Joan Sims
Birthday
1930/05/09
Day of death
2001/06/27 (71 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Laindon, Essex, England, UK
Also know as
Irene Joan Marion 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.
Acting
(1966) Carry On Screaming!
as Emily Bung
(1967) Don't Lose Your Head
as Désirée Dubarry
(1967) Carry On Doctor
as Chloe Gibson
(1965) Carry On Cowboy
as Belle
(1964) Carry On Cleo
as Calpurnia
(1960) Carry On Constable
as Policewoman Gloria Passworthy
(1976) Carry On England
as Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe
(1968) Carry On Up the Khyber
as Lady Joanie Ruff-Diamond
(1972) Carry On Matron
as Mrs. Tidey
(1967) Follow That Camel
as Zig-Zig
(1971) Carry On Henry
as Queen Marie
(1970) Carry On Loving
as Esme Crowfoot
(1961) Carry On Regardless
as Lily Duveen
(1959) Carry On Teacher
as Miss Sarah Allcock
(1973) Carry On Girls
as Connie Philpotts
(1974) Carry On Dick
as Madame Desiree
(1993) The Thief and the Cobbler
as Nurse / Mad Old Holy Witch (voice)
(1971) A Christmas Carol
as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
(1978) Carry On Emmannuelle
as Mrs. Dangle
(1975) One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
as Emily
(1957) Just My Luck
as Phoebe
(1965) The Big Job
as Mildred Gamely
(1970) Carry On Up the Jungle
as Lady Evelyn Bagley
(1954) Doctor in the House
as Nurse Rigor Mortis
(1960) Doctor in Love
as Dawn
(1966) Doctor in Clover
as Matron Sweet
(1955) Doctor at Sea
as Wendy Thomas
(1977) That's Carry On!
as Various Characters (archive footage)
(1959) Please Turn Over
as Beryl
(1972) Carry On Abroad
as Cora Flange
(1971) Carry On at Your Convenience
as Chloe Moore
(1969) Carry On Again Doctor
as Mrs. Ellen Moore
(1975) Carry On Behind
as Daphne Barnes
(1969) Carry On Camping
as Joan Fussey
(1972) The Alf Garnett Saga
as Gran
(1996) Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams
as (Archive footage)
(1960) Watch Your Stern
as Ann Foster
(1963) The Iron Maiden
as Nellie Trotter
(1973) Carry on Christmas
as Virginia's Mother / Senna Pod / Bishop's Wife / Adelle / 6th Ballerina / Salvation Army Collector / Maid Marion / Traffic Warden.
(1988) An Audience With Victoria Wood
as Self
(1963) Nurse on Wheels
as Deborah Walcott
(1953) Meet Mr. Lucifer
as Fairy Queen
(1958) Davy
as Tea Lady
(1965) San Ferry Ann
as Mum
(1973) Not Now Darling
as Miss Tipdale
(1953) Will Any Gentleman...?
as Beryl
(1961) No, My Darling Daughter
as Miss PacPherson, a typist
(1998) What's a Carry On?
