Hickson played the role of Miss Marple in all 12 adaptations, which were produced from 1984 to 1992 she received two BAFTA nominations for Best TV Actress, in 19. The BBC began filming the works of Agatha Christie in the mid-1980s, and set out to remain faithful to the plotlines and locales of Christie's stories, and to represent Miss Marple as written. In 1980 she appeared as Mrs Rivington in Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, yet another production based on a novel by Agatha Christie.
Her stage career included roles in Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit, the musical The Card (1975), adapted by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent from the novel by Arnold Bennett and Alan Ayckbourn's Bedroom Farce, for which she won a 1979 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. Also in 1986 she appeared in episode 2 of the drama series ScreenPlay#Plays. In 1986 she played the part of Mrs Trellis in the film Clockwise. She also played Mrs Chambers in Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?. From 1970 to 1971 she played Mrs Pugsley in Bachelor Father. In 1961 Hickson played the housekeeper in the film Murder, She Said, based on Agatha Christie's novel 4.50 From Paddington and starring Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple.įrom 1963 to 1966 Hickson played Mrs Peace, housekeeper to the Reverend Stephen Young, played by Donald Sinden, in the highly rated TV series Our Man at St Mark's. In the 1940s she appeared on stage in Appointment with Death, a play by Agatha Christie, who wrote in a note to her, "I hope one day you will play my dear Miss Marple." 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.
She made her first film appearance in 1934.
She played 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 stage debut in 1927, then worked for several years throughout the United Kingdom, achieving success playing comedic, often eccentric characters in the West End of London. After boarding at Oldfield School in Swanage, Dorset, she went on to train at RADA in London.
She also narrated a number of Miss Marple stories on audiobooks.īorn in Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Hickson was a daughter of Edith Mary (née Bogle) and Alfred Harold Hickson, a shoe manufacturer. She was known for her role as Agatha Christie's Miss Marple in the television series Miss Marple. Joan Bogle Hickson, OBE (5 August 1906 – 17 October 1998) was an English actress of theatre, film and television. Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
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