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Overview
Date of Birth:
Date of Death:
Mini Biography:
Joan Hickson was born in 1906 at Kingsthorpe, Northampton. Her stage career... more
Trivia:
As of 2009, she is the oldest actress to play the Agatha Christie character... more
Awards:
1 win
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2 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(5 articles)
Dvds: New Miss Marple Doesn't Slay Me and More
(From Huffington Post. 5 August 2009, 3:00 PM, PDT)
[TV] Agatha Christie: Poirot & Marple
(From JustPressPlay. 30 July 2009, 8:00 PM, PDT)
(From Huffington Post. 5 August 2009, 3:00 PM, PDT)
[TV] Agatha Christie: Poirot & Marple
(From JustPressPlay. 30 July 2009, 8:00 PM, PDT)
Filmography
Actress:
- Century (1993) .... Mrs. Whitweather
- The Mirror Crack'd (1992) (TV) .... Miss Jane Marple
... aka Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (UK: series title)
... aka The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side - They Do It with Mirrors (1991) (TV) .... Miss Jane Marple
... aka Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (UK: series title) - King of the Wind (1990) .... Duchess of Marlborough
- A Caribbean Mystery (1989) (TV) .... Miss Jane Marple
... aka Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (UK: series title) - "Boon" .... Delia (1 episode, 1989)
- One Reborn Every Minute (1989) TV episode .... Delia - 4.50 from Paddington (1987) (TV) .... Miss Jane Marple
... aka Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: 4:50 from Paddington (USA)
... aka Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington (UK: series title) - Miss Marple: Nemesis (1987) (TV) .... Miss Jane Marple
... aka Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: Nemesis (UK: complete title) - At Bertram's Hotel (1987) (TV) .... Miss Jane Marple
... aka Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel (UK: series title) - Sleeping Murder (1987) (TV) .... Miss Jane Marple
... aka Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder (UK: series title) - The Murder at the Vicarage (1986) (TV) .... Miss Jane Marple
... aka Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (UK: series title) - Clockwise (1986) .... Mrs. Trellis
- Mister Clay, Mister Clay (1985) (TV) .... Miss Wainwright
... aka Time for Murder: Mister Clay, Mister Clay (UK: series title) - A Pocket Full of Rye (1985) (TV) .... Miss Jane Marple
... aka Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye (UK: series title) - A Murder Is Announced (1985) (TV) .... Miss Jane Marple
... aka Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (UK: series title) - The Moving Finger (1985) (TV) .... Miss Jane Marple
... aka Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: The Moving Finger (UK: complete title)
... aka Miss Marple: The Moving Finger (UK: series title) - The Body in the Library (1984) (TV) .... Miss Jane Marple
... aka Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (UK: series title) - "Poor Little Rich Girls" .... Lady Harriet (8 episodes, 1984)
- The Gentlemen Caller: Part 2 (1984) TV episode .... Lady Harriet
- The Gentleman Caller (1984) TV episode .... Lady Harriet
- Tit for Tat (1984) TV episode .... Lady Harriet
- The Oriental Chest (1984) TV episode .... Lady Harriet
- Lonely as a Crowd (1984) TV episode .... Lady Harriet
(3 more) - "The Outsider" .... Lillian, Lord Wrathdale's Mother (1 episode, 1983)
- The Homecoming (1983) TV episode .... Lillian, Lord Wrathdale's Mother - The Wicked Lady (1983) .... Aunt Agatha
- "The Black Adder" .... Witch (1 episode, 1983)
... aka Blackadder
- The Foretelling (1983) TV episode (uncredited) .... Witch - "The Gentle Touch" .... Sarah (1 episode, 1982)
- Auctions (1982) TV episode .... Sarah - Take Three Women (1982) (TV) .... Lady Dickinson
- "Barriers" .... Traffic warden (1 episode, 1982)
- Episode #2.6 (1982) TV episode .... Traffic warden - "Great Expectations" .... Miss Havisham (7 episodes, 1981)
- Episode #1.8 (1981) TV episode .... Miss Havisham
- Episode #1.6 (1981) TV episode .... Miss Havisham
- Episode #1.5 (1981) TV episode .... Miss Havisham
- Episode #1.4 (1981) TV episode .... Miss Havisham
- Episode #1.3 (1981) TV episode .... Miss Havisham
(2 more) - "Strangers" .... Miss. Robinson (1 episode, 1981)
- Stand and Deliver (1981) TV episode .... Miss. Robinson - "Lady Killers" .... Carrie Esther Rapley (1 episode, 1981)
... aka Ladykillers (UK: new title)
- My Perfect Husband (1981) TV episode .... Carrie Esther Rapley - "ITV Playhouse" .... Mrs. Massie / ... (2 episodes, 1969-1981)
- A Ferry Ride Away (1981) TV episode .... Mrs. Massie
- Murder: Identikit (1969) TV episode .... Mrs. Trix - "Crown Court" .... Mary Freebody / ... (3 episodes, 1975-1981)
- Proof Spirits (1981) TV episode .... Elizabeth Penn
- A Bang or a Whimper (1976) TV episode .... Mary Freebody
- Evil Liver (1975) TV episode .... Mary Freebody - "Nanny" .... Mrs. Nesbitt (1 episode, 1981)
- Goats and Tigers (1981) TV episode .... Mrs. Nesbitt - The Taming of the Shrew (1980) (TV) .... Widow
- Bedroom Farce (1980) (TV) .... Delia
- Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1980) (TV) .... Mrs. Rivington
- Yanks (1979) .... Mrs. Moody
... aka Yanks - Gestern waren wir noch Fremde (West Germany) - "The Crezz" .... Mrs. Bronte (3 episodes, 1976)
- Pitman's Folly (1976) TV episode .... Mrs. Bronte
- The Battle of Harvey Street (1976) TV episode .... Mrs. Bronte
- Fire Down Below (1976) TV episode .... Mrs. Bronte - "Our Mutual Friend" .... Abbey Potterson (1 episode, 1976)
- Episode #1.5 (1976) TV episode .... Abbey Potterson - "Play for Today" .... Mother (1 episode, 1976)
- Tiptoe Through the Tulips (1976) TV episode .... Mother - "Happy Ever After" .... Mrs. Henderson (1 episode, 1976)
- Old Folks' Party (1976) TV episode .... Mrs. Henderson - "Within These Walls" .... Edna Dewfall (1 episode, 1975)
- A Free Woman (1975) TV episode .... Edna Dewfall - One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975) .... Mrs. Gibbons
- "Village Hall" .... Ursula Garfield (1 episode, 1975)
- Pie in the Sky (1975) TV episode .... Ursula Garfield - Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974) .... Mrs. Radlett
- "South Riding" .... Miss Sigglesthwaite (1 episode, 1974)
- Dreams and Destinations (1974) TV episode .... Miss Sigglesthwaite - "Good Girl" .... Mrs. Morrow (6 episodes, 1974)
- If You Can Dream (1974) TV episode .... Mrs. Morrow
- Does the Road Wind Uphill? (1974) TV episode .... Mrs. Morrow
- Be Good, Sweet Maid (1974) TV episode .... Mrs. Morrow
- A Ministering Angel Thou (1974) TV episode .... Mrs. Morrow
- How Doth the Little Busy Bee? (1974) TV episode .... Mrs. Morrow
(1 more) - Carry on Girls (1973) .... Mrs. Dukes
- "Ooh La La!" .... Madame Latour (1 episode, 1973)
- A-Hunting We Will Go (1973) TV episode .... Madame Latour - Theater of Blood (1973) .... Mrs. Sprout
... aka Much Ado About Murder - "Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?" .... Mrs. Chambers (2 episodes, 1973)
- End of an Era (1973) TV episode .... Mrs. Chambers
- Count Down (1973) TV episode .... Mrs. Chambers - "The Upper Crusts" .... Mrs. Stubbs (1 episode, 1973)
- A Tradition of Service (1973) TV episode .... Mrs. Stubbs - "Two Old Dears" (1973) TV series
- "Sykes" .... Nurse (1 episode, 1972)
- Dream (1972) TV episode .... Nurse - "Budgie" .... Edith Broughton (1 episode, 1972)
- The Man Outside (1972) TV episode .... Edith Broughton - "Father Dear Father" .... Ethel (1 episode, 1972)
