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
- Tonight at 8.30 as Mrs. Rockett
- Morrissey - Hulmerist as Cast - Ouija Board, Ouija Board
1989
- Screen One as Daisy Potter
- 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
1984
- Miss Marple as Miss Murgatroyd
- Cockles as Gloria du Bois
- Hay Fever as Clara
1983
- Dramarama as Beryl
- Waters of the Moon as Mrs. Ashworth
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
- Love Among the Ruins as Fanny Pratt
- Carry On England as Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe
1975
- Carry On Laughing as Madame Olga
- One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing as Emily
- Carry On Behind as Daphne Barnes
1974
- Carry On Dick as Madame Desiree
1973
- Seven of One as Mrs Dawkins
- Men of Affairs as Lady Mainwaring-Brown
- Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! as Birdie
- Carry On Girls as Connie Philpotts
- The Cobblers of Umbridge as Lilian Beverly
- 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.
1972
- Sykes as Madge Kettlewell
- Carry On Abroad as Cora Flange
- The Alf Garnett Saga as Gran
- 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
1971
- Six Dates with Barker as Kitty Harriman
- The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins as Policewoman (segment "Avarice")
- Carry On at Your Convenience as Chloe Moore
- Carry On Henry as Queen Marie
- A Christmas Carol as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
- The Odd Job as Kitty Harriman
1970
- The Goodies as Delia Capone
- Carry On Loving as Esme Crowfoot
- Carry On Up the Jungle as Lady Evelyn Bagley
- 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
- Don't Lose Your Head as Désirée Dubarry
- Sam and Janet as Janet Marshall
- Carry On Doctor as Chloe Gibson
- Follow That Camel as Zig-Zig
- Before The Fringe
1966
- Till Death Us Do Part as Gran
- Doctor in Clover as Matron Sweet
- Carry On Screaming! as Emily Bung
1965
- Thirty-Minute Theatre as Jill Watson
- 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 Stanley Baxter Show
- The Iron Maiden as Nellie Trotter
- Nurse on Wheels as Deborah Walcott
- The Dick Emery Show
1962
- Dial RIX
- Twice Round the Daffodils as Harriet Halfpenny
- A Pair of Briefs as Beryl Hoggins (aka Gale Tornado)
1961
- Carry On Regardless as Lily Duveen
- Mr. Topaze as Colette
- No, My Darling Daughter as Miss PacPherson, a typist
- His and Hers as Hortense
1960
- Our House
- Alice Through the Looking Box as Chambermaid
- Carry On Constable as Policewoman Gloria Passworthy
- Doctor in Love as Dawn
- Watch Your Stern as Ann Foster
1959
- Carry On Nurse as Student Nurse Stella Dawson
- The Captain's Table as Maude Pritchett
- Carry On Teacher as Miss Sarah Allcock
- Life In Emergency Ward 10 as Mrs. Pryor
- Upstairs and Downstairs as Blodwen
- Please Turn Over as Beryl
1958
- Passport to Shame as Miriam
- Davy as Tea Lady
1957
- No Time for Tears as Sister O'Malley
- The Naked Truth as Ethel Ransom
- Carry On Admiral as Mary
- Just My Luck as Phoebe
1956
- The Buccaneers as Abigail
- Colonel March of Scotland Yard as Marjorie Dawson
- The Silken Affair as Lady Barber
- Stars in Your Eyes as Walter’s Secretary
- Lost as Ice Cream Seller in the Park
- Dry Rot as Beth Barton
1955
- The Adventures of Robin Hood as Nell
- As Long as They're Happy as Linda
- Doctor at Sea as Wendy Thomas
1954
- Doctor in the House as Nurse Rigor Mortis
- The Belles of St Trinian's as Miss Dawn
- The Sea Shall Not Have Them as Hilda Tebbitt
- To Dorothy, a Son as Telephone Operator
- What Every Woman Wants as Dolly Winch
- The Young Lovers as Telephone Operator, American Embassy (uncredited)
1953
- The Square Ring as Bunty
- Trouble in Store as Edna
- Meet Mr. Lucifer as Fairy Queen
- Colonel March Investigates as Marjorie Dawson
- Will Any Gentleman...? as Beryl