Actor
· Acting
Joan Sims
Born 1930-05-09
Died 2001-06-27
📍 Laindon, Essex, England, UK
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 130
On Location: The Carry Ons
as Desiree Dubarry / Chloe Moore / Cora Flange (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
as Betty
2000
What's a Carry On?
as Self - Interviewee
1998
Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams
as (Archive footage)
1996
The Canterville Ghost
as Mrs. Umney
1996
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Adele McCarthy
1996
Martin Chuzzlewit
as Betsy Prig
1994
Pie in the Sky
as Harriet Coverly
1994
Smokescreen
as Mrs Nash
1994
One Foot in the Grave: One Foot in the Algarve
as Lady on Plane
1993
Tender Loving Care
as Daisy Potter
1993
The Thief and the Cobbler
as Nurse / Mad Old Holy Witch (voice)
1993
As Time Goes By
as Madge
1992
Morrissey - Hulmerist
as Cast - Ouija Board, Ouija Board
1991
On the Up
1990
Victoria Wood
as Susan
1989
An Audience With Victoria Wood
as Self
1988
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
as Queen Katryca
1986
Farrington of the F.O.
as Annie Begley
1986
Deceptions
as Mrs. Thirkell
1985
Deceptions
as Mrs. Thirkell
1985
Super Gran
as Cat Burglar
1985
Hay Fever
as Clara
1984
Lady Killers
as 'Belle' Elmore (voice)
1980
Worzel Gummidge
as Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton
1979
Dick Turpin
as Countess of Durham
1979
Carry On Emmannuelle
as Mrs. Dangle
1978
That's Carry On!
as Various Characters (archive footage)
1977
Carry On England
as Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe
1976
Love Among the Ruins
as Fanny Pratt
1976
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
as Emily
1975
Carry On Behind
as Daphne Barnes
1975
Carry On Laughing
as Madame Olga
1975
Carry On Laughing
as Lady Isobel
1975
Carry On Laughing
as Lady Kate Houndsbotham
1975
Carry On Laughing
as Else
1975
Carry On Laughing
as Amelia Forbush
1975
Carry On Laughing
as Lady Guinevere
1975
Carry On Laughing
as Mrs MacFlute
1975
Carry On Laughing
as Dr. Janis Crunbitt
1975
Carry On Laughing
as Mrs Breeches
1975
Carry On Dick
as Madame Desiree
1974
Carry on Christmas
as Virginia's Mother / Senna Pod / Bishop's Wife / Adelle / 6th Ballerina / Salvation Army Collector / Maid Marion / Traffic Warden.
1973
Carry On Girls
as Connie Philpotts
1973
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
as Birdie
1973
Seven of One
as Mrs Dawkins
1973
Not Now Darling
as Miss Tipdale
1973
The Cobblers of Umbridge
as Lilian Beverly
1973
Carry On Christmas (or Carry On Stuffing)
as Maid / Lady Rhoda Cockhorse / Fiona's Mother / Madrigal Singer / Miss Esmerelda / Mephistopheles' Wife
1972
Carry On Abroad
as Cora Flange
1972
Sykes
as Madge Kettlewell
1972
Carry On Matron
as Mrs. Tidey
1972
The Alf Garnett Saga
as Gran
1972
A Christmas Carol
as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
1971
Carry On at Your Convenience
as Chloe Moore
1971
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
as Policewoman (segment "Avarice")
1971
Carry On Henry
as Queen Marie
1971
The Odd Job
as Kitty Harriman
1971
Six Dates with Barker
as Kitty Harriman
1971
The Goodies
as Delia Capone
1970
The Goodies
as Matron
1970
Carry On Loving
as Esme Crowfoot
1970
Doctor in Trouble
as Russian Captain
1970
Carry On Up the Jungle
as Lady Evelyn Bagley
1970
Carry On Christmas Specials
1969
Carry On Again Doctor
as Mrs. Ellen Moore
1969
In Loving Memory
1969
Carry On Camping
as Joan Fussey
1969
Iolanthe
as Queen of the Fairies
1968
Ooh La La!
1968
Carry On Up the Khyber
as Lady Joanie Ruff-Diamond
1968
Cilla
as Self
1968
Carry On Doctor
as Chloe Gibson
1967
Follow That Camel
as Zig-Zig
1967
Don't Lose Your Head
as Désirée Dubarry
1967
Till Death Us Do Part
as Gran
1966
Carry On Screaming!
as Emily Bung
1966
Doctor in Clover
as Matron Sweet
1966
Carry On Cowboy
as Belle
1965
The Big Job
as Mildred Gamely
1965
San Ferry Ann
as Mum
1965
Carry On Cleo
as Calpurnia
1964
Strictly for the Birds
as Peggy Bennett
1964
Doctor Who
as Katryca
1963
The Dick Emery Show
1963
The Iron Maiden
as Nellie Trotter
1963
Nurse on Wheels
as Deborah Walcott
1963
Twice Round the Daffodils
as Harriet Halfpenny
1962
A Pair of Briefs
as Beryl Hoggins (aka Gale Tornado)
1962
No, My Darling Daughter
as Miss PacPherson, a typist
1961
Carry On Regardless
as Lily Duveen
1961
Mr. Topaze
as Colette
1961
His and Hers
as Hortense
1961
Alice Through the Looking Box
as Chambermaid
1960
Watch Your Stern
as Ann Foster
1960
Our House
1960
Doctor in Love
as Dawn
1960
Carry On Constable
as Policewoman Gloria Passworthy
1960
Please Turn Over
as Beryl
1959
Upstairs and Downstairs
as Blodwen
1959
Carry On Teacher
as Miss Sarah Allcock
1959
Life In Emergency Ward 10
as Mrs. Pryor
1959
Carry On Nurse
as Student Nurse Stella Dawson
1959
The Captain's Table
as Maude Pritchett
1959
Passport to Shame
as Miriam
1958
Davy
as Tea Lady
1958
The Naked Truth
as Ethel Ransom
1957
Just My Luck
as Phoebe
1957
No Time for Tears
as Sister O'Malley
1957
Carry On Admiral
as Mary
1957
Stars in Your Eyes
as Walter’s Secretary
1956
Dry Rot
as Beth Barton
1956
The Silken Affair
as Lady Barber
1956
The Buccaneers
as Abigail
1956
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
as Marjorie Dawson
1956
Lost
as Ice Cream Seller in the Park
1956
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Nell
1955
Doctor at Sea
as Wendy Thomas
1955
As Long as They're Happy
as Linda
1955
To Dorothy, a Son
as Telephone Operator
1954
The Belles of St Trinian's
as Miss Dawn
1954
The Young Lovers
as Telephone Operator, American Embassy (uncredited)
1954
What Every Woman Wants
as Dolly Winch
1954
The Sea Shall Not Have Them
as Hilda Tebbitt
1954
Doctor in the House
as Nurse Rigor Mortis
1954
Trouble in Store
as Edna
1953
Meet Mr. Lucifer
as Fairy Queen
1953
Will Any Gentleman...?
as Beryl
1953
The Square Ring
as Bunty
1953
Colonel March Investigates
as Marjorie Dawson
1953