7 Miss Marple Actresses - who played her BEST?

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Miss Jane Marple doesn’t look like your average detective. And Joan Hickson definitely managed to convey her peculiar personality which is loved by many and often misunderstood by others. But was she actually the best Marple out there? In this episode, we shall have a look at different actresses who had put on the sleuth lady hat and rank their performances to find the perfect fit for the role.
What’s inside:
0:00 Miss Marple challenges actresses
2:10 Gracie Fields - Scottish Marple
2:54 Margaret Rutherford - Comic Marple
4:08 First Appearance of Joan Hickson
4:54 Angela Lansbury - Murder She Wrote
7:46 Helen Hayes - an EGOT Marple
8:47 Joan Hickson - blessed by Christie Marple
11:07 Geraldine McEwan - Victorian Marple
11:38 Julia McKenzie - Tweedy Marple
12:52 Final Rating (I now don’t agree with)
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@McIntyreBible Жыл бұрын

Personally, Joan Hickson is my choice for the best portrayal of Miss Marple!

@maryhook9478 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson WAS Miss Marple

@jmbrinck Жыл бұрын

Hear, hear. A thousand times over.

@erosleroi7638 Жыл бұрын

I agree. All the others are lame in comparison to Joan Hickson. Also she was approved of by Agatha Christie herself.

@suzannehicks5856 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!

@josefschiltz2192 Жыл бұрын

Definitely Joan Hickson. She was a close neighbour of some cousins of mine and people were always wondering if they'd actually get to see 'Miss Marple' whilst they were there.

@marina_via Жыл бұрын

In loving memory of Angela Lansbury (16 October 1925 - 11 October 2022)....

@seto749 Жыл бұрын

Oh, how sad. Ms Lansbury's smoking was the most out-of-character thing I can recall short of Ms Rutherford's physical antics, though I'm not sure how to rank Ms McEwan's recollection of aborting an affair with a married man. In Miss Marple's world ladies of her ilk didn't smoke. Recall how the smoking room in Bertram's Hotel was mysteriously reserved for the gentlemen. While I won't fault anyone for a preference for Ms McEwen, I place her so firmly as the perfect Miss Jean Brodie that it would be difficult to give her an English character as well as a Scots. More strongly in Ms Hickson's column were her being at the time the oldest actress in a leading series role and filming all the novels with relatively high fidelity to the original. I do wish they'd done her series in the style of Poirot and filmed the short stories as well, particularly The Herb of Death, The Blue Geranium, A Christmas Tragedy and Death by Drowning.

@marina_via Жыл бұрын

@@seto749 yeah, indeed. About smoking - yet she did it with such a taste, just adore this hilarious scene!

@mzm4574 Жыл бұрын

Yes she was quite the beauty! Her performance in a portrait of Dorian Gray was incandescent!

@saraspangler890 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson was the best, she portrayed the character, as written in the books, more closely than the others.

@amherst88 Жыл бұрын

I personally wonder why Marples keep being made -- the series with Joan Hickson was about as perfect an adaptation as you can get -- the tone of the dialogue, the techniques of setting/construction, and certainly the characterization -- when I think of Miss Marple I think of Joan Hickson.

@marina_via Жыл бұрын

Well, times change... New takes are coming, eventually, that try to introduce the evergreen legacy to new generations in a new/updated way

@TheBlueyedblond Жыл бұрын

I agree 100%. The others were mediocre in comparison to Joan Hickson.

@JoannaLamont333 Жыл бұрын

I agree, Joan Hicks was perfect & better than any of the others.

@margaretgoff5454 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson depicted Miss Marple exactly how I imagined her. She was absolutely perfect for the role. My all time favourite hands down. Number 2 Margaret Rutherford (I just love her) and 3 Julia McKenzie (Even though I adored Angela Lansbury she takes 4th place. I remember her as a pretty young lady in films. I love her 'murder she wrote' series too.) RIP Dame Angela Lansbury ❤

@amyprecociouslake4806 Жыл бұрын

????sorry....she's rather ???? She appeals to a generation that does not know about the others! I can't get past two minutes and I'm changing the channel!!! Margaret Rutherford is my favorite! I've never seen Angela Lansbury in the role!

@kathleenclark5877 Жыл бұрын

Definitely Joan Hickson. Her outward appearance made everyone (especially the professional detectives and the murderers) underestimate the steel trap that was her mind. She had the ability to appear to be a frail and a bit dithery little old lady that people dismissed and, as a result, she was able to analyze their personas in relaxation while they weren’t putting on masks to deceive the outside world.

