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
- Martin Chuzzlewit as Betsy Prig
- Smokescreen as Mrs Nash
1993
- The Thief and the Cobbler as Nurse / Mad Old Holy Witch (voice)
- One Foot in the Grave: One Foot in the Algarve as Lady on Plane
- Tender Loving Care as Daisy Potter
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
- Farrington of the F.O. as Annie Begley
- Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet as Queen Katryca
1985
- Super Gran as Cat Burglar
- Deceptions as Mrs. Thirkell
- 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
- Dick Turpin as Countess of Durham
- Worzel Gummidge as Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton
1978
- Born and Bred as Molly Peglar
- Carry On Emmannuelle as Mrs. Dangle
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 Laughing as Madame Olga
- Carry On Behind as Daphne Barnes
- One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing as Emily
1974
- Carry On Dick as Madame Desiree
1973
- Seven of One as Mrs Dawkins
- Carry On Girls as Connie Philpotts
- Men of Affairs as Lady Mainwaring-Brown
- Not Now Darling as Miss Tipdale
- Carry on Christmas as Virginia's Mother / Senna Pod / Bishop's Wife / Adelle / 6th Ballerina / Salvation Army Collector / Maid Marion / Traffic Warden.
- Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! as Birdie
- The Cobblers of Umbridge as Lilian Beverly
1972
- Sykes as Madge Kettlewell
- Carry On Abroad as Cora Flange
- Carry On Matron as Mrs. Tidey
- The Alf Garnett Saga as Gran
- Carry On Christmas (or Carry On Stuffing) as Maid / Lady Rhoda Cockhorse / Fiona's Mother / Madrigal Singer / Miss Esmerelda / Mephistopheles' Wife
1971
- Six Dates with Barker as Kitty Harriman
- Carry On Henry as Queen Marie
- Carry On at Your Convenience as Chloe Moore
- A Christmas Carol as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
- The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins as Policewoman (segment "Avarice")
- The Odd Job as Kitty Harriman
1970
- The Goodies as Delia Capone
- Carry On Up the Jungle as Lady Evelyn Bagley
- Carry On Loving as Esme Crowfoot
- Doctor in Trouble as Russian Captain
1969
- In Loving Memory
- Carry On Camping as Joan Fussey
- Carry On Again Doctor as Mrs. Ellen Moore
- Carry On Christmas Specials
1968
- Cilla as Self
- Ooh La La!
- Carry On Up the Khyber as Lady Joanie Ruff-Diamond
- Iolanthe as Queen of the Fairies
1967
- Follow That Camel as Zig-Zig
- Carry On Doctor as Chloe Gibson
- Don't Lose Your Head as Désirée Dubarry
- Before The Fringe
- Sam and Janet as Janet Marshall
1966
- Till Death Us Do Part as Gran
- Carry On Screaming! as Emily Bung
- Doctor in Clover as Matron Sweet
1965
- Carry On Cowboy as Belle
- The Big Job as Mildred Gamely
- San Ferry Ann as Mum
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
- Dial RIX
- A Pair of Briefs as Beryl Hoggins (aka Gale Tornado)
1961
- Carry On Regardless as Lily Duveen
- Mr. Topaze as Colette
- His and Hers as Hortense
- No, My Darling Daughter as Miss PacPherson, a typist
1960
- Carry On Constable as Policewoman Gloria Passworthy
- Our House
- Doctor in Love as Dawn
- Watch Your Stern as Ann Foster
- Alice Through the Looking Box as Chambermaid
1959
- Carry On Nurse as Student Nurse Stella Dawson
- Carry On Teacher as Miss Sarah Allcock
- The Captain's Table as Maude Pritchett
- Upstairs and Downstairs as Blodwen
- Please Turn Over as Beryl
- Life In Emergency Ward 10 as Mrs. Pryor
1958
- Passport to Shame as Miriam
- Davy as Tea Lady
1957
- The Naked Truth as Ethel Ransom
- Carry On Admiral as Mary
- Just My Luck as Phoebe
- No Time for Tears as Sister O'Malley
1956
- The Buccaneers as Abigail
- Colonel March of Scotland Yard as Marjorie Dawson
- Lost as Ice Cream Seller in the Park
- The Silken Affair as Lady Barber
- Stars in Your Eyes as Walter’s Secretary
- 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
- The Belles of St Trinian's as Miss Dawn
- Doctor in the House as Nurse Rigor Mortis
- What Every Woman Wants as Dolly Winch
- The Sea Shall Not Have Them as Hilda Tebbitt
- To Dorothy, a Son as Telephone Operator
- The Young Lovers as Telephone Operator, American Embassy (uncredited)
1953
- The Square Ring as Bunty
- Will Any Gentleman...? as Beryl
- Trouble in Store as Edna
- Meet Mr. Lucifer as Fairy Queen
- Colonel March Investigates as Marjorie Dawson