Joan Hickson was known for her role as Agatha Christie's Miss Marple in the television series Miss Marple.
11 Facts About Joan Hickson
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Joan Hickson narrated a number of Miss Marple stories on audiobooks.
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Joan Hickson 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.
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Joan Hickson 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.
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In 1961 Joan 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.
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From 1963 to 1966 Joan 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.
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Joan 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 1987 and 1988.
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From 1958, Joan Hickson lived in Rose Lane, Wivenhoe, along the River Colne 43 miles from London in Essex, until her death in 1998.
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Joan Hickson's husband died in Colchester, Essex, in June 1967.
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Joan Hickson died in Colchester General Hospital from a stroke, aged 92.
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Joan Hickson is interred under her married name, Joan Bogle Butler, at Sidbury Cemetery in Devon.