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
- 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
- Deceptions as Mrs. Thirkell
- The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio as Self
1983
- Dramarama as Beryl
- Waters of the Moon as Mrs. Ashworth
1980
- Lady Killers as 'Belle' Elmore (voice)
1979
- Worzel Gummidge as Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton
- Dick Turpin as Countess of Durham
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
- 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
- Men of Affairs as Lady Mainwaring-Brown
- Carry On Girls as Connie Philpotts
- Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! as Birdie
- Not Now Darling as Miss Tipdale
- The Cobblers of Umbridge as Lilian Beverly
- 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
- 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 at Your Convenience as Chloe Moore
- A Christmas Carol as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
- Carry On Henry as Queen Marie
- The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins as Policewoman (segment "Avarice")
- 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
- In Loving Memory
- Carry On Camping as Joan Fussey
- Carry On Christmas Specials
- Carry On Again Doctor as Mrs. Ellen Moore
1968
- Cilla as Self
- Ooh La La!
- Carry On Up the Khyber as Lady Joanie Ruff-Diamond
- Iolanthe as Queen of the Fairies
1967
- Carry On Doctor as Chloe Gibson
- Before The Fringe
- Sam and Janet as Janet Marshall
- Don't Lose Your Head as Désirée Dubarry
- Follow That Camel as Zig-Zig
1966
- Till Death Us Do Part as Gran
- Carry On Screaming! as Emily Bung
- Doctor in Clover as Matron Sweet
1965
- Thirty-Minute Theatre as Jill Watson
- Carry On Cowboy as Belle
- San Ferry Ann as Mum
- 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
- The Stanley Baxter Show
- 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
- 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
- Our House
- Doctor in Love as Dawn
- Carry On Constable as Policewoman Gloria Passworthy
- Alice Through the Looking Box as Chambermaid
- Watch Your Stern as Ann Foster
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
- Just My Luck as Phoebe
- No Time for Tears as Sister O'Malley
- Carry On Admiral as Mary
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
- Doctor in the House as Nurse Rigor Mortis
- The Sea Shall Not Have Them as Hilda Tebbitt
- The Belles of St Trinian's as Miss Dawn
- What Every Woman Wants as Dolly Winch
- 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