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