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
Movies & TV Shows
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Theatre of Blood (1973) — Mrs. Sprout
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Murder She Said (1961) — Mrs. Kidder
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Clockwise (1986) — Mrs. Ellie Trellis
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The Man Who Never Was (1956) — Landlady
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The Million Pound Note (1954) — Maggie
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Tunes of Glory (1960) — Guest at Party (uncredited)
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Yanks (1979) — Mrs. Moody
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Carry On Girls (1973) — Mrs. Dukes
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Carry On Nurse (1959) — Sister
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Carry On Constable (1960) — Mrs. May
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Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986) — Miss Marple
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Carry On Regardless (1961) — Matron
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One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975) — Mrs Gibbons
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Carry On Loving (1970) — Mrs Grubb
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The Horse's Mouth (1958) — Lady in Gallery Queue (uncredited)
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Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington (1987) — Miss Jane Marple
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Miss Marple: Nemesis (1987) — Miss Jane Marple
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Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (1984) — Miss Marple
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Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1991) — Miss Marple
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Seven Days to Noon (1950) — Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett
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Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder (1987) — Miss Jane Marple
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The Card (1952) — Mrs. Codleyn
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Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (1989) — Miss Marple
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Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye (1985) — Miss Jane Marple
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Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel (1987) — Miss Jane Marple
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Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1992) — Miss Marple
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Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974) — Mrs. Radlett
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The 39 Steps (1959) — Miss Dobson
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Miss Marple: The Moving Finger (1985) — Miss Marple
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Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985) — Miss Jane Marple
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Angels One Five (1952) — Housekeeper (Uncredited)
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Doctor in the House (1954) — Mrs. Groaker
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The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936) — Effie
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The House Across the Lake (1954) — Mrs. Hardcastle
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Heavens Above! (1963) — Housewife
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Friends (1971) — Lady in Bookstore
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I See a Dark Stranger (1946) — Hotel Manageress
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That's Carry On! (1977) — Sister / Mrs. May (archive footage)
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Doctor at Sea (1955) — Mrs. Thomas
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The Wicked Lady (1983) — Aunt Agatha