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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.
Actress: Miss Marple: Nemesis. Joan Hickson was born in 1906 at Kingsthorpe, Northampton. Her stage career began with provincial theater in 1927, going on to a long series of West End comedies, usually playing the part of a confused or eccentric middle-age woman.
THE OLDEST actress ever to take the lead in a major television series, Joan Hickson was a sprightly 78 when she was chosen to play the role for which she will be best remembered, Agatha...
Actress: Miss Marple: Nemesis. Joan Hickson was born in 1906 at Kingsthorpe, Northampton. Her stage career began with provincial theater in 1927, going on to a long series of West End comedies, usually playing the part of a confused or eccentric middle-age woman.
Oct 20, 1998 · Joan Hickson, a stage, screen and television actress who became an international celebrity when she played Miss Marple, Agatha Christie's sharp-witted elderly detective, in a BBC...
Feb 28, 2024 · This documentary video is about how Joan Hickson became the ultimate Miss Marple. From her humble beginnings as a character actress in Westend comedies – to Tony Award at Broadway – to...
Jan 10, 2020 · The newest addition to our stellar lineup of clever and lovable female detectives is none other than Agatha Christie’s iconic spinster sleuth, Miss Marple. The 1984 BBC version starring Joan Hickson is widely considered to be the favourite adaptation of the iconic character.
Jun 21, 2024 · Who Is Joan Hickson? Joan Hickson was a prolific British actress who began her career on the stage in 1927 before moving into film and television work that spanned decades through 1993. She...
Oct 17, 1998 · 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.
Tony Award-winner Joan Hickson, known to TV viewers for the "Miss Marple" mysteries, but also for her lauded Broadway role in Alan Ayckbourn's Bedroom Farce in 1979, died Oct. 17 outside London....
Joan Hickson played the sweet little old lady from St Mary Mead with an uncanny knack for solving crimes that baffle the police. Hickson took on the role at the age of 78, and when all 12 novels had been adapted she retired from playing Miss Marple at 86.
Oct 19, 1998 · Tributes to the actress Joan Hickson were today led by her son following her death in Colchester General Hospital at the age of 92. The star of the BBC's Miss Marple dramas...
All 12 original Miss Marple Christie novels were dramatised. 1. The Body in the Library (1984) 2. The Moving Finger (1985) 3. A Murder Is Announced (1985) 4....
Jun 14, 2021 · Joan Hickson’s casting as Miss Marple in the BBC adaptations broadcast between 1984 and 1992 was endorsed by Agatha Christie herself, albeit forty years before Hickson actually played the role. Here, I consider how the characterisation of Miss Marple was inflected by the political and cultural commitment to nostalgia and a sense of tradition ...
Miss Marple: Nemesis: With Joan Hickson, Peter Tilbury, John Horsley, Helen Cherry. Miss Marple receives a cryptic letter requesting her to right an unknown injustice, but receives no hint other than a ticket for guided tour of historic homes.
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Miss Marple, titled Agatha Christie's Miss Marple in the series, is a British television series based on the Miss Marple murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie, starring Joan Hickson in the title role. It aired from 26 December 1984 to 27 December 1992 on BBC1.
The normally friendly village of Lymston is plagued by vile anonymous letters. When a mother of three takes her own life, following such a letter, Ms. Marple is not at all convinced things are as they seem. Stars. Joan Hickson. Michael Culver.
Oct 8, 2021 · Joan Hickson portrays Miss Marple (created by Agatha Christie) superbly. No bloody gore, no offensive language - just good, old-fashioned sleuthing & mystery. Enjoy!
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced: With Joan Hickson, Ursula Howells, Samantha Bond, Simon Shepherd. An unusual announcement in the newspaper leads the curious villagers to Miss Blacklock's home, where they become witnesses to a murder.
Sep 15, 2015 · Superb actress Joan Hickson serves murder anyway you like it as Miss Jane Marple, the soft-spoken senior sleuth who succeeds where young policemen fail. Gather your wits for a dozen dastardly crimes, filmed entirely on location with lush period settings.
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Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: 4:50 from Paddington: Directed by Martyn Friend. With Joan Hickson, Juliette Mole, David Beames, Mona Bruce. A friend of Miss Marple's sees a woman being strangled in a passing train.
1. Miss Marple: The Body in the Library. 1984 3 eps. 7.6 (2.7K) Rate. TV Mini Series. Amateur detective Miss Jane Marple investigates the murder of a young woman whose body is found in the library at Gossington Hall, home of Colonel and Mrs. Arthur Bantry. Stars Joan Hickson Gwen Watford Moray Watson. 2. Miss Marple: The Moving Finger.