Joan Hackett

All Movie Guide Plot sypnosis of her 1965 Bonanza episode (http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:234137~C). Joan Hickson died in Colchester, England. Review of her episode of Combat! (http://www.jodavidsmeyer.com/combat/episodes/chateau.html). Queen Elizabeth II, said to be a fan of both Miss Marple, and of Hickson, bestowed the latter award. All Movie Guide Review of her episode of The Twilight Zone (http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:198368~C). 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. Biography from various sources (http://theoscarsite.com/whoswho6/hackett_j.htm). 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.

IMDB entry (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0352466/). 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. 1979 Trapper John, M.D. (1979) playing "Wilma" in episode: "The Surrogate" (episode # 1.10) 23 December. 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. 1965 Bonanza (1959) playing "Margarita Miguel" in episode: "Woman of Fire" (episode # 6.17) 17 January. In 1980 she appeared in yet another Agatha Christie production, as Mrs Rivington in Why Didn't They Ask Evans. 1963 Combat! (1962) playing "Gabrille" in episode: "The Chateau" (episode # 1.19) 12 February. 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.

1962 Gunsmoke (1955) playing "Mady Arthur" in episode: "The Widow" (episode # 7.25) 24 March. She also appeared opposite Margaret Rutherford in the Marple film Murder, She Said (1961). 1962 The Twilight Zone (1959) playing "Esther Fortune" in episode: "A Piano in the House" (episode # 3.22) 16 February. 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". 1981 Only When I Laugh. She made her first film appearance in 1934, and the numerous supporting roles of her career included several Carry On films. 1977 Dead of Night. 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.

1973 The Last of Sheila. 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. 1969 Support Your Local Sheriff!. The Mirror Crack'd (1992). 1968 Will Penny. They Do It With Mirrors (1991). 1966 The Group. A Caribbean Mystery (1989).

(1) The Internet Movie Database. 4.50 from Paddington (1987). Sources:. Nemesis (1987). Joan Hackett lost the battle against ovarian cancer at Encino Hospital, 1983. At Bertram's Hotel (1987). (1). Sleeping Murder (1987).

She was married to actor Richard Mulligan (1965-1973). The Murder at the Vicarage (1986). Hackett won a Golden Globe as Best Motion Picture Actress in a Supporting Role for the movie Only When I Laugh in 1982. A Pocket Full of Rye (1985). After this she, primarily, had parts in TV movies. A Murder is Announced (1985). Hackett also has a notable part in the classic western comedy Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) with James Garner. The Moving Finger (1985).

One of the roles she's best remembered for, perhaps, is the role of Catherine Allen in the western Will Penny (1968) with Charlton Heston. The Body in the Library (1984) - BAFTA nomination. She had one of the starring roles in the 1966 Sidney Lumet film The Group along with Candice Bergen and others. She had a leading role in the Twilight Zone episode A Piano in the House (1962). Malone (1958) in 1959.

Hackett debuted with the role of Gail Prentiss in the TV series Young Dr. Joan Hackett (March 1, 1934 - October 8, 1983) American actress.