@thekingsdaughter4233 Жыл бұрын

She looked the part, she played it right- and, what was probably not in her control, they stuck to the original, actual story reasonably well. With the newer ones, I hardly recognized the books. Watched one or two and never came back. I'm willing to give Angela Lansbury a try, though. Maybe. 😉😄

@ilanamillion8942 Жыл бұрын

There is no doubt that Joan Hickson is my absolute favourite.

@helenbramwell Жыл бұрын

Definitely Joan Hixon for me. Plain old lady with a mind like a computer..... Perfect!

@elinstar6034 Жыл бұрын

Ah, you put it perfectly.

@HannibalFan52 Жыл бұрын

I think Jason Rafiel (Donald Pleasance) in 'A Caribbean Mystery' put it most succinctly when he described Miss Marple as having a 'mind like a bacon slicer'.

@EGSimon-ds1vf Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson will always be Miss Marple in my eyes. Angela Landsbury, RIP, will always be Jessica Fletcher of "Murder She Wrote".

@albertgrant1017 Жыл бұрын

Well Said !

@davesheppard8797 Жыл бұрын

I totally agree E.G. Joan Hickson was Agatha Christie's choice. If they ever remake "Murder she wrote" people will then be debating who was the best Jessica!! But in my mind it's Joan for Marple and Lansbury for Jessica!! Dave.

@digbycrankshaft7572 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson was the definitive Miss Marple. Perfectly cast and unparalleled.

@sealfan1000 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson is my favorite-hands down; followed by Geraldine McEwan. This was a great video-thanks!

@marina_via Жыл бұрын

it was pleasure to research as well, thank you!

@maggiesmith856 Жыл бұрын

The problem with the McEwan Marples was that the writers were obsessed with putting lesbianism into every episode, even if they had to change the identity of the killer to do it.

@gigikay1734 Жыл бұрын

I agree with Belle Jour

@Jamie_Pritchard Жыл бұрын

I've loved many of these Miss Marples, but Joan Hickson was absolutely perfect! And of course, RIP Angela Lansbury

@Jamie_Pritchard 5 ай бұрын

@@lindickison3055 I have to agree. Much better as Jessica ☺️

@sharonsmith1783 Жыл бұрын

Geraldine McEwan is my favorite. She seems like a real person, carrying the heartbreak and loss of her youth bravely. She is not bitter or self-pitying, she is determinedly sociable with a naughty smile and humble nature. Of course she portrays the other attributes of Miss. Marple too, as most of them do. I just wish she had done more of them.

@marina_via Жыл бұрын

I guess, this michievious spark is what makes me feel happier too :-)

@marionbacon5821 Жыл бұрын

My choice too. She always had a twinkle in her eye.

@candacenagle505 Жыл бұрын

I agree! She is definitely Miss Marple to me. The sparkle in her eye is so mischievous. If I were to be an old sleuth, I would want to be like her. Somehow she is ageless.

@julierobinson6906 Жыл бұрын

I agree but I also loved Margaret Rutherford but perhaps that’s because I was a child and I watched them curled up with my dad

@candacenagle505 Жыл бұрын

@@julierobinson6906 That would be a very special memory!

@Hypnobunny1 Жыл бұрын

Hands down best (in my opinion) was the marvellous Joan Hickson 🌹

@nadinesoussa1367 6 ай бұрын

I’m definitely on the Joan Hickson team. 1 wish the woman who comments. Would talk less and just stick to nthe point !

@johnderham2829 6 ай бұрын

The best is Joan Hickson born 1906 to 1998

@nadinesoussa1367 6 ай бұрын

Joan Hickson all the way.

@3poodlez321 Жыл бұрын

I love Agatha Christie and was pleased to find your channel. I love Joan Hickson, but I think all the portrayals have a charm all their own. Thank you, this was great!

@marina_via Жыл бұрын

This, that's exactly the thought that I came to after completing the making of this video! They are all really charming, indeed! Plan to watch some Rutherford episode tonight, she looks particularly expressive!

@amysands8925 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson with out a dought.

@iainsan Жыл бұрын

I've read all the Miss Marple books and short stories. Far from being a sweet old lady, she's actually quite a waspish, prudish and conservative Victorian gentlewoman who is very conscious of her superior social rank when it comes to servants and the working classes generally. The reason she is such a good detective is a lifetime of catty gossip with her peers. She relates every situation she comes across to a previous scandel from her village. Therefore, I agree that Joan Hickson's rather cold and serious portayal was the best, both in terms of character and looks.

@frglee Жыл бұрын

Jane Marple is clearly written as being very observant and very intelligent with a very good eye for human nature. The 'little old gossipy lady' is a front that distracts and allows her to put people at ease around her. It's a genius creation and Hickson played it seriously with some skill.

