Born
Sunday, 05 August 1906
Died
Saturday, 17 October 1998
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| What's a Carry On? | Various Characters | 1998 |
| Century | Mrs. Whitweather | 1993 |
| Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side | Miss Jane Marple / Miss Marple | 1992 |
| Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors | Miss Marple | 1991 |
| King of the Wind | Duchess of Marlborough | 1990 |
| Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel | Miss Marple | 1987 |
| Miss Marple: Nemesis | Miss Jane Marple | 1987 |
| Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder | Miss Marple | 1987 |
| Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: 4:50 from Paddington | Miss Jane Marple | 1987 |
| Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage | Miss Marple | 1986 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| What's a Carry On? | Various Characters | 1998 |
| Century | Mrs. Whitweather | 1993 |
| Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side | Miss Jane Marple / Miss Marple | 1992 |
| Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors | Miss Marple | 1991 |
| King of the Wind | Duchess of Marlborough | 1990 |
| Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel | Miss Marple | 1987 |
| Miss Marple: Nemesis | Miss Jane Marple | 1987 |
| Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder | Miss Marple | 1987 |
| Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: 4:50 from Paddington | Miss Jane Marple | 1987 |
| Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage | Miss Marple | 1986 |
| Clockwise | Mrs. Trellis / Mrs. Ellie Trellis | 1986 |
| Boon | Delia | 1986 |
| Time for Murder | Miss Wainwright | 1985 |
| Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye | Miss Jane Marple | 1985 |
| Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced | Miss Marple | 1985 |
| Miss Marple: The Moving Finger | Miss Marple | 1985 |
| Miss Marple: The Body in the Library | Miss Marple | 1984 |
| Poor Little Rich Girls | Lady Harriet | 1984 |
| The Wicked Lady | Aunt Agatha | 1983 |
| Great Expectations | Miss Havisham | 1981 |
| Nanny | Mrs. Nesbitt | 1981 |
| Barriers | Traffic warden | 1981 |
| The Taming of the Shrew | Widow | 1980 |
| The Gentle Touch | Sarah Meade | 1980 |
| Why Didn't They Ask Evans? | Mrs. Rivington | 1980 |
| Masterpiece Mystery | Miss Marple | 1980 |
| Yanks | Mrs. Moody | 1979 |
| To See Such Fun | Self | 1977 |
| That's Carry On! | Various characters | 1977 |
| Our Mutual Friend | Abbey Potterson | 1976 |
| One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing | Mrs. Gibbons / Mrs Gibbons | 1975 |
| Confessions of a Window Cleaner | Mrs. Radlett | 1974 |
| Good Girl | Mrs. Morrow | 1974 |
| Village Hall | Ursula Garfield | 1974 |
| Happy Ever After | Mrs. Henderson | 1974 |
| Within These Walls | Edna Dewfall | 1974 |
| Carry on Girls | Mrs. Dukes | 1973 |
| Theater of Blood | Mrs. Sprout | 1973 |
| The Upper Crusts | Mrs. Stubbs | 1973 |
| After Loch Lomond | Nancy | 1973 |
| Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? | Mrs. Chambers | 1973 |
| Crown Court | Elizabeth Penn / Mary Emily Freebody / Mary Freebody | 1972 |
| Sykes | Nurse | 1972 |
| Budgie | Edith Broughton | 1971 |
| Friends | Lady in Bookstore | 1971 |
| Carry on Loving | Mrs Grubb / Mrs. Grubb | 1970 |
| From a Bird's Eye View | Hilda Tuttle | 1970 |
| Play for Today | Mother | 1970 |
| Who-Dun-It | Miss Mackey | 1969 |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Mrs. Beatrice Williams | 1969 |
| Father, Dear Father | Ethel | 1968 |
| Oh Brother! | Mother John | 1968 |
| Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter | Landlady | 1968 |
| ITV Playhouse | Matron / Mrs. Massie / Mrs. Trix | 1967 |
| Mystery and Imagination | Mrs. Weston | 1966 |
| The Secret of My Success | Mrs. Pringle | 1965 |
| Secret Agent | Mrs. Curtis | 1964 |
| Paris 1900 | Madame Aigreville | 1964 |
| Theatre 625 | Elsie Amble | 1964 |
| Espionage | Sara Forsythe | 1963 |
| Heavens Above! | Housewife | 1963 |
| Nurse on Wheels | Mrs. Wood | 1963 |
| I Thank a Fool | Landlady | 1962 |
| Hugh and I | Miss Chauncey | 1962 |
| Saki | Mrs. Yonelet | 1962 |
| Crooks Anonymous | 1962 | |
| In the Doghouse | Miss Gibbs | 1961 |
