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Joan Sims

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

09/05/1930

Day of Death

27/06/2001
(71) years old

Place of Birth

Laindon, Essex, England, UK

Joan Sims

Biography

Irene Joan Marion Sims was an English actress remembered for her roles in the Carry On films, including Carry On Nurse, Carry On Cleo, and Carry On Camping. She played Mrs Wembley, the cook with a liking for sherry in On the Up, and Madge Hardcastle in As Time Goes By.

Known For

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

What's a Carry On?

Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams

The Canterville Ghost

One Foot in the Algarve

Tender Loving Care

The Thief and the Cobbler

Morrissey - Hulmerist

An Audience With Victoria Wood

Filmography

Cast

2000

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

as Betty

1998

What's a Carry On?

as Self - Interviewee /Various Characters

1996

Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Ke...

as (Archive footage)

1996

The Canterville Ghost

as Mrs. Umney

1993

One Foot in the Algarve

as Lady on Plane

1993

Tender Loving Care

as Daisy Potter

1993

The Thief and the Cobbler

as Nurse / Mad Old Holy Witch (voice)

1991

Morrissey - Hulmerist

as Cast - Ouija Board, Ouija Board

1990

The Fool

as Lady Daphne

1988

An Audience With Victoria Wood

as Self

1986

Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet

as Queen Katryca

1985

Deceptions

as Mrs. Thirkell

1985

The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films...

as Self

1984

Hay Fever

as Clara

1978

Carry On Emmannuelle

as Mrs. Dangle

1977

That's Carry On!

as Various Characters

1976

Carry On England

as Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe

1975

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

as Emily

1975

Carry On Behind

as Daphne Barnes

1975

Love Among the Ruins

as Fanny Pratt

1974

Carry On Dick

as Madame Desirée

1973

Carry on Christmas

as Virginia's Mother / Senna Pod / Bishop's...

1973

Carry On Girls

as Connie Philpotts

1973

Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!

as Birdie

1973

Not Now Darling

as Miss Tipdale

1973

The Cobblers of Umbridge

as Lilian Beverly

1972

Carry On Christmas (or Carry On Stuffing...

1972

Carry On Abroad

as Cora Flange

1972

The Alf Garnett Saga

as Gran

1972

Carry On Matron

as Mrs. Tidey

1971

A Christmas Carol

as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)

1971

Carry On at Your Convenience

as Chloë Moore

1971

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

as Policewoman (segment "Avarice")

1971

Carry On Henry

as Queen Marie

1970

Carry On Loving

as Esme Crowfoot

1970

Doctor in Trouble

as Russian Captain

1970

Carry On Up the Jungle

as Lady Evelyn Bagley

1969

Carry On Again Doctor

as Ellen Moore

1969

Carry On Camping

as Joan Fussey

1968

Carry On Up the Khyber

as Lady Joan Ruff-Diamond

1967

Carry On Doctor

as Chloë Gibson

1967

Carry On Follow That Camel

as Zig-Zig

1966

Carry On Don't Lose Your Head

as Désirée Dubarry

1966

Carry On Screaming!

as Emily Bung

1966

Doctor in Clover

as Matron Sweet

1965

Carry On Cowboy

as Belle Armitage

1965

San Ferry Ann

as Mum

1965

The Big Job

as Mildred Gamely

1964

Carry On Cleo

as Calpurnia

1964

Strictly for the Birds

as Peggy Bennett

1963

The Iron Maiden

as Nellie Trotter

1963

Nurse on Wheels

as Deborah Walcott

1962

Twice Round the Daffodils

as Harriet Halfpenny

1962

A Pair of Briefs

as Beryl Hoggins (aka Gale Tornado)

1961

No, My Darling Daughter

as Miss PacPherson, a typist

1961

Carry On Regardless

as Lily Duveen

1961

Mr. Topaze

as Colette

1961

His and Hers

as Hortense

1960

Watch Your Stern

as Ann Foster

1960

Doctor in Love

as Dawn

1960

Carry On Constable

as W.P.C. Gloria Passworthy

1959

Please Turn Over

as Beryl

1959

Upstairs and Downstairs

as Blodwen

1959

Carry On Teacher

as Sarah Allcock

1959

Life In Emergency Ward 10

as Mrs. Pryor

1959

Carry On Nurse

as Student Nurse Stella Dawson

1959

The Captain's Table

as Maude Pritchett

1958

Passport to Shame

as Miriam

1958

Davy

as Tea Lady

1957

The Naked Truth

as Ethel Ransom

1957

Just My Luck

as Phoebe

1957

No Time for Tears

as Sister O'Malley

1957

Carry On Admiral

as Mary

1956

Stars in Your Eyes

as Walter’s Secretary

1956

Dry Rot

as Beth Barton

1956

The Silken Affair

as Lady Barber

1956

Lost

as Ice Cream Seller in the Park

1955

Doctor at Sea

as Wendy Thomas

1955

As Long as They're Happy

as Linda

1954

To Dorothy, a Son

as Telephone Operator

1954

The Belles of St. Trinian's

as Miss Dawn

1954

The Young Lovers

as Telephone Operator, American Embassy (un...

1954

What Every Woman Wants

as Dolly Winch

1954

The Sea Shall Not Have Them

as Hilda Tebbitt

1954

Doctor in the House

as Rigor Mortis

1953

Trouble in Store

as Edna

1953

Meet Mr. Lucifer

as Fairy Queen

1953

Will Any Gentleman...?

as Beryl

1953

The Square Ring

as Bunty

1953

Colonel March Investigates

as Marjorie Dawson