@esmeephillips5888 Жыл бұрын

Agreed. If the Jane Austen who wrote 'Mansfield Park' had turned to detective fiction, she would have created a sleuth of Miss Marple's temper, a compassionate but insistent Christian moralist. Rutherford is an enjoyable, self-indulging burlesque, McEwan too fey (as she usually was), McKenzie trying to row back from McEwan's eldritch exaggerations but up against the trendy inanities of 21C adaptors. Hickson hit the bullseye: the triumph of less-is-more acting which renders later attempts redundant. They were prone to fall into absurdity when trying to cloud memories of the definitive interpretation (cf Branagh as Poirot, after Suchet).

@poppychase Жыл бұрын

Geraldine McEwan is my favourite. Clever and warm with a real affection for people, even as she despaired of the evil in some of them. I've also seen Julia McKenzie, Margaret Rutherford, Angela Lansbury and Joan Hickson.

@zacmumblethunder7466 3 ай бұрын

A friend of mine once described Geraldine as being "Twinkly", I think it describes her very well.

@lucilleyoung9142 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson was the perfect Miss Marple. Agatha Christie saw Miss Hickson playing in the West End and she sent her a note saying, "I hope one day you will play my Miss Marple.."

@maggiewidows2218 Жыл бұрын

I adore everything about the Joan Hickson series, definitely the best in my opinion. Joan Hickson was the perfect Miss Marple.

@amidthephantomsrose Жыл бұрын

Margaret Rutherford is my favorite. Her portrayal introduced me to the character. And although not faithful to the books, I love her self confidence and her no nonsense attitude.

@albertgrant1017 Жыл бұрын

She was great ! She was the first Miss Marple I saw.

@davidallen508 Жыл бұрын

I totally agree ; Margaret Rutherford was great in anything, even when having to rise above poor material.

@marysmith7792 9 ай бұрын

Me too. Margaret Rutherford. I saw her films at the Mcarthur movie theatre, Washington, DC with my parents as a young girl. Murder at the Gallop was my first. I have all of them on VHS tape.

@nessiesearcher Ай бұрын

I agree with all the commenters here. I can watch her four films any number of times and am always admiring of her no nonsense and courageous attitude. I actually find Joan Hickson more of a stick figure than any of the others and find her portrayal just unwatchable, even if the plots are closer to the books.

@elizzievb Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson IS Miss Marple. There can be no other for me. Just as David Suchet is Hercule. Oh, how I love them both. 🌹❤

@janinecarson8380 Жыл бұрын

They are perfect. Those productions were so well done, so historically accurate as to architecture and dress. They stuck very closely to the book plots as well. The later Marple versions, while good and enjoyable, often strayed very far from the originals, inserting Miss Marple into stories where she didn't appear at all in the books.

@elizabethroberts6215 3 ай бұрын

……met the wonderful David SUCHET whilst he doing a stage play. We had a wonderful time talking about the theatre, tv, film etc.

@janetginger8571 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson drew every eye. Angela Lansbery as the elderly spy also is superb

@lilianmcguigan9240 Жыл бұрын

I believe Joan Hickson and Margaret Rutherford were absolutely wonderful! They both appeared in 'Murder Most Foul", Margaret played Marple an Joan played a housekeeper.

@marina_via Жыл бұрын

exactly! included this footage in the vid

@karmelicanke Жыл бұрын

@@marina_via My vote is for Margaret Rutherford. In fact we watch her films several times a month.

@eamonndeane587 Жыл бұрын

They actually appeared together in Murder She Said (Rutherford's First Miss Marple film, not Murder Most Foul (Rutherford's Third).

@lilianmcguigan9240 Жыл бұрын

@@eamonndeane587 I stand corrected.

@eamonndeane587 Жыл бұрын

@@lilianmcguigan9240 Sorry if that came off as pernickety.

@cristrizrenaud8297 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson "es" la perfecta Miss Marple!! Es la que me imaginaba al leer las novelas de Agatha...Saludos desde Argentina!!

@ElledieWildAndFree Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson is just as Agatha Christies wrote her, the perfect Miss Marple

@johnnybowe Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson in a Murder is Announced is brilliant 👏 also loved Margaret Rutherford.

@gnolan4281 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson is the gold standard. In my view none of the others come anywhere close. She's the harmless old spinster chatting amiably away with those somehow involved in the murder case. No one except Sir Henry Clithering and Donald Pleasence as Jason Rafiel seem to grasp that when it comes to murder she has "a mind like a meat cleaver". David Horovitch's Inspector Slack recoils when he hears the sound of her voice entering a room behind him, but he does it more out of annoyance than out of admiration. Just his startled look into the camera is enough to make me laugh out loud. When she solves a case that has Scotland Yard and the entire community stumped her friends in the drawing room gather around her in admiration to ask if there is anything they can possibly do to thank her, she hesitatingly asks if she might have a cup of tea. Perfect. The role was the crowning achievement of Joan Hickson's career. She must have felt her life to be excellently fulfilled.

