Joan Hickson
1906-08-05 ( 118 years old ) in Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK

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. As well as portraying Miss Marple on television, Hickson also narrated a number of Miss Marple stories on audio books. Born in Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Hickson was a daughter of Edith Mary (née Bogle) and Alfred Harold Hickson, a shoe manufacturer. Boarding at Oldfield School at Swanage in Dorset she went on to train at RADA in London. Making her stage debut in 1927, she worked for several years throughout the United Kingdom and achieved success playing comedic, often eccentric characters in London's West End, including 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 first film appearance in 1934. The numerous supporting roles of her career included several Carry On films including Sister in Carry On Nurse and Mrs May in Carry On Constable. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Movies

Century 1993-12-31
Clockwise 1986-03-01
Bedroom Farce 1980-09-28
Yanks 1979-09-01
Wedding Bells 1976-01-01
On the Tiles 1976-01-01
The Big Kick 1976-01-01
Double Trouble 1976-01-01
Baby Sitters 1976-01-01
Monkey Tricks 1976-01-01
South Riding 1974-09-16
Carry On Girls 1973-11-09
Friends 1971-03-24
Dracula 1968-11-18
Maggie 1964-01-25
Heavens Above! 1963-05-20
I Thank a Fool 1962-09-14
His and Hers 1961-01-01
No Kidding 1960-11-01
Doctor in Love 1960-07-12
The 39 Steps 1959-03-13
Carry On Nurse 1959-01-30
Barnacle Bill 1957-12-17
Port of Escape 1956-05-01
Lost 1956-01-31
The Extra Day 1956-01-01
A Time to Kill 1955-11-01
Doctor at Sea 1955-07-12
Mad About Men 1954-11-16
Love in Pawn 1953-11-23
Rough Shoot 1953-03-30
Hindle Wakes 1952-11-10
Tall Headlines 1952-04-15
Curtain Up 1952-03-12
The Card 1952-02-25
The Magic Box 1952-01-01
High Treason 1951-11-13
The Magnet 1950-10-01
Marry Me 1949-06-07
The Guinea Pig 1948-10-26
Bond Street 1948-05-12
Freedom Radio 1941-02-04
I See Ice 1938-02-10