Joan Hixston starred in a huge number of films. It is known that more than 100 roles were performed by this great actress, but her popularity was brought by the one and only role of the unsurpassed Miss Marple.
Biography of Joan Hikston
Joan was born in the early 20th century in a family far from art. Her father was a shoe manufacturer and hardly dreamed of his daughter becoming an actress. But Joan Hikston once saw pantomime and firmly decided that she wants to become an actress only. In 1927, she debuted on the stage of the theater, but the cinematic success was waiting for her a little later. In 1934, Joan Hikston became famous for her "Problem in the shop", where she played a comedic role. It is worth noting that it was the role of such a character that was especially successful.
Perhaps the actress Joan Hikston would remain a comedic actress if Agatha Christie did not pay attention to her, who asked her to play in her play "A Date with Death." Then the writer realized that no one better than Joan Hickston could play Miss Marple.
Joan Hixston's personal life
In her youth, Joan Hikston was not only engaged in a career , she was able to arrange and her personal life. The actress was married to Dr. Eric Butler. From this marriage, which was considered happy, there were two children - a boy and a girl.
Unfortunately, the actress was early widowed and continued to live on. Joan Hikston was helped by children and her favorite work. By the way, when the writer Agatha Christie died, the right to dispose of her stories passed to her grandson. He gave permission for the screen version of the works of his famous grandmother that had not yet appeared on the screen.
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For the role of Miss Marple, of course, invited Joan Hikston, who with great pleasure agreed to play a great detective, despite the fact that the actress at that time was already 78 years old.
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