Biographies: Joan Hickson - Actor

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Joan Hickson was a British actress who was born in Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom on 5 August 1906 as Joan Bogle Hickson and died in Colchester, Essex, England, United Kingdom on 17 October 1998 from a stroke. She was nominated for a BAFTA Television Award in 1987 and 1988 and won an RTS Television Award in 1987. She was married to Eric Norman Butler (1932–1967) and had two children, remaining with him until his death. Her most important works include Murder She Said (1961), Agatha Christie's Miss Marple (1986), Miss Marple: Nemesis (1987), and Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1992). The daughter of a shoemaker, she graduated from Oldfield School, trained for 3 years at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art RADA, and began her theatrical career in the regional theater in 1927. She toured for several years throughout the United Kingdom and presented many comedies in the West End theater. She also participated in the Regina Park Open Air Theater during the bombing of London by Nazi forces in World War II and won the Tony Award for theatrical performance in 1979. She began her film career with the short film Trouble in Store in 1934 played supporting comedic roles in many films and participated in the popular Carry on comedy series. She also starred in many television works, in addition to her work in theater and cinema, until she died in 1998 of a stroke at the age of 92.

• 22 September 2021
• Toqa Hesham