@michaeldevaney5728 Жыл бұрын

I definitely believe Joan hickson was the best Marple of all time definitely she was extremely suited to thst role

@zacmumblethunder7466 3 ай бұрын

The strange thing for me is that Joan Hickson was one of my favourite actresses, David Suchet, one of my favourite actors, yet their Christie detectives used to irritate me. I think it's probably an indication that I wouldn't enjoy the books. The Marples that I've enjoyed best are the ones that true fans say are the least like the character, Margaret Rutherford and Geraldine McEwan.

@michaeldevaney5728 3 ай бұрын

@@zacmumblethunder7466 hi thanks very much for your comment and reply I totally understand where you are coming from I'm not suggesting mckeowen wasn't a good Marple I'm just saying she definitely wouldn't be my favourite yur comment is very valid and relevant ie my absolute favourite ie was a murder is announced I thought it was absolutely excellent ie especially with the 2 ladies 1 of the ladies owned pigs I forget her name but she was an amazing actress I'm actually Irish but i love the English cultures and the old sleepy villages ie a murder is announced is sheer class have you a favourite Marple film ie mckeowen was probably my second favourite to hickson

@zacmumblethunder7466 3 ай бұрын

@michaeldevaney5728 I known Joan Hickson was the best, in that she was for so many the embodiement of the character. I just prefer the battiness of Margaret Rutherford, who I know is very different to the books. "Murder She Said" (4:10 from Paddington) is probably my favourite. She was a wonderful comic actress. A friend of mine summed up Geraldine McEwan perfectly by saying she was "Twinkly". I didn't see all of her stories, but I really enjoyed the one in the hotel (Bertrams?). I'm in England, not in a sleepy village I'm afraid. It's a sad fact that a lot of those typucal English villages are in decline. Wealthy city types buy up the houses to have as weekend retreats or to retire to. They purchase everything they need in the city, so the shops close. They are there only at weekends, so the schools close. Locals can't afford to stay as the property prices rise. The incomers even complain about farm traffic and the church bells. Which part of Ireland are you in?

@michaeldevaney5728 3 ай бұрын

@@zacmumblethunder7466 hi I'm from county sligo in the west of Ireland I'm very saddened to hear that those beautiful sleepy villages are in decline unfortunately greed has massively taken over in most countries ie I totally understand what you mean as regards the Marple actressess I to enjoyed Rutherford as Marple I totally agree with you she added huge mischief to the part yu are totally correct ie you should you tube ie a murder is announced with Joan hickson you will instantly see why it is my favourite I bet yu will agree when yu watch ie a murder is announced is a total masterpiece

@user-nb3up5jt5f Жыл бұрын

Hallo! I love Agatha Christie very much, I love Miss Marple (and Poirot too))). Of course my favorite is Joan Hickson💐💐 , she is ideal Miss Marple for me. Number two is Geraldine McEwan, 🌹but I adapted to her a long time. And number three is Margaret Rutherford 🌻, the most cheerful, energetic and eccentric Miss. Thank you for the your review! 🌺

@grannyvapes4154 Жыл бұрын

I loved Geradine McEwan. She had that way of putting out that innocent old lady until she wasps up and nails them. Angela second, Joan Hickson would be my third, but the last two would be a tie for second.

@frankiebowman2825 Жыл бұрын

Hands down Joan Hickson

@howard1707 Жыл бұрын

For me 1st goes to Joan Hickson, even though my 2nd choice goes to my mother's old school friend Geraldine McEwan, 3rd goes to Helen Hayes, although Julia McKenzie was good I felt she was a little too young for the role. And an honourable mention should go to June Whitfield for her radio adaptions of Miss Marple.

@kayanthes1935 Жыл бұрын

Having grown up watching Joan Hickson, I still think she was the best portrayal of Christie's character overall. I also really liked Julia McKenzie (maybe I just enjoy tweedy?). Geraldine McEwan was sometimes all right, and other times trying too hard to be cute. [And yes, ITV annoyed me when it changed the plots so heavily.] Margaret Rutherford's character was absolutely hilarious (occasionally ludicrous), but too far afield for me to consider it a true "Marple." Hmm, I haven't seen Angela Lansbury's yet, though I adored her on "Murder, She Wrote." Thanks for your informative research in this video!

@icon_uk624 Жыл бұрын

I always loved the description the Joan Hickson version of "Nemesis" “She looks so harmless, doesn’t she? But her camouflage is perfect because she is partly just what she seems - a gossipy old village lady, but her logic is ruthless and her powers of synthesis formidable. And above all she never lets go.”

@dariusketchup4781 Жыл бұрын

To me, Joan Hickson played Miss. Marple to perfection!

@steveb1972 Жыл бұрын

I love them all, but Joan Hickson and Margaret Rutherford are my favourites! Rest in peace Angela Lansbury, a British great! 😊

@TheAZZA0990 Жыл бұрын

SPOT ON, my dear - Hickson's portrayal was THE DEFINATIVE VERSION of the role !!!! :o

@tonileigh8660 Жыл бұрын

Nothing against any of the other wonderful actresses, especially Angela Lansbury, but Joan Hickson is and always will be the best Miss Marple. In fact, in the 1940s Agatha Christie wrote to Joan Hickson to suggest that she should play Miss Marple one day. When the author even picks Joan Hickson, you know she's the best. Sadly, Agatha Christie died 8 years before Joan Hickson began playing Miss Marple.

@flowerpower3618 Жыл бұрын

Joan hickson. One reason was accurate portrayal of the story line.

@kitsiewr 6 ай бұрын

Yes, find it very disrespectful to take an actual well-known story and completely re-make it!

@rajchana7833 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson was absolutely the BEST Miss Marple. Apparently Agatha Christie told her that she thought Joan would be a great Miss Marple.

@dianawhite943 Жыл бұрын

Hickson was Christie‘s choice, too

@Schlei602 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson was outstanding as Miss Markle, just as Agatha Christie described her.

@user-mn9tc2em7o Жыл бұрын

I totally agree with your opinion, Joan Hickson is the actress who portrays Mrs Marple in the best way!

@LE-zy2od 3 ай бұрын

Geraldine McEwan is Miss Marple

@michaeldevaney5728 Жыл бұрын

Rutherford added huge excitement and was extremely good but as an all round miss Marple hickson is definitely my choice

@marina_via Жыл бұрын

I'm excited to watch more of Rutherford after this research

@michaeldevaney5728 Жыл бұрын

@@marina_via hi how are yu yes Rutherford extremely good my favourite Rutherford video was 1 were man got frightened to death by a cat

@Garsons-oq4lh Жыл бұрын

@@michaeldevaney5728 She made Marple very funny and very sweet too.

@LE-zy2od 3 ай бұрын

GERALDINE MCEWAN IS MISS MARPLE

@michaeldevaney5728 3 ай бұрын

@@LE-zy2od hi how are yu ie yu are totally entitled to yur opinion ie Geraldine definitely was very good as miss Marple but in my opinion there an only be and will only ever be 1 miss Marple and that is Joan hickson she was in my opinion the ideal Marple

@tribbles2955 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hicks portrayed Miss Marple as I saw her. Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple never ceases to totally delight me.

@LE-zy2od 3 ай бұрын

Hickory and rudeford are the worst

@karenschneider8308 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson is Miss Marple.

@valhollylee8422 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson was without a doubt about as close as you could ever get to Christie's Jane Marple. 👍

@andreaidesalvo9738 Жыл бұрын

Miss Marple could only be " Joan Hickson " I agree with the person who said that she had the character down pat!!!

@susanfisher4344 9 ай бұрын

Joan Hickson cannot be topped. She is the best, hands down. I think it’s so fascinating that Agatha Christie recognized that even when she was quite young.

@laurabaus1486 Жыл бұрын

I love miss Marple, I can't believe that actress Geraldine McEwan died 7 years ago, so sad to know about that, I loved her in that character. Love this channel and Agatha Christie, who wrote mistery books, specially with iconic characters, Hercule Poirot and jane Marple. Thank you so much and have a nice day.

@marina_via Жыл бұрын

You are so kind, Laura! Thank you for these comments, they truly make my day.

@priscillayvonne3487 Жыл бұрын

She was my best miss Marple of all time 😍

@michaeldevaney5728 Жыл бұрын

@@priscillayvonne3487 who was yur favourite Marple mine is definitely Joan hickson i admiten mcewan wasnt bwd she had great facial expressions

@heatherheardwhat1103 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson was absolutely the best! She could be the slightly scatter brained and gossipy old lady, and then turn on a dime and have the most magnificent intelligence shining from her eyes. Acute intelligence is very difficult for an actor to show the audience, without any lines (just using their facial expressions and eyes). Joan Hickson's Miss Marple was also a soft shoulder to cry on; people felt comfortable telling her their personal and community problems. But she never put on a fake face to do so, never pretended to be a perpetual happy fool; she actually liked to gossip and talk to people. But she didn't suffer fools gladly (if a character disrespected her, she showed her attitude right back). At the same time, she was also a ruthless pursuer of justice. One character actually referred to her as "Nemesis"; that is... 'The inescapable agent of someone's downfall'. Those two characteristics (soft touch and implacable) do not often go hand in hand. Joan Hickson very believably portrayed the full range of Miss Marple's character. I have NEVER seen that full performance from anyone else. I have never BELIEVED that extraordinary combination of characteristics from any other actor. Joan Hickson's performance was an amazing pleasure to watch.

@elinstar6034 Жыл бұрын

Spot on.

@joannemcmillan9201 Жыл бұрын

Hicks on and McEwan are my two favorite Miss Marples. I have seen the others are they are okay. And considering I watch Landsbury as JB Fletcher every chance I get that’s saying something.

@atikva3804 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson was defnitely the best one - the one closest one to the character created by Agatha Christie !

@albertgrant1017 Жыл бұрын

Correct !

@Rdwrer Жыл бұрын

Yes, and did you know that Agatha Christie recommended Joan Hickson for the part of Miss Marple? I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned :)

@daleneparker3229 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hixson is of course #1. I enjoyed them all however very much and will watch or record any Marple movie on the TV. Thanks Mrs. Kristy for all your sleuths, none better.

@thomascassidy8347 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful Joan Hickson was my miss Marple!! Absolutely loved her portrayal,I have the whole collection!!

@thomasbjurstrom6480 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson definitely the best!

@alicestanford8710 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson best Miss Marple.

@lisimoses3184 Жыл бұрын

My choice - like yours - is Joan Hickson of course. I have seen all the others in the role and you are absolutely right in your description and criticism of the others, although they are of course good actresses. Hickson though is the right one all in all.

@karengustafson7666 Жыл бұрын

I loved Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple.

@marieravening927 Жыл бұрын

I didn't like her at all in the role. She always seemed rather spiteful.

@michaeldevaney5728 8 ай бұрын

Yes she definitely was very good

@marthacanady9441 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson is the only Miss Marple. The best. Hands down.

@kathe992ilo6 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson IS Miss Marple as David Suchet IS Hercule Poirot.

@nadyarossi5102 2 ай бұрын

I agree about David Suchet, but Peter Ustinov was pretty good.

@kathe992ilo6 2 ай бұрын

@@nadyarossi5102 ANYTHING Peter Ustinov did was wonderful. My favorite is Appointment With Death.

@janismacolley2395 Жыл бұрын

Margaret Rutherford will always be my fav Ms. Marple. I love her no-nonsense style and formidable sleuthing skills. She's the only one I thought of as a true detective as opposed to a nosy busybody. Hickson just annoyed me as did most of the others. Lansbury just wasn't old enough for the part even though she was a great actress.

@ephemerabluetit335 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson is my most respected Miss Marple. I never saw her in anything else. Geraldine McEwen is fabulous in everything she did. We love Mapping and Lucia and Mulberry. I desperately want to know why the Miss Maple series is unavailable, where as the Marple series is.

@sheilanixon913 Жыл бұрын

My favourite Miss Marple was Joan Hickson.

@patblack3882 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson was by far the very best

@origamipig Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson will always be my favourite Miss Marple . She was absolutely brilliant in the role and made her Miss Marple exactly like she was written in the books .

@Seansaighdeoir Жыл бұрын

I grew up on the Rutherford films as the first introduction to Marple and so loved her portrayal. Once one becomes familiar with the stories you appreciate what is behind those films. That is captured best in the Hickson series which is near perfection and is considered a definitive of Christie's stories and character. I don't think any of the later series comes close to those and although enjoyable are a bit 'theatrical'. This was probably necessary to keep the stories 'fresh'. For Marple fans or 'purists' any production can be enjoyable and interesting. I agree with your points on the other Marples. The stories are always enjoyable but lack the characters lack the depth of the Hickson's portrayal. McEwan, McKenzie and Helen Hayes were pretty 'weak' characters. There is a steel with Joan Hickson's Marple which is very believable and would be necessary in some of the stories.

@margaretbrown2568 Жыл бұрын

Certainly Joan Hickson is Miss Marilee by a mile. I think Julia McKenzie comes second as she also fits the image we gather from the books. Geraldine McEwan, while a good actress, like you, that smile, and interesting you should say conspiratorial which describes it exactly, was not a Miss Marple trait. Helen Hayes also did a good job of getting her character. Enjoyed you presentation, thank you.

@martynnotman3467 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson ALL THE WAY

@tangerineblossom7478 Жыл бұрын

Julia McKensie is my favorite and I wish she had done more episodes.

@marieravening927 Жыл бұрын

My favourite was Joan Hickson but I agree that Julia Mc Kenzie comes a very close second. On second thoughts, maybe it's the other way round.

