Joan Hickson
Acting
Born August 5, 1906 · 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 se…
Known For · 40 titles
Play for Today
Crown Court
Screen Two
Theatre 625
ITV Playhouse
No Hiding Place
ScreenPlay
Sunday Night Theatre
Dixon of Dock Green
Danger Man
Mystery and Imagination
Sykes
NET Playhouse
Thursday Theatre
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Espionage
Strangers
The Gentle Touch
Budgie
Our Mutual Friend
Lady Killers
The Million Pound Note
Happy Ever After
Ooh La La!
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Our Man At St Mark's
Miss Marple: Nemesis
W. Somerset Maugham
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library
Sinister Street
From a Bird's Eye View
Barnaby Rudge
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
Armchair Theatre
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
Great Expectations
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery