Joan Hickson
Joan Hickson | |
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Born | Joan Bogle Hickson[1] 5 August 1906 Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire, England |
Died | 17 October 1998 Colchester, Essex, England | (aged 92)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1927–1993 |
Spouse |
Eric Butler
(m. 1932; died 1967) |
Children | 2 |
Awards | Bedroom Farce |
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. She also narrated a number of Miss Marple stories on audiobooks.
Biography
Born in
She made her first film appearance in 1934. The numerous supporting roles she played during her career included several in Carry On films, notably Sister in Carry On Nurse and Mrs May in Carry On Constable.
In the 1940s she appeared on stage in
In 1961 Hickson played the housekeeper in the film
Her stage career included roles in
The
Wivenhoe
From 1958, Hickson lived in Rose Lane, Wivenhoe, along the River Colne 43 miles (69 kilometres) from London in Essex, until her death in 1998. A plaque now marks the house where she lived for 40 years.[8]
Marriage
Hickson married Dr Eric Norman Butler (born 2 September 1902 in Westbury, Wiltshire), a physician, at Hampstead Parish Church, Hampstead, Northwest London, on 29 October 1932. They had two children.[9] Her husband died in Colchester, Essex, in June 1967.[10]
Death
Hickson died of a stroke at Colchester General Hospital in 1998 at the age of 92.[11][12] She is interred under her married name, Joan Bogle Butler, at Sidbury Cemetery in Devon.
The Miss Marple series (BBC)
Series 1
- The Body in the Library (1984)
- The Moving Finger (1985)
- A Murder Is Announced (1985)
- A Pocket Full of Rye (1985)
Series 2
- The Murder at the Vicarage (1986) – BAFTA nomination
- Sleeping Murder (1987)
- At Bertram's Hotel (1987)
- Nemesis(1987) – BAFTA nomination
Stand-alone feature length episodes
- 4.50 from Paddington (1987)
- A Caribbean Mystery (1989)
- They Do It With Mirrors (1991)
- The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1992)
Partial filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1934 | Trouble in Store | Mabel | Short |
1935 | Widow's Might | Burroughs | |
1936 | The Man Who Could Work Miracles | Effie | |
1937 | Love from a Stranger | Emmy | |
The Lilac Domino | Katrina, school dustmaid | ||
1938 | Second Thoughts | Ellen | |
1940 | Sailors Don't Care | Woman Carried Ashore | Uncredited |
1941 | Freedom Radio | Katie | |
1943 | The Saint Meets the Tiger | Mary (Aunt Agatha's Maid) | Uncredited |
1944 | Don't Take It to Heart | Mrs Pike | |
1945 | The Rake's Progress | Miss Parker | |
1946 | The Trojan Brothers | Ada | |
I See a Dark Stranger | Manx Hotel Manageress | ||
1947 | So Well Remembered | Mother | Uncredited |
1948 | This Was a Woman | Miss Johnson | |
Just William's Luck | Hubert's Mother | ||
Bond Street | Blanche – Seamstress | Uncredited | |
The Guinea Pig | Mrs Read | ||
It's Hard to Be Good | Mending Woman | Uncredited | |
1949 | Marry Me! | Mrs Pearson | |
Don't Ever Leave Me | Mrs Pearson | Uncredited | |
Celia | Mrs Haldane | ||
1950 | Seven Days to Noon | Mrs Peckett | |
The Magnet | Mrs Ward | ||
1951 | Hell Is Sold Out | Hortense, the housekeeper | |
High Treason | Mrs Ellis | ||
The Magic Box | Mrs Stukely | ||
1952 | Blind Man's Bluff | Mrs Kipps | |
The Card | Mrs Codleyn | ||
The Tall Headlines | Waitress | ||
Curtain Up | Harry's Landlady | ||
No Haunt for a Gentleman | Mme Omskaya | ||
Hindle Wakes | Mrs Hawthorn | ||
1953 | Deadly Nightshade | Mrs Fenton | |
Shoot First | Woman Station Announcer | ||
Sailor of the King | Hotel Manager | Uncredited | |
Love in Pawn | Woman in Telephone Box | Uncredited | |
1954 | The Million Pound Note | Maggie | Uncredited |
Doctor in the House | Mrs Groaker | ||
The House Across the Lake | Mrs Hardcastle | ||
What Every Woman Wants | Polly Ann | ||
Dance, Little Lady |
Mrs Matthews | ||
The Crowded Day | Mrs Jones | ||
To Dorothy a Son | Pub Landlady | Uncredited | |
Mad About Men | Mrs Forster | ||
1955 | As Long as They're Happy | Barmaid | |
Doctor at Sea | Mrs Thomas | ||
Value for Money | Mrs Perkins | ||
The Woman for Joe | Publican's Wife | Uncredited | |
A Time to Kill | Miss Edinger | ||
Simon and Laura | Barmaid | ||
An Alligator Named Daisy | Piano Customer | Uncredited | |
1956 | Lost | Pharmacist | Uncredited |
Jumping for Joy | Lady Emily Cranfield | ||
The Man Who Never Was | Landlady | ||
Port of Escape | Rosalie Watchett | ||
The Extra Day | Mrs West | ||
The Last Man to Hang | Mrs Prynne | ||
Child in the House | Cook | ||
1957 | Carry On Admiral | Mother | |
No Time for Tears | Sister Duckworth | ||
Barnacle Bill | Mrs Kent | ||
1958 | Happy Is the Bride | Mrs Bowels | |
Law and Disorder | Aunt Florence | ||
Chain of Events | Barmaid | ||
Behind the Mask | Lady | Uncredited | |
The Horse's Mouth | Woman in queue at Tate Gallery | Uncredited | |
1959 | Carry On Nurse | Sister | |
The 39 Steps | Miss Dobson | ||
Upstairs and Downstairs | Rosemary | ||
Please Turn Over | Saleswoman | ||
1960 | Doctor in Love | Nurse | Uncredited |
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver | Patient at Dr Gulliver's Surgery | Uncredited | |
Carry On Constable | Mrs May | ||
No Kidding | Cook | ||
Carry On Regardless | Head Matron | ||
1961 | His and Hers | Phoebe | |
Raising the Wind | Mrs Bostwick | ||
Murder, She Said | Mrs Kidder | ||
1962 | Crooks Anonymous | Lady | |
In the Doghouse | Miss Gibbs | ||
I Thank a Fool | Landlady | ||
1963 | Nurse on Wheels | Mrs Wood | |
Heavens Above! | Housewife | ||
1965 | The Secret of My Success | Mrs Pringle | |
1968 | Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter | Landlady | |
1970 | Carry On Loving | Mrs Grubb | |
1971 | Friends | Lady in Bookstore | |
1972 | A Day in the Death of Joe Egg | Grace | |
1973 | Theatre of Blood | Mrs Sprout | |
Carry On Girls | Mrs Dukes | ||
1974 | Confessions of a Window Cleaner | Mrs Radlett | |
1975 | One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing | Mrs Gibbons | |
1979 | Yanks | Mrs Moody | |
1982 | Gandhi | Woman in court | Uncredited |
1983 | The Wicked Lady | Aunt Agatha | |
1986 | Clockwise | Mrs Trellis | |
1990 | King of the Wind | Duchess of Marlborough | |
1993 | Century | Mrs Whitweather | Final film role |
Partial television credits
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1946 | The Corn is Green | Mrs Watty | TV movie |
1947 | Busman's Honeymoon | Miss Twitterton | TV movie |
1950 | Over the Odds | Mabel Phelps | TV movie |
1956 | David Copperfield | Miss Lavinia Spenlow | 3 episodes |
1958 | The Invisible Man | Madame Dupont | Episode: "The Mink Coat" |
1960 | Barnaby Rudge | Mrs Varden | 10 episodes |
1963 | BBC Sunday-Night Play | Edith Swinney | Episode: "How to Get Rid of Your Wife" |
1963-66 | Our Man at St Mark's | Mrs Peace | 46 episodes |
1964 | Thursday Theatre | Mrs Jenkins | Episode: "The Cure for Love" |
1969 | Sinister Street | Mrs Cleghorne | 3 episodes |
Oh, Brother! | Mother Joan | Episode: "A Mother in Israel" | |
1970 | Bachelor Father | Mrs Pugsley | 8 episodes |
From a Bird's Eye View | Hilda Tuttle | Episode: "Family Tree" | |
1972 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre |
Mrs Hope-Rising | Episode: "Just in Time for Christmas" |
1975 | Within These Walls | Edna Dewfall | Episode: "A Free Woman" |
1976 | Happy Ever After | Mrs Henderson | Episode: "Old Folks' Party" |
1981 | Great Expectations | Miss Havisham | |
1983 | The Outsider | Lillian Wrathdale | Episode: "The Homecoming" |
1984 | Poor Little Rich Girls | Lady Harriet | 5 episodes |
1985 | Time for Murder | Miss Wainwright | Episode: "Mister Clay, Mister Clay" |
1989 | Boon | Della | Episode: "One Reborn Every Minute" |
References
- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. United Kingdom: ONS. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ "Joan Hickson – RADA". www.rada.ac.uk.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/71118. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ISBN 1-85227-273-2
- ^ "No. 50948". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1987. p. 9.
- ^ Deacon, Michael (22 September 2007). "Checking in to murder". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ^ Alexandra Younger and Tom Vallance. "Obituary: Joan Hickson | Culture". The Independent. Archived from the original on 12 July 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ^ Essex – December 2016, retrieved 2 February 2017
- ^ England & Wales, Birth Index 1916–2005
- ^ England & Wales, Death Index, 1967
- ^ "Miss Marple actress dies at 92". BBC. 18 October 1998. Archived from the original on 12 October 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ^ Lyall, Sarah (20 October 1998). "Joan Hickson, Miss Marple on TV, Dies at 92". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 9 May 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
External links
- Joan Hickson at the Internet Broadway Database
- Joan Hickson at IMDb
- Joan Hickson at Find a Grave
- Performances by Joan Hickson in the Archive of the University of Bristol
- Joan Hickson OBE (1906–1998) at The Wivenhoe Encyclopedia