@aldod3937 Жыл бұрын

I agreeeeeeeeeeeee Imlove this one so much!!!!!! The new one is very naughty

@karenryder6317 Жыл бұрын

She seemed altogether as one dimensional as the mischievous twinkle of the one before her. McKensie showed too much sweet earnestness and not any of Hickson's shrewdness.

@number1nanaof2 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson was the one who was how I pictured Miss Marple when I read all the books. Just as David Suchet was the best Hercule Poirot.

@BeautyDiva100 Жыл бұрын

Geraldine MacEwyn will always be Miss Marple. Just as David Suchet will always be Mr. Hercule Poirot for me

@eleannapsylla9103 Жыл бұрын

Suchet was excellent, altho' for me Peter Ustinov was first among equals

@debrtx Жыл бұрын

Wow! This is the most interesting and informative comparison of a most beloved character. You certainly did some research to dig out some unique surprises, for example imagine my surprise to find out that David Suchet first played inspector Japp. A great tribute to author Agatha Christie and all the wonderful actresses who played Miss Marple. Thank you.

@marina_via Жыл бұрын

I'm happy that you enjoyed it! Make sure to see my dedicated Poirot video to see more of Suchet's incarnation as Japp!

@JamesBrown-ij1px Жыл бұрын

I agree with your 3 choices! Joan Hickson is widely considered as the definitive 'Marple' (even receiving Agatha Christie's blessing!). Although Geraldine McEwan was a little too 'present' for Marple than the way Christie wrote her, I have always loved the actresses take on the role, and love to watch her wit and sass. Angela Lansbury would be prophetic as Marple in what would become the definitive 'American' version of Marple in 'Murder She Wrote'. And the indomitable Margaret Rutherford is a roller-coaster ride as a slightly ill-fitted but delightful Marple. I can truly say that I have enjoyed ALL of the actresses that have played 'Miss Jane Marple' (which is more than I can say for all the actors who have played 'Poirot').

@bovnycccoperalover3579 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson, of course. It didn't help those who played Marple in the 21st century that things were changed around to fit their ideas rather than Christie's. Even Joanna Lumley couldn't save "The Body in the Library" when the woksters got their hands on it.

@davesheppard8797 Жыл бұрын

Yes.....In the books Miss Marple was quite old and didn't go chasing around everywhere. Most of the work was done in her mind while knitting and thinking very logically. As Sir Henry Clithering said "She had a mind like a bacon slicer!!" I loved it in the books when the Police have the case virtually sewn up in their minds......then enters Miss Marple and with a few sentences totally destroys the Police's ideas. When I read the books it's always Joan hickson I see in my mind! She walked off the pages of the book as Suchet did with Poirot. Dave.

@katherine.benson4489 Жыл бұрын

Margaret Rutherford played Miss Marple best!

@marina_via Жыл бұрын

at least, she added a peculiar charisma of her own

@karenryder6317 Жыл бұрын

@@marina_via Yes, but I think Rutherford made Marple too clownish.

@nadyarossi5102 2 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more!

@michaeldevaney5728 2 ай бұрын

@@karenryder6317that's a great point

@arleneabrams6766 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson was the perfect Miss Marple.

@denniswalker5349 7 ай бұрын

Joan Hickson is my absolute favorite Jane Marple! I wish all of her videos were available on KZfaq. Somewhere in my house I have all of them on DVD.❤️❤️❤️

@christianscharlau8421 Жыл бұрын

Comparing Miss Marple as portrayed in the books with the various Miss Marples on screen, I think Joan Hickson was just perfect in the role. She's as close as you can get to giving you the impression that she's come straight out of the pages of the Agatha Christie original. Most Germans will associate Miss Marple with Margaret Rutherford - well, mainly because the films in which she played the role are repeated on German public TV at least once a year. I dearly love Mrs Rutherford as Miss Marple, and the films are really great fun to watch. This said, the Rutherford Miss Marple doesn't even loosely resemble the original, being really the opposite to Christie's Miss Marple in quite a number of respects, whether it's looks or character...

@MargaretUIUC Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson didn't play Miss Marple, she WAS Miss Marple.

@jayoneill1533 Жыл бұрын

Miss Hickson was excellent and seemed truest to Christie’s Miss Marple but I did thoroughly enjoy Margaret Rutherford.

@vickilindberg6336 Жыл бұрын

I love Geraldine McEwan's acting but I couldn't separate her from the magnificent witch she played in the Robin Hood by Kevin Costner. Joan Hickson is my favorite. My second is the lady afterMcEwan.

@LarcR Жыл бұрын

I think Joan Hickson was clearly truest to Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, but I'm far more entertained by Margaret Rutherford's version.

