Joan Hickson net worthy of: Joan Hickson was an English celebrity who have had a net worthy of of $10 million. From 1963 to 1966 Hickson starred as Mrs. She was most widely known for playing the part of Miss Marple in it film series Miss Marple along with narrating the Miss Marple audiobooks. Hickson done stage in London’s West End along with the Q Theatre and the Comedy Theatre. Joan got nearly 200 performing credits to her name you start with the short Problems waiting for you in 1934. We also added few films/dramas earnings which include YOUR BODY in the Library, The Shifting Finger
Known for movies
Our Man at St. Mark's (1963-1966) as Mrs. Peace
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1992) as Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: Nemesis (1987) as Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986) as Miss Marple
Quick Facts
Full Name
Joan Hickson
Net Worth
$10 Million
Date Of Birth
August 5, 1906
Died
October 17, 1998, Colchester, United Kingdom
Profession
Voice Actor
Education
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Spouse
Eric Norman Butler
Parents
Alfred Harold Hickson, Edith Mary Bogle
Awards
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
Nominations
British Academy Television Award for Best Actress, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance
Movies
The 4:50 From Paddington, Murder, She Said, The Body in the Library, Seven Days to Noon, Clockwise, The Wicked Lady, Carry On Nurse, Heavens Above!, The Man Who Could Work Miracles, The Card, The 39 Steps, Carry On Loving, Doctor at Sea, Nurse on Wheels, No Kidding, Law and Disorder, Child in the House, Love from a Stranger, Value for Money, One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing, Port of Escape, Jumping for Joy, Dance, Little Lady, The House Across the Lake, Friends, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Century, Sea Wife, Dracula, Miss Marple: Nemesis, A Time to Kill, His and Hers, Second Thoughts, After Loch Lomond
TV Shows
Miss Marple, Our Man At St Mark's, Poor Little Rich Girls, Great Expectations, Good Girl
Interesting Facts
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Fact
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She had two children with her husband Eric Butler - a son, Nicholas (born 1936) and a daughter, Caroline (born 1939).
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Vowed not to do another film after Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (1989), but was persuaded to return for the final two films in 1991 and 1992. She then retired from the role, believing that she should stop while the programme was still at the peak of its popularity.
3
Vice President of The Agatha Christie Society, with David Suchet, until her death.
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Trained for three years at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and made her stage debut aged 20.
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Lived in Rose Lane, Wivenhoe along the River Colne in Essex. A plaque now marks the house where she lived for 40 years.
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Interred at Sidbury Cemetery under her married name, Joan Bogle Butler in Sidbury, Devon.
Won Broadway's 1979 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for "Bedroom Farce."
10
After appearing in the play "Appointment with Death", Agatha Christie wrote Joan a letter telling her she hoped that she would one day play "Miss Marple". Nearly 40 years later, Joan did just that, and ended up being considered the closest to the character, Christie created, in her portrayal.
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Received 2 BAFTA nominations as Best TV actress for playing Miss Marple.
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She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1987 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to drama.
13
Agatha Christie saw Ms. Hickson in the 1946 play of the Christie novel "Appointment With Death." Christie sent Ms. Hickson a note that read, "I hope one day you will play my dear Miss Marple."
I watch these old films in black and white, and suddenly the door opens and there I am. The other day, I was wearing the most awful hat.
2
[on the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park during World War II] We kept one eye on the sky to see what was coming over. We used to feel the audience were being... stupid because they sort of hurled themselves on the ground.
3
[on disapproval from her relatives about acting] My Aunt Aggie - she was about 4 feet tall - drew herself up to her full height and said, 'What is Joan's destination to be?' which she thought was the gutter, you see.
4
[on being awarded an OBE] It must be because the programme (Miss Marple) has gone all over the world and is bringing in such lovely revenue. I think its enormous success is because it's so charmingly done.
5
I love getting back to Wivenhoe. I get out of my wig, bustle and costume in three minutes flat at the end of the play before jumping into a taxi outside the theater and catching the train home.
6
[on being sent away to school during World War I] It was one of the first co-educational schools. I remember my Aunt Lizzie in tweeds and a flying helmet running up and down the touchline shouting for our boys.
7
Retirement is fatal. If you retire you go POP.
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[on Miss Marple] I think she's a wonderful woman with a very clear outlook on life. Miss Marple believes in justice and has very high standards. There is nothing you could say or do that would shock her.
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I was never really pretty, so for someone like myself it's more useful to be a character actress than a leading actress... in television especially, they want real wrinkles.
10
I have never been a star, I'm just an old character bag.
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[on being taken to her first pantomime, Cinderella, at the age of five] I was utterly entranced, and asked my parents to move as near to the theatre as possible. I knew immediately that the life I wanted was there.
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[on age] Once you stop, your brain goes, and when that happens it's all over.
13
I wasn't beautiful, so there were plenty of character roles. I never did any Shakespeare, I'm far too superficial for that. I just act instinctively.
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[on her husband] He had no interest in the theatre. I don't think he ever came to see my work. After the show I would get on the train, go home and become Mrs Butler again. It was rather nice having two lives.
15
[on the death of her husband] I never really got over it, but my work was an enormous help. You simply have to go on.
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I thought I was the wrong shape, that Miss Marple would be much fluffier than me, much more wearing shawls and things. But I was persuaded and now, well - I can only do it my way.
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I was lucky not to have been born pretty.
Pictures
Won Awards
Won awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
Award shared with
1987
RTS Television Award
Royal Television Society, UK
Best Performance - Female
For the "Miss Marple" films.
Nominated Awards
Nominated awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
Award shared with
1995
CableACE
CableACE Awards
Actress in a Movie or Miniseries
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1992)
1988
BAFTA TV Award
BAFTA Awards
Best Actress
Miss Marple: Nemesis (1987)
1987
BAFTA TV Award
BAFTA Awards
Best Actress
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage (1986)
Filmography
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Century
1993
Mrs. Whitweather
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
1992
TV Movie
Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
1991
TV Movie
Miss Marple
King of the Wind
1990
Duchess of Marlborough
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
1989
TV Movie
Miss Marple
Masterpiece Mystery
1986-1989
TV Series
Miss Marple
Boon
1989
TV Series
Delia
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: 4:50 from Paddington
1987
TV Movie
Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: Nemesis
1987
TV Movie
Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel
1987
TV Movie
Miss Marple
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
1987
TV Movie
Miss Marple
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
1986
TV Movie
Miss Marple
Screenplay
1986
TV Series
Bea
Clockwise
1986
Mrs. Trellis
Time for Murder
1985
TV Series
Miss Wainwright
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
1985
TV Movie
Miss Jane Marple
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
1985
TV Mini-Series
Miss Marple
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
1985
TV Movie
Miss Marple
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library
1984
TV Mini-Series
Miss Marple
Poor Little Rich Girls
1984
TV Series
Lady Harriet
Round and Round
1984
TV Series
Mrs. Baker
The Outsider
1983
TV Series
Lillian, Lord Wrathdale's Mother
The Wicked Lady
1983
Aunt Agatha
The Gentle Touch
1982
TV Series
Sarah Meade
Take Three Women
1982
TV Series
Lady Dickinson
Barriers
1982
TV Series
Traffic warden
Great Expectations
1981
TV Mini-Series
Miss Havisham
Strangers
1981
TV Series
Miss Robinson
Lady Killers
1981
TV Series
Carrie Esther Rapley
ITV Playhouse
1968-1981
TV Series
Mrs. Massie / Mrs. Trix / Matron
Crown Court
1975-1981
TV Series
Elizabeth Penn / Mary Freebody / Mary Emily Freebody