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Joan Hickson

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8/5/1906, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England

Died

10/17/1998

Birth Name

Joan Hickson

Gender

Female

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Biography

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Joan Hickson, best known as television's Miss Marple, died in a Colchester hospital aged 92.

Ms Hickson began her acting career in 1927 and went on to star in a wide variety of film and stage roles, receiving an OBE for her services to the profession.

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Star (12)

Role
- Miss Marple
  Miss Marple
  - S 4: Ep 4 The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
    12/27/92
  - S 4: Ep 3 They Do It with Mirrors
    12/29/91
  - S 4: Ep 2 A Caribbean Mystery
    12/25/89
  - S 4: Ep 1 4.50 from Paddington
    12/25/87
  - S 3: Ep 6 Nemesis, Part Two
    2/15/87
  - + 16 More Credits
- Miss Marple: They Do It With Mirrors
  Miss Marple
  1991
- Clockwise
  Star
  1986
- Miss Marple
  Miss Jane Marple
- Poor Little Rich Girls
  Lady Harriet
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Gentleman Caller
    8/23/84
  - S 1: Ep 6 Tit for Tat
    8/16/84
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Oriental Chest
    8/9/84
  - S 1: Ep 4 Lonely as a Crowd
    8/2/84
  - S 1: Ep 3 Rainbows
    7/26/84
  - + 3 More Credits
- The Wicked Lady
  Star
  1983
- What Ever Happened to the Likely Lads
  Mrs Chambers ( series 1)
  - S 2: Ep 14 Christmas Special
    12/24/74
  - S 2: Ep 13 The Shape of Things to Come
    4/9/74
  - S 2: Ep 12 Conduct Unbecoming
    4/1/74
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Go-Between
    3/25/74
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Expert
    3/11/74
  - + 20 More Credits
- Good Girl
  Mrs. Morrow
- Friends
  Star
  1971
- Our Man at Saint Mark's
  Mrs. Peace
  - S 4: Ep 13 There Are More Things ...
    12/28/66
  - S 4: Ep 12 When Will They Ever Learn?
    9/19/66
  - S 4: Ep 11 My Uncle Oswald
    9/12/66
  - S 4: Ep 10 Ships That Pass
    9/5/66
  - S 4: Ep 9 Cross Your Heart And Hope To Die
    8/29/66
  - + 41 More Credits
- Murder, She Said
  Star
  1962
- The Card
  Star
  1952
Guest Star (30)

Role
- Is Harry On The Boat
  Lisa
  - S 1: Ep 1 Episode 1
    6/9/02
- Boon
  Delia
  - S 4: Ep 11 One Reborn Every Minute
    1/10/89
- Mystery!
  Miss Marple
  - S 6: Ep 4 Agatha Christie's Miss Marple (2) The Moving Finger
    10/1/85
- The Outsider (1983)
  Lillian
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Homecoming
    10/28/83
- The Gentle Touch
  Sarah
  - S 4: Ep 4 Auctions
    11/12/82
- Strangers
  Miss Robinson
  - S 4: Ep 4 Stand and Deliver
    10/16/81
- Lady Killers
  Carrie Esther Rapley
  - S 2: Ep 3 My Perfect Husband
    7/24/81
- Crown Court
  Elizabeth Penn
  - S 10: Ep 1 Proof Spirits : Part 1
    3/9/81
- The Nanny (1981)
  Mrs Nesbitt
  - S 1: Ep 6 Goats and Tigers
    2/14/81
- BBC Television Shakespeare
  Widow
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Taming of the Shrew
    10/23/80
- The Crezz
  Mrs Bronte
  - S 1: Ep 12 Pitman's Folly
    12/2/76
- The Crezz
  Mrs. Bronte
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Battle of Harvey Street
    11/11/76
  - S 1: Ep 5 Fire Down Below
    10/14/76
- Play for Today
  Guest Star
  - S 6: Ep 21 Tiptoe through the Tulips
    3/16/76
- What Ever Happened to the Likely Lads
  Mrs. Chambers
- What Ever Happened to the Likely Lads
  Mrs Chambers
- Sykes
  Nurse
  - S 1: Ep 11 Dream
    11/23/72
- Budgie
  Edith Broughton
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Man Outside
    6/30/72
- Father Dear Father
  Ethel
  - S 6: Ep 2 Brother Dear Brother
    6/20/72
- From a Bird's Eye View
  Hilda
  - S 1: Ep 13 All In A Day's Work
    6/21/71
- Dixon of Dock Green
  Elsie Francis
  - S 16: Ep 1 The Paper Hangers
    9/6/69
- Mystery and Imagination
  Mrs. Weston
  - S 4: Ep 3 Dracula
    11/18/68
- Theatre 625
  Mrs. Amble
  - S 2: Ep 17 The Long House
    7/11/65
- Danger Man
  Mrs. Curtis
  - S 2: Ep 21 The Mirror's New
    3/9/65
  - S 2: Ep 1 Yesterday's Enemies
    10/13/64
- No Hiding Place
  Mrs. Caley
  - S 6: Ep 0 Deep and Crisp and Stolen
    12/21/64
- First Night
  Maggie's Mother
  - S 1: Ep 19 Maggie
    1/25/64
- Espionage
  Sara
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Gentle Spies
    10/23/63
- Silent Evidence
  Martha Bligh
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Chosen Instrument
    8/28/62
- Sykes and a...
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 11 Sykes And An Elephant
    2/27/62
- Echo Four Two
  Katie
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Kite Dropper
    10/25/61
- H.G. Wells' Invisible Man
  Madame Dupont
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Mink Coat
    11/9/58

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- Joan was twice nominated for a BAFTA, both times were for Miss Marple roles.
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- Joan was awarded the OBE in 1987.
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- Joan was married to physician Eric Butler until his death in 1967.
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- Joan Hickson starred in a stage version of Agatha Christie's Appointment with Death. Agatha Christie was so impressed with her performance that she said that one day she would want her to play Miss Marple.
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- Joan: I was lucky not to have been born pretty.
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