Joan Bogle Hickson OBE, (5 August 1906 — 17 October 1998), was a British actress best known for her portrayal of Miss Marple.
She went to RADA in London and first appeared on stage in 1927. She often played comedic or eccentric characters.
Her first film appearance came seven years later as Mabel in the short film Trouble in Store. In The '40s she appeared in Agatha Christie's Appointment with Death. Christie wrote a note to her afterward stating, "I hope one day you will play my dear Miss Marple".
When The BBC began producing Agatha Christie's works in The '80s, Hickson was cast as Miss Marple in all 12 adaptations, receiving two BAFTA nominations in 1987 and 1988. Queen Elizabeth II was reported to have been a big fan of her portrayal and told her so when she was bestowed with the OBE.
She died of a stroke at the age of 92.
Works on TV Tropes she appeared in:
Film
- The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1939) — Effie
- I See a Dark Stranger (1946) — Manx Hotel Manageress
- Sailor of the King (1953) — Hotel Manageress (Uncredited Role)
- The Million Pound Note (1954) — Maggie (Uncredited Role)
- Doctor in the House (1954) — Mrs. Groaker
- Doctor at Sea (1955) — Mrs. Thomas
- The Man Who Never Was (1956) — Landlady
- Carry On Nurse (1959) — Sister
- The 39 Steps (1959) — Miss Dobson
- Please Turn Over (1959) — Saleswoman
- Carry On Constable (1960) — Mrs. May
- Doctor in Love (1960) — Nurse (Uncredited Role)
- Tunes of Glory (1960) — Party Guest (Uncredited Role)
- No Kidding (1960) — Cook
- Carry On Regardless (1961) — Matron
- Raising the Wind (1961) — Mrs. Bostwick
- Murder, She Said (1961) — Mrs. Kidder
- Heavens Above! (1963) — Housewife
- Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter (1968) — Landlady
- Carry On Loving (1970) — Mrs. Grubb
- Theatre of Blood (1973) — Mrs. Sprout
- Carry On Girls (1973) — Mrs. Dukes
- Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974) — Mrs. Radlett
- One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975) — Mrs. Gibbons
- Clockwise (1986) — Mrs. Trellis
- Dixon of Dock Green, episode "The Paperhangers" (1969) — Elsie Francis
- Sykes, episode "Dream" (1972) — Nurse
- Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, 2 episodesshow list (1973) — Mrs. Chambers
- The Upper Crusts, episode "A Tradition of Service" (1973) — Mrs. Stubbs
- Play for Today, episode "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" (1976) — Mother
- Miss Marple, 21 episodes (1984-92) — Miss Jane Marple
- Screen Two, episode "Century" (1996) — Mrs. Whiteweather