as Self - Interviewee
(1959) Carry On Nurse
as Student Nurse Stella Dawson
(1957) The Naked Truth
as Ethel Ransom
(1961) His and Hers
as Hortense
(1959) The Captain's Table
as Maude Pritchett
(1996) The Canterville Ghost
as Mrs. Umney
(1972) Carry On Christmas (or Carry On Stuffing)
as Maid / Lady Rhoda Cockhorse / Fiona's Mother / Madrigal Singer / Miss Esmerelda / Mephistopheles' Wife
(2000) The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
as Betty
(1955) As Long as They're Happy
as Linda
(1976) Love Among the Ruins
as Fanny Pratt
(1957) Carry On Admiral
as Mary
(1973) The Cobblers of Umbridge
as Lilian Beverly
(1985) The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
as Self
(1959) Life In Emergency Ward 10
as Mrs. Pryor
(1957) No Time for Tears
as Sister O'Malley
(1993) Tender Loving Care
as Daisy Potter
(1990) The Fool
as Lady Daphne
(1954) The Sea Shall Not Have Them
as Hilda Tebbitt
(1953) The Square Ring
as Bunty
(1956) Lost
as Ice Cream Seller in the Park
(1959) Upstairs and Downstairs
as Blodwen
(1956) Dry Rot
as Beth Barton
(1970) Doctor in Trouble
as Russian Captain
(1954) The Young Lovers
as Telephone Operator, American Embassy (uncredited)
(1954) The Belles of St. Trinian's
as Miss Dawn
(1954) To Dorothy, a Son
as Telephone Operator
(1962) Twice Round the Daffodils
as Harriet Halfpenny
(1984) Hay Fever
as Clara
(1973) Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
as Birdie
(1961) Mr. Topaze
as Colette
(1991) Morrissey - Hulmerist
as Cast - Ouija Board, Ouija Board
(1956) The Silken Affair
as Lady Barber
(1971) The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
as Policewoman (segment "Avarice")
(1993) One Foot in the Algarve
as Lady on Plane
(1953) Colonel March Investigates
as Marjorie Dawson
(1953) Trouble in Store
as Edna
(1954) What Every Woman Wants
as Dolly Winch
(1958) Passport to Shame
as Miriam
(1962) A Pair of Briefs
as Beryl Hoggins (aka Gale Tornado)
(1985) Deceptions
as Mrs. Thirkell
(1986) Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
as Queen Katryca
(1956) Stars in Your Eyes
as Walter’s Secretary
(1964) Strictly for the Birds
as Peggy Bennett
(1960) Alice Through the Looking Box
as Chambermaid
(1971) The Odd Job
as Kitty Harriman
(1968) Iolanthe
as Queen of the Fairies
(2001) On Location: The Carry Ons
as Desiree Dubarry / Chloe Moore / Cora Flange (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1973) Seven of One
as ---
(1963) Doctor Who
as Katryca
(1990) On the Up
as ---
(1969) In Loving Memory
as ---
(1969) Carry On Christmas Specials
as ---
(1971) Six Dates with Barker
as ---
(1956) The Buccaneers
as Abigail
(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Nell
(1980) Lady Killers
as 'Belle' Elmore (voice)
(1967) Before The Fringe
as ---
(1956) Colonel March of Scotland Yard
as Marjorie Dawson
(1962) Dial RIX
as ---
(1963) The Dick Emery Show
as ---
(1960) Our House
as ---
(1963) The Stanley Baxter Show
as ---
(1989) Victoria Wood
as Susan
(1968) Cilla
as Self
(1996) Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Adele McCarthy
(1968) Ooh La La!
as ---
(1985) Super Gran
as Cat Burglar
(1979) Dick Turpin
as Countess of Durham
(1994) Pie in the Sky
as Harriet Coverly
(1985) Deceptions
as Mrs. Thirkell
(1997) Spark
as Aunt Hattie
(1970) The Goodies
as Delia Capone
(1970) The Goodies
as Matron
(1992) As Time Goes By
as Madge
(1984) Cockles
as Gloria du Bois
(1979) Worzel Gummidge
as Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton
(1972) Sykes
as Madge Kettlewell
(1994) Smokescreen
as Mrs Nash
(1967) Sam and Janet
as Janet Marshall
(1978) Born and Bred
as Molly Peglar
(1973) Men of Affairs
as Lady Mainwaring-Brown
(1966) Till Death Us Do Part
as Gran
(1975) Carry On Laughing
as Madame Olga
(1975) Carry On Laughing
as Lady Isobel
(1975) Carry On Laughing
as Lady Kate Houndsbotham
(1975) Carry On Laughing
as Else
(1975) Carry On Laughing
as Amelia Forbush
(1975) Carry On Laughing
as Lady Guinevere
(1975) Carry On Laughing
as Mrs MacFlute
(1975) Carry On Laughing
as Dr. Janis Crunbitt
(1975) Carry On Laughing
as Mrs Breeches