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Joan Hickson

1906 - 1998

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joan Hickson has received more than 1,709,059 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Joan Hickson is the 2,062nd most popular actor (down from 1,435th in 2019), the 1,957th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,513th in 2019) and the 261st most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Joan Hickson ranks 2,062 out of 13,578. Before her are Ralf Moeller, Steve Harvey, Mamie Van Doren, Susana Giménez, Angélica María, and Cynthia Nixon. After her are Rachel Kempson, Kristen Stewart, Song Joong-ki, Edith González, Jim Beaver, and Krystyna Janda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Joan Hickson ranks 144. Before her are Paolo Stoppa, Jim Thompson, Princess Anne of Orléans, Edward Ochab, Samad Vurgun, and Wilhelm Boger. After her are Eraldo Monzeglio, Francis Hong Yong-ho, Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Artur Lundkvist, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, and Vitaly Abalakov. Among people deceased in 1998, Joan Hickson ranks 109. Before her are Yuri Artyukhin, Richard Hamming, Sani Abacha, Barry Goldwater, Benjamin Spock, and Mary Cartwright. After her are Birger Ruud, Hide, Clara Rockmore, Anatoly Rybakov, Genrich Altshuller, and Mancur Olson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joan Hickson ranks 1,957 out of 8,785. Before her are Harold Bride (1890), Stuart Lewis-Evans (1930), John Hughlings Jackson (1835), Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694), Melita Norwood (1912), and Mary Astell (1666). After her are Rachel Kempson (1910), Elias Ashmole (1617), George Frederic Watts (1817), Lindsay Kemp (1938), Ken Annakin (1914), and Thomas Hicks (1876).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Joan Hickson ranks 261. Before her are Donald Crisp (1882), Ray Winstone (1957), Nell Gwyn (1650), Julian Sands (1958), June Whitfield (1925), and Andy Whitfield (1971). After her are Rachel Kempson (1910), Penelope Wilton (1946), Dudley Moore (1935), Cary Elwes (1962), Harry Andrews (1911), and Robert Morley (1908).

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Television and Movie Roles

Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
Miss Marple
Faced with two false confessions and numerous suspects after a despised civil magistrate is found shot in the local vicarage, Detective Inspector Slack reluctantly accepts help from Miss Marple.
Dec 25th 19866.585 / 10
Miss Marple: Nemesis
Miss Jane Marple
Mr. Jason Rafiel asks Miss Marple to solve a crime but, he does gives her any details. In fact, he can't be sure that a crime was committed at all.
7.3 / 10
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library
Miss Marple
Amateur detective Miss Jane Marple investigates the murder of a young woman whose body is found in the library at Gossington Hall, home of Colonel and Mrs. Arthur Bantry.
7.429 / 10