- Brother Dear Brother (1972) TV episode .... Ethel - A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1972) .... Grace
- "The Man Outside" .... Martha (1 episode, 1972)
- Murder Story (1972) TV episode .... Martha - Friends (1971/I) .... Lady in Bookstore
- "Bachelor Father" .... Mrs. Pugsley (8 episodes, 1970)
- Feminine Company (1970) TV episode .... Mrs. Pugsley
- A Kind of Love-in (1970) TV episode .... Mrs. Pugsley
- A Man's Man About the House (1970) TV episode .... Mrs. Pugsley
- A Spot of Natural Expression (1970) TV episode .... Mrs. Pugsley
- A Little Learning (1970) TV episode .... Mrs. Pugsley
(3 more) - Carry on Loving (1970) .... Mrs. Grubb
... aka Carry on Loving or It's Not What You Feel, It's the Way That You Feel It. or Two's Company but Three's Quite Good Fun Too. or Love Is a Four Letter Word or It's Just One Thing on Top of Another (UK: long title) - "Dixon of Dock Green" .... Elsie Francis (1 episode, 1969)
- The Paperhangers (1969) TV episode .... Elsie Francis - "W. Somerset Maugham" .... Mrs. Carter (1 episode, 1969)
- Episode (1969) TV episode .... Mrs. Carter - "Oh Brother!" (1 episode, 1969)
- A Mother in Israel (1969) TV episode - "The Possessed" (1969) TV mini-series .... Madame Drosdov
- "Mystery and Imagination" .... Mrs. Weston (1 episode, 1968)
- Dracula (1968) TV episode .... Mrs. Weston - Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter (1968) .... Landlady
- "Armchair Theatre" .... Mrs. Monkton (1 episode, 1968)
- A Second Look (1968) TV episode .... Mrs. Monkton - "Our Man at St. Mark's" .... Mrs. Peace (46 episodes, 1963-1966)
- Christmas Special: There Are More Things... (1966) TV episode .... Mrs. Peace
- When Will They Ever Learn? (1966) TV episode .... Mrs. Peace
- My Uncle Oswald (1966) TV episode .... Mrs. Peace
- Ships That Pass (1966) TV episode .... Mrs. Peace
- Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die (1966) TV episode .... Mrs. Peace
(41 more) - "Theatre 625" .... Elsie Amble (1 episode, 1965)
- The Long House (1965) TV episode .... Elsie Amble - "ITV Play of the Week" .... Mrs. Caley / ... (3 episodes, 1961-1964)
... aka Play of the Week (UK: short title)
- Deep and Crisp and Stolen (1964) TV episode .... Mrs. Caley
- The Gioconda Smile (1963) TV episode .... Nurse Braddock
- Two on the Beach (1961) TV episode .... Mrs. Pearson - "Thursday Theatre" .... Mrs. Jenkins (1 episode, 1964)
- The Cure for Love (1964) TV episode .... Mrs. Jenkins - "Danger Man" .... Mrs. Curtis (1 episode, 1964)
... aka Secret Agent (USA)
... aka Secret Agent aka Danger Man (USA: video box title)
- Yesterday's Enemies (1964) TV episode .... Mrs. Curtis - "Paris 1900" .... Madame Aigreville (1 episode, 1964)
- Fashions for Ladies (1964) TV episode .... Madame Aigreville - "First Night" .... Maggie's mother (1 episode, 1964)
- Maggie (1964) TV episode .... Maggie's mother - "Espionage" .... Sara Forsythe (1 episode, 1963)
- The Gentle Spies (1963) TV episode .... Sara Forsythe - "The Victorians" .... Mrs. Jenkins (1 episode, 1963)
- Two Roses (1963) TV episode .... Mrs. Jenkins - Heavens Above! (1963) .... Housewife
- "It Happened Like This" .... Mrs. Dixon (1 episode, 1963)
- Three of a Kind (1963) TV episode .... Mrs. Dixon - Nurse on Wheels (1963) .... Mrs. Wood
... aka Carry on, Nurse on Wheels
... aka What a Carry On: Nurse on Wheels (UK: video box title) - Not at All (1962) (TV)
- I Thank a Fool (1962) .... Landlady
- "Silent Evidence" .... Martha Bligh (1 episode, 1962)
- The Chosen Instrument (1962) TV episode .... Martha Bligh - "Hugh and I" .... Miss Jenks (1 episode, 1962)
- A Fete Worse Than Death (1962) TV episode .... Miss Jenks - "Saki" .... Mrs. Yonelet (1 episode, 1962)
- Episode #1.6 (1962) TV episode .... Mrs. Yonelet - Crooks Anonymous (1962)
- "The Six Proud Walkers" .... Lady Barlow (1 episode, 1962)
- The Four Anxious Men (1962) TV episode .... Lady Barlow - "Sykes and A..." (1 episode, 1962)
- Sykes and an Elephant (1962) TV episode - "ITV Television Playhouse" .... Uncle Ted (2 episodes, 1959-1961)
- A Resounding Tinkle (1961) TV episode .... Uncle Ted
- The Christmas Card (1959) TV episode - "Echo Four Two" .... Katie Worth (1 episode, 1961)
- The Kite Dropper (1961) TV episode .... Katie Worth - Raising the Wind (1961) .... Mrs. Bostwick
... aka Roommates (USA) - "The Men from Room 13" .... Mrs Shaw (1 episode, 1961)
- The Man Who Made a List: Part 2 (1961) TV episode .... Mrs Shaw - Carry on Regardless (1961) .... Matron
- His and Hers (1961) .... Phoebe
- Murder She Said (1961) .... Mrs. Kidder
... aka Agatha Christie's 'Murder, She Said' (USA)
... aka Meet Miss Marple - In the Doghouse (1961) .... Miss Gibbs
- "Barnaby Rudge" .... Mrs. Varden (10 episodes, 1960)
- Episode #1.13 (1960) TV episode .... Mrs. Varden
- Episode #1.10 (1960) TV episode .... Mrs. Varden
- Episode #1.9 (1960) TV episode .... Mrs. Varden
- Episode #1.8 (1960) TV episode .... Mrs. Varden
- Episode #1.7 (1960) TV episode .... Mrs. Varden
(5 more) - The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960) (uncredited) .... Patient at Dr. Gulliver's Surgery
... aka The Worlds of Gulliver - Doctor in Love (1960) .... Nurse
- 'Carry on Constable' (1960) .... Mrs. May
- No Kidding (1960) .... Cook
... aka Beware of Children (USA) - Upstairs and Downstairs (1959) .... Rosemary
- "Invisible Man" .... Madame Dupont (1 episode, 1959)
... aka H.G.Wells' Invisible Man (UK: complete title)
... aka Invisible Man: The Original Series (Australia)
- The Mink Coat (1959) TV episode .... Madame Dupont - The 39 Steps (1959) .... Miss Dobson
- Carry on Nurse (1959) .... Sister
- "BBC Sunday-Night Theatre" .... Millie Blunt / ... (3 episodes, 1950-1959)
- Brian Rix Presents #5: A Policeman's Lot (1959) TV episode .... Millie Blunt
- Home and Beauty (1952) TV episode .... Miss Montmorency
- Miss Hargreaves (1950) TV episode .... Miss Linkinghorne - The Return of Peggy Atherton (1959) (TV) .... Mrs.Hickory
- Please Turn Over (1959) .... Saleswoman
- The Horse's Mouth (1958) (uncredited)
- Behind the Mask (1958)
- Chain of Events (1958) .... Barmaid
- "The Sky Larks" .... Salome (1 episode, 1958)
- Find the Lady (1958) TV episode .... Salome - Law and Disorder (1958) .... Aunt Florence
- Happy Is the Bride (1958) .... Mrs. Bowels
- Barnacle Bill (1957) .... Mrs. Kent
... aka All at Sea (USA) - "The Royalty" .... Miss Plimm (1 episode, 1957)
- Episode #1.1 (1957) TV episode .... Miss Plimm - No Time for Tears (1957) .... Sister Duckworth
- Carry on Admiral (1957) .... Mother
... aka The Ship Was Loaded (USA) - "David Copperfield" .... Miss Lavinia Spenlow (3 episodes, 1956)
- Part 8 (1956) TV episode .... Miss Lavinia Spenlow
- Part 7 (1956) TV episode .... Miss Lavinia Spenlow
- Part 6 (1956) TV episode .... Miss Lavinia Spenlow - The Last Man to Hang? (1956) .... Lucy's Mother
- Child in the House (1956) .... Cook
- The Man Who Never Was (1956) .... Landlady
- Jumping for Joy (1956) .... Lady Emily Cranfield
- Lost (1956) .... Pharmacist
... aka Tears for Simon (USA) - The Extra Day (1956) .... Mrs. West
- Port of Escape (1956) .... Rosalie Watchett
- An Alligator Named Daisy (1955) (uncredited) .... Piano Customer
- A Time to Kill (1955) .... Miss Edinger
- Simon and Laura (1955) .... Barmaid
- The Woman for Joe (1955) (uncredited) .... Manager's Wife
- Value for Money (1955) .... Mrs. Perkins
- Doctor at Sea (1955) .... Wendy's mother
- As Long as They're Happy (1955) .... Barmaid
- To Dorothy a Son (1954) (uncredited) .... Pub Landlady
... aka Cash on Delivery (USA) - Mad About Men (1954) .... Mrs. Forster
- The Crowded Day (1954) (uncredited) .... Mrs. Jones
... aka Shop Spoiled (USA) - "Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents" .... Nurse Gibson (1 episode, 1954)
... aka Matinee (UK: informal short title)
... aka Rheingold Theatre (USA)
- Man Who Heard Everything (1954) TV episode .... Nurse Gibson - Dance Little Lady (1954) .... Mrs. Matthews
- What Every Woman Wants (1954) .... Polly Ann
- The House Across the Lake (1954) .... Mrs. Hardcastle
... aka Heat Wave (USA) - Doctor in the House (1954) .... Mrs Groaker
- The Million Pound Note (1954) (uncredited)
... aka Man with a Million (USA) - Single-Handed (1953) (uncredited) .... Hotel Manager
... aka C.S. Forester's Sailor of the King (USA: complete title)
... aka Sailor of the King (USA) - Rough Shoot (1953) .... Station Announcer
... aka Shoot First (USA) - Deadly Nightshade (1953) .... Mrs. Fenton
- No Haunt for a Gentleman (1952) .... Mme. Omskaya
- Curtain Up (1952) .... Harry's Landlady
- The Tall Headlines (1952) .... Waitress
... aka The Frightened Bride (USA) - The Card (1952) .... Mrs. Codleyn
... aka The Promoter (USA) - The Magic Box (1952) .... Mrs. Stukely
- Hindle Wakes (1952) .... Mrs. Hawthorn
... aka Holiday Week (USA) - High Treason (1951) .... Mrs. Ellis
- "The Bell Family" .... Mrs. Gage (5 episodes, 1951)
- The School Play (1951) TV episode .... Mrs. Gage
- Auditions (1951) TV episode .... Mrs. Gage
- Plans and Problems (1951) TV episode .... Mrs. Gage
- Angus's Birthday (1951) TV episode .... Mrs. Gage
- Is It Mumps? (1951) TV episode .... Mrs. Gage - Hell Is Sold Out (1951) .... Hortense, the housekeeper
- The Magnet (1950) .... Mrs Ward
- Seven Days to Noon (1950) .... Mrs. Emily Georgina Peckett
- Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora (1949) .... Mrs. Haldane
... aka Celia - Marry Me (1949) .... Mrs. Pearson
- This Was a Woman (1948) .... Miss Johnson
- It's Hard to Be Good (1948) (uncredited) .... Mending Woman
- The Guinea Pig (1948) .... Mrs. Read
... aka The Outsider (USA) - Just William's Luck (1947) .... Hubert's Mother
- Busman's Honeymoon (1947) (TV) .... Miss Twitterton
- So Well Remembered (1947) (uncredited) .... Mother
- I See a Dark Stranger (1946) (uncredited) .... Manx Hotel Manager
... aka The Adventuress (USA) - The Trojan Brothers (1946) .... Ada
... aka Murder in the Footlights (UK: alternative title) - The Rake's Progress (1945) .... Miss Barker
... aka Notorious Gentleman (USA) - Don't Take It to Heart (1944) .... Mrs. Pike
- The Saint Meets the Tiger (1943) (uncredited) .... Aunt Agatha's Maid
- Freedom Radio (1941) .... Katie
... aka A Voice in the Night (USA) - Second Thoughts (1938) .... Ellen
... aka The Crime of Peter Frame - The Lilac Domino (1937) .... Katrina, school dustmaid
- Love from a Stranger (1937) .... Emmy
... aka A Night of Terror (USA) - The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936) .... Effie
- Widow's Might (1935) .... Burroughs
- Trouble in Store (1934) .... Mabel
Self:
- Agatha Christie: Crime Does Pay (1990) (TV) .... Herself
Archive Footage:
- The Unforgettable Joan Sims (2002) (TV)
- What's a Carry On? (1998) (TV) (uncredited) .... Various Characters
- "Laugh with the Carry Ons" (1993)
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"What a Carry On"
- Episode #1.5 (1983) TV episode .... Mrs. Dukes
- Episode #1.4 (1983) TV episode .... Mrs. Grubb - To See Such Fun (1977) .... Herself
- That's Carry On (1977) .... Various characters
Additional Details
Other Works:
Ms. Hickson had a long stage career including appearances in Henry Jame's "The Tragic Muse" and Ian Hay's "The Gusher."
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