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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.
During a stay at one of London's most elegant and venerable hotels Miss Marple uncovers a sinister undercurrent of corruption and murder beneath Bertram's stuffy veneer. Stars Joan Hickson Caroline Blakiston Helena Michell
If you like down-to-earth murder mysteries without violence or constant bad language, Miss Marple is for you! Joan Hickson portrays Miss Marple and does a superb job. By far the best "Miss Marple" there was.
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.
Mar 12, 2024 · 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....
From 1984 to 1992, the BBC adapted all of the original Miss Marple novels as a series titled Miss Marple. Joan Hickson played the lead role. In the 1940s, she had appeared on stage in an Agatha Christie play, Appointment with Death , which was seen by Christie who wrote in a note to her, "I hope one day you will play my dear Miss Marple". [25]
Miss Marple: Nemesis: With Joan Hickson, Peter Tilbury, Helen Cherry, John Horsley. 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.
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 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 television...
Joan Hickson received two BAFTA nominations for her Miss Marple, but had the even greater honour of being written to by Agatha Christie, long before she was old enough to take on the role of Marple. Christie had seen her performance in a stage version of Appointment with Death and wrote, “I hope one day you will play my dear Miss Marple”.
