Joan Sims

Known for: Acting

Born: 1930-05-09 – 2001-06-27 (aged 71)

From: 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 (135)

MOVIE
On Location: The Carry Ons
2001
as Desiree Dubarry / Chloe Moore / Cora Flange (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000
as Betty
MOVIE★ 7.7
What's a Carry On?
1998
as Self - Interviewee
TV★ 6.7
Spark
1997
as Aunt Hattie
MOVIE
Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams
1996
as (Archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Canterville Ghost
1996
as Mrs. Umney
TV★ 7.3
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
as Adele McCarthy
TV★ 8.4
Martin Chuzzlewit
1994
as Betsy Prig
TV★ 8.3
Pie in the Sky
1994
as Harriet Coverly
TV★ 8.0
Smokescreen
1994
as Mrs Nash
MOVIE★ 8.5
One Foot in the Grave: One Foot in the Algarve
1993
as Lady on Plane
MOVIE
Tender Loving Care
1993
as Daisy Potter
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
as Nurse / Mad Old Holy Witch (voice)
TV★ 7.5
As Time Goes By
1992
as Madge
MOVIE
Morrissey - Hulmerist
1991
as Cast - Ouija Board, Ouija Board
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Fool
1990
as Lady Daphne
TV★ 6.8
On the Up
1990
TV★ 8.0
Victoria Wood
1989
as Susan
TV★ 7.2
Screen One
1989
as Daisy Potter
MOVIE★ 6.1
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.2
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
1986
as Queen Katryca
TV★ 7.5
Farrington of the F.O.
1986
as Annie Begley
MOVIE★ 6.7
Deceptions
1985
as Mrs. Thirkell
TV★ 6.0
Deceptions
1985
as Mrs. Thirkell
TV★ 6.4
Super Gran
1985
as Cat Burglar
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
1985
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Hay Fever
1984
as Clara
TV★ 7.5
Cockles
1984
as Gloria du Bois
MOVIE
Waters of the Moon
1983
as Mrs. Ashworth
TV★ 7.3
Dramarama
1983
as Beryl
TV★ 7.5
Lady Killers
1980
as 'Belle' Elmore (voice)
TV★ 6.2
Worzel Gummidge
1979
as Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton
TV★ 7.4
Dick Turpin
1979
as Countess of Durham
MOVIE★ 3.9
Carry On Emmannuelle
1978
as Mrs. Dangle
TV★ 6.0
Born and Bred
1978
as Molly Peglar
MOVIