Joan Hickson, who first played the role on stage in 1940, played Marple in all of them. Her performance was even reportedly praised by Queen Elizabeth II when Hickson received an OBE in 1987.

Joan Hickson, 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 series ...

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 ...

Other actresses who have also played Miss Marple include Gracie Fields, Margaret Rutherford, Angela Lansbury and Helen Hayes. Joan Hickson was perhaps the best known, playing the character on the BBC ...

Not many actresses get a career-changing chance at 68. For Julia McKenzie, it came when she was chosen as British television's new Miss Marple, Agatha Christie's famous amateur detective.

Actress Joan Hickson, best known for her television portrayal of the shrewd amateur detective Miss Marple, has died, her family said Sunday. She was 92. Hickson died Saturday in a hospital in Colch… ...

LONDON — Geraldine McEwan knows that Miss Marple’s sensible shoes and cardigans have been filled by such redoubtable actresses as Margaret Rutherford, Angela Lansbury and Joan Hickson. But she ...

Geraldine McEwan knows that Miss Marple’s sensible shoes and cardigans have been filled by such redoubtable actresses as Margaret Rutherford, Angela Lansbury and Joan Hickson. But she wasn’t ...