Joan Hickson

Joan Hickson died in Colchester, England. She has not acted in any films after having daughter, Nysa. Queen Elizabeth II, said to be a fan of both Miss Marple, and of Hickson, bestowed the latter award. In fact, each of her five movies with him (Baazigar, Karan Arjun, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham) went on to become super-hits and blockbusters. Hickson played the role in all 12 adaptations of the novels produced from 1984 to 1992, and received a BAFTA nomination and an OBE from the British Government. But her vibrant personality and chemistry with several actors, especially with Shah Rukh Khan, kept her on top. In making a new series, the makers determined to remain faithful to the plotlines and locales of Christie's stories, and most importantly to represent Miss Marple as written. While Kajol held a strong position in Bollywood prior to her marriage to Devgan, her list of flops was quite large.

Though admired, Rutherford's Marple bore little resemblance to the character as written, and the plots of the early Christie film versions varied sharply from the author's carefully constructed plotlines. Kajol is married to actor Ajay Devgan. The BBC began filming the works of Agatha Christie in the early 1980s, and were conscious of the criticism that had been levelled at the most famous portrayal of Miss Marple given by Margaret Rutherford. Others who have been in films include her aunt Nutan and grandmother Shobhana Samarth. In 1980 she appeared in yet another Agatha Christie production, as Mrs Rivington in Why Didn't They Ask Evans. Her mother Tanuja and cousins Rani Mukherjee and Mohnish Behl act in films. Her stage career included roles in Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit and Alan Ayckbourn's Bedroom Farce, for which she won a Tony Award in 1977. Kajol comes from a family with a strong film tradition.

She also appeared opposite Margaret Rutherford in the Marple film Murder, She Said (1961). Kajol Devgan, nee Mukherjee (born August 5, 1975), popularly known as Kajol, is a megastar Bollywood actress. In the 1940s she appeared on-stage in an Agatha Christie play, Appointment with Death, which was seen by Christie who wrote to her "I hope one day you might play my dear Miss Marple". Special appearance in Kal Ho Naa Ho. She made her first film appearance in 1934, and the numerous supporting roles of her career included several Carry On films. Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham. Born in Kingsthorpe, Northampton, England, she made her stage debut in 1927, and for several years worked throughout the United Kingdom and achieved success playing comedic, often eccentric characters in London's West End. Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi.

Joan Hickson ( August 5, 1906 – October 17, 1998) was an English actress of theater, film and television, who achieved fame in her old age playing Agatha Christie's Miss Marple. Raju Chacha. The Mirror Crack'd (1992). Dil Kya Kare. They Do It With Mirrors (1991). Hote Hote Pyaar Ho Gaya. A Caribbean Mystery (1989). Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain.

4.50 from Paddington (1987). Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha. Nemesis (1987). Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. At Bertram's Hotel (1987). Dushman. Sleeping Murder (1987). Duplicate.

The Murder at the Vicarage (1986). Pyaar Kiya To Darna. A Pocket Full of Rye (1985). Gupt: The Hidden Truth. A Murder is Announced (1985). Hamesha. The Moving Finger (1985). Sapnay.

The Body in the Library (1984) - BAFTA nomination. Ishq. Minsaara Kanavu. Bambai Ka Babu. Hulchul.

Karan Arjun. Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge. Gundaraj. Taaqat.

Udhaar Ki Zindagi. Yeh Dillagi. Baazigar. Bekhudi.