Birthday

1930-05-09

Died

2001-06-27

Birthplace

Laindon, Essex, England, UK

Gender

Female

Known For

Acting

Joan Sims

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 Credits

Carry On Screaming!

Emily Bung

Carry On Doctor

Chloe Gibson

Don't Lose Your Head

Désirée Dubarry

Carry On Cleo

Calpurnia

Carry On Cowboy

Belle

Carry On Constable

Policewoman Gloria Passworthy

Carry On England

Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe

Carry On Up the Khyber

Lady Joanie Ruff-Diamond

Follow That Camel

Zig-Zig

Carry On Loving

Esme Crowfoot

Carry On Henry

Queen Marie

Carry On Matron

Mrs. Tidey

Carry On Teacher

Miss Sarah Allcock

Carry On Regardless

Lily Duveen

Carry On Girls

Connie Philpotts

Carry On Dick

Madame Desiree

The Thief and the Cobbler

Nurse / Mad Old Holy Witch (voice)

A Christmas Carol

Mrs. Cratchit (voice)

Carry On Emmannuelle

Mrs. Dangle

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

Emily

Just My Luck

Phoebe

The Big Job

Mildred Gamely

Carry On Up the Jungle

Lady Evelyn Bagley

Doctor in the House

Nurse Rigor Mortis

Doctor in Love

Dawn

Doctor in Clover

Matron Sweet

Doctor at Sea

Wendy Thomas

That's Carry On!

Various Characters (archive footage)

Please Turn Over

Beryl

Carry On Abroad

Cora Flange

Carry On Again Doctor

Mrs. Ellen Moore

Carry On at Your Convenience

Chloe Moore

Carry On Behind

Daphne Barnes

Carry On Camping

Joan Fussey

The Alf Garnett Saga

Gran

Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams

(Archive footage)

Watch Your Stern

Ann Foster

The Iron Maiden

Nellie Trotter

Carry on Christmas

Virginia's Mother / Senna Pod / Bishop's Wife / Adelle / 6th Ballerina / Salvation Army Collector / Maid Marion / Traffic Warden.

An Audience With Victoria Wood

Self

Nurse on Wheels

Deborah Walcott

Meet Mr. Lucifer

Fairy Queen

Davy

Tea Lady

San Ferry Ann

Mum

Not Now Darling

Miss Tipdale

Will Any Gentleman...?

Beryl

No, My Darling Daughter

Miss PacPherson, a typist

What's a Carry On?

Self - Interviewee

Carry On Nurse

Student Nurse Stella Dawson

The Naked Truth

Ethel Ransom

His and Hers

Hortense

The Captain's Table

Maude Pritchett

The Canterville Ghost

Mrs. Umney

Carry On Christmas (or Carry On Stuffing)

Maid / Lady Rhoda Cockhorse / Fiona's Mother / Madrigal Singer / Miss Esmerelda / Mephistopheles' Wife

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

Betty

As Long as They're Happy

Linda

Love Among the Ruins

Fanny Pratt

Carry On Admiral

Mary

The Cobblers of Umbridge

Lilian Beverly

The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio

Self

Life In Emergency Ward 10

Mrs. Pryor

No Time for Tears

Sister O'Malley

Tender Loving Care

Daisy Potter

The Fool

Lady Daphne

The Sea Shall Not Have Them

Hilda Tebbitt

The Square Ring

Bunty

Lost

Ice Cream Seller in the Park

Upstairs and Downstairs

Blodwen

Dry Rot

Beth Barton

Doctor in Trouble

Russian Captain

The Young Lovers

Telephone Operator, American Embassy (uncredited)

The Belles of St. Trinian's

Miss Dawn

To Dorothy, a Son

Telephone Operator

Twice Round the Daffodils

Harriet Halfpenny

Hay Fever

Clara

Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!

Birdie

Mr. Topaze

Colette

Morrissey - Hulmerist

Cast - Ouija Board, Ouija Board

The Silken Affair

Lady Barber

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

Policewoman (segment "Avarice")

One Foot in the Algarve

Lady on Plane

Colonel March Investigates

Marjorie Dawson

Trouble in Store

Edna

What Every Woman Wants

Dolly Winch

Passport to Shame

Miriam

A Pair of Briefs

Beryl Hoggins (aka Gale Tornado)

Deceptions

Mrs. Thirkell

Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet

Queen Katryca

Stars in Your Eyes

Walter’s Secretary

Strictly for the Birds

Peggy Bennett

Alice Through the Looking Box

Chambermaid

The Odd Job

Kitty Harriman

Iolanthe

Queen of the Fairies

On Location: The Carry Ons

Desiree Dubarry / Chloe Moore / Cora Flange (archive footage) (uncredited)

Seven of One

Doctor Who

Katryca

On the Up

In Loving Memory

Carry On Christmas Specials

Six Dates with Barker

The Buccaneers

Abigail

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Nell

Lady Killers

'Belle' Elmore (voice)

Before The Fringe

Before The Fringe

Colonel March of Scotland Yard

Marjorie Dawson

Dial RIX

The Dick Emery Show

Our House

The Stanley Baxter Show

The Stanley Baxter Show

Victoria Wood

Susan

Cilla

Self

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Adele McCarthy

Ooh La La!

Super Gran

Cat Burglar

Dick Turpin

Countess of Durham

Pie in the Sky

Harriet Coverly

Deceptions

Mrs. Thirkell

Spark

Aunt Hattie

The Goodies

Delia Capone

The Goodies

Matron

As Time Goes By

Madge

Cockles

Gloria du Bois

Worzel Gummidge

Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton

Sykes

Madge Kettlewell

Smokescreen

Mrs Nash

Sam and Janet

Janet Marshall

Born and Bred

Molly Peglar

Men of Affairs

Lady Mainwaring-Brown

Till Death Us Do Part

Gran

Carry On Laughing

Madame Olga

Carry On Laughing

Lady Isobel

Carry On Laughing

Lady Kate Houndsbotham

Carry On Laughing

Else

Carry On Laughing

Amelia Forbush

Carry On Laughing

Lady Guinevere

Carry On Laughing

Mrs MacFlute

Carry On Laughing

Dr. Janis Crunbitt

Carry On Laughing

Mrs Breeches