| Murder She Said | Mrs. Kidder | 1961 |
| Roommates | Mrs. Bostwick | 1961 |
| Carry on Regardless | Hospital Matron / Matron | 1961 |
| His and Hers | Phoebe | 1961 |
| Beware of Children | Cook | 1960 |
| The 3 Worlds of Gulliver | Mrs. Dewsbury, Patient at Dr. Gulliver's | 1960 |
| Tunes of Glory | Party Guest | 1960 |
| Doctor in Love | Nurse | 1960 |
| Carry on Constable | Mrs. May | 1960 |
| Please Turn Over | Saleswoman | 1959 |
| Upstairs and Downstairs | Rosemary | 1959 |
| The 39 Steps | Miss Dobson | 1959 |
| Carry on Nurse | Sister / Matron | 1959 |
| The Horse's Mouth | Woman in Queue at Tate Gallery | 1958 |
| Behind the Mask | Sister | 1958 |
| Chain of Events | Barmaid | 1958 |
| The Invisible Man | Madame Dupont | 1958 |
| Law and Disorder | Aunt Florence | 1958 |
| Happy Is the Bride | Mrs. Bowles | 1958 |
| All at Sea | Mrs. Kent | 1957 |
| No Time for Tears | Sister Duckworth | 1957 |
| The Ship Was Loaded | Mother | 1957 |
| Emergency-Ward 10 | Miss Knowles | 1957 |
| Child in the House | Cook | 1956 |
| The Last Man to Hang | The Jury At Home: Lucy's Mother / Mrs. Prynne | 1956 |
| Armchair Theatre | Mrs. Monkstown | 1956 |
| The Extra Day | Mrs. West | 1956 |
| Port of Escape | Rosalie Watchett | 1956 |
| The Man Who Never Was | Landlady | 1956 |
| Tears for Simon | Pharmacist / Chemist (Uncredited) | 1956 |
| An Alligator Named Daisy | Piano Customer | 1955 |
| Simon and Laura | Barmaid | 1955 |
| A Time to Kill | Miss Edinger | 1955 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Countess von Stainz / Lady Emily Chatterton / Mme Parole / Mrs. Caley / Mrs. Hudd / Mrs. Miller / Mrs. Pearson / Mrs. Wilson / Nurse Braddock | 1955 |
| ITV Television Playhouse | Uncle Ted / Mrs. Hinson / Emmie Belton / Aunt Clara / Aunt Alice | 1955 |
| The Woman for Joe | Publican's Wife | 1955 |
| Value for Money | Mrs. Perkins | 1955 |
| Doctor at Sea | Mrs. Thomas | 1955 |
| Dixon of Dock Green | Elsie Francis | 1955 |
| As Long as They're Happy | Barmaid | 1955 |
| Mad About Men | Mrs. Forster | 1954 |
| Cash on Delivery | Pub Landlady | 1954 |
| Shop Spoiled | Mrs. Jones | 1954 |
| Dance Little Lady | Mrs. Matthews | 1954 |
| What Every Woman Wants | Polly Ann / Polly Ann Hadley | 1954 |
| Heat Wave | Mrs. Hardcastle | 1954 |
| Doctor in the House | Mrs. Groaker / Mrs Groaker | 1954 |
| Man with a Million | Maggie | 1954 |
| Love in Pawn | Woman in Telephone Box / Woman in Telephone Box (Uncredited) | 1953 |
| Sailor of the King | Hotel Manager | 1953 |
| Deadly Nightshade | Mrs. Fenton | 1953 |
| Rheingold Theatre | Nurse Gibson | 1953 |
| No Haunt for a Gentleman | Mme. Omskaya | 1952 |
| Come Back Peter | Mrs. Harris | 1952 |
| The Frightened Bride | Waitress / The Waitress | 1952 |
| Angels One Five | Housekeeper / Housekeeper (Uncredited) | 1952 |
| Curtain Up | Harry's Landlady | 1952 |
| The Promoter | Mrs. Codleyn | 1952 |
| Blind Man's Bluff | Mrs. Kipps | 1952 |
| The Magic Box | Mrs. Stukely / Mrs Stukely | 1952 |
| Holiday Week | Mrs Hawthorn / Mrs. Hawthorn | 1952 |
| High Treason | Mrs. Ellis | 1951 |
| Hell Is Sold Out | Hortense | 1951 |
| Seven Days to Noon | Mrs. Peckett / Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett | 1950 |
| The Magnet | Mrs Ward / Mrs. Ward | 1950 |
| Celia | Mrs. Haldane / Emily Haldane | 1949 |
| Don't Ever Leave Me | Mrs. Pearson | 1949 |
| Marry Me | Mrs. Pearson | 1949 |
| It's Hard to Be Good | Mending Woman | 1948 |
| The Outsider | Mrs. Read / Mrs. Read - Jack's Mother | 1948 |
| Bond Street | Blanche - Seamstress / Seamstress | 1948 |
| Just William's Luck | Mrs. Lane | 1948 |
| This Was a Woman | Miss Johnson | 1948 |
| So Well Remembered | Mother | 1947 |
| I See a Dark Stranger | Manx Hotel Manageress / Hotel Manageress | 1946 |
| The Trojan Brothers | Ada | 1946 |
| Notorious Gentleman | Miss Parker | 1945 |
| A Yank in London | Minor role | 1945 |
| Don't Take It to Heart! | Mrs Pike / Mrs. Pike | 1944 |
| The Saint Meets the Tiger | Mary (Aunt Agatha's Maid) | 1941 |
| A Voice in the Night | Katie | 1941 |
| Sailors Don't Care | Woman Carried Ashore | 1940 |
| Second Thoughts | Ellen | 1938 |
| The Lilac Domino | Katrina | 1937 |
| A Night of Terror | Emmy | 1937 |
| The Man Who Could Work Miracles | Effie | 1936 |
| Widow's Might | Burroughs | 1935 |