@davesheppard8797 Жыл бұрын

I agree Larc!! Joan Hickson walked off the pages of the books.........but being so close to the books on TV she didn't appear until halfway through in some of them. In the later TV ones Miss Marple is present virtually from the start. When reading the books though I would always get excited waiting for her to appear......and when she did she would turn the Police theories on their heads........"Mind like a bacon slicer" Dave.

@macraghnaill3553 Жыл бұрын

Joan HIckson played Miss Marple to a "T" Agatha Christie also said Joan Hickson would be good for the part. Julia McKenzie was also good followed my Margaret Rutherford as a comedy Miss Marple

@joshrogers7816 Жыл бұрын

No contest. It's Joan Hickson. I've just rewatched all her episodes with absolute delight. Some years ago I inadvertently caught the middle of another actor's interpretations and squirmed and switched off. Joan Hickson was the definitive Miss Jane Marple.

@jillangelo6039 Жыл бұрын

Hands down, Margaret Rutherford!

@sarahmiller5632 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson was the best Miss Marple. Hands down.

@margaretprice6005 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson IS Miss Jane Marple. Period!

@buzzukfiftythree Жыл бұрын

Joan HIckson.

@weaverinahollygarden109 Жыл бұрын

I really adore Joan Hickson as Miss Marple followed by Julia Mackensey and Margret Rutherford. I did enjoy the other ladies but they remain my top 3.

@appalachianmama3384 Жыл бұрын

I think no one can compare with Joan Hickson as Miss Marple. Such a talent! She made the part come alive.

@cgrady4255 Жыл бұрын

Agatha Christie personally chose Joan Hickson to play Miss Marple, and for me she was perfect. Thats not to say that the other actors were not good, but Joan for me every time

@judidonnie1167 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson she was amazing

@majav.4887 Жыл бұрын

There is only one Miss Marple for me. Margaret Rutherford. Rip great actress Angela Lansbury

@donnahdunthorn5207 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson was perfect.

@veronicanicholls7132 Ай бұрын

Absolutely perfect! I never never get tired of watch ing Joan Hickson as Miss Marple. Those china blue eyes, that gorgeous voice so deliciously haughty, and sometimes sweet as honey. Joan brought Miss Marple to life, her acting was truly brilliant. Rip dear dear Joan.❤❤❤❤❤❤

@marshaprice8226 Жыл бұрын

I saw Helen Hayes in “A Caribbean Mystery”. I have always remembered her convincing portrayal of Miss Marple as both the dithering old lady and the acutely perceptive detective.

@susanwebber9247 Жыл бұрын

Definitely JOAN HICKSON for Miss Marple

@nancywebb1845 Жыл бұрын

No contest....Joan Hickson.

@cicisandy08 Жыл бұрын

For me Joan was Miss Marple.She was perfect.

@JanNan Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson, was and always will be, the only Miss Marple ❤

@mercuryxyz7222 Жыл бұрын

Margaret Rutherford was the ONLY miss marple. My absolute favourite

@alanaronald244 Жыл бұрын

Joan Hickson, hands down. Margaret Rutherford was a fine actress but Dame Agatha must have shuddered at her portrayal, the antithesis of the delicate-looking, vague,fluffy spinster with the mind of a steel trap. A good 2nd choice was Geraldine McEwan, but she was a tad too sprightly and impish. Not enough gentility and reserve.

@marina_via Жыл бұрын

Agatha did reckon that Rutherford was not exactly the Marple she intended, yet she still appreciated her portrayal, since she devoted of the next books to her... Although Margaret is not exactly the Marple from the books, I'm still going to enjoy her play as a sort of standalone masterpiece :-)

@alanaronald244 Жыл бұрын

@@marina_via I believe she did that in deference and gratitude as this was the first portrayal of Miss Marple, & by all accounts, aside from her acting ability, R was a kind woman, eccentric and accomplished as an actress. But I know Dame Agatha chose Hickson herself, after seeing her in a role, as the "quintessential" Miss Marple.

@davesheppard8797 Жыл бұрын

@@alanaronald244 I loved Margaret Rutherford as an actress!! She was amazing. But her Marple movies weren't a good portrayal of the books. I enjoyed them for what they were though. Some of the later Marple TV ones were actually originally Poirot stories. Hachette part works brought out a fortnightly collectable set of all Agatha Christie's books in hardback with all the original artwork on the dust jackets right down to the price in shillings! There was also a glossy magazine that came with each book. So I have a beautiful set containing every one of Agatha Christie's books and plays too! Dave.

@rozachcz3080 4 ай бұрын

I am just waiting for a bus on this cold February day only to accidentally stumble onto this channel and I know I will be binging it today! 🎉 Can’t wait

@marina_via 4 ай бұрын

Oh my god, this is so charming of you to take a moment to write this comment! Safe ride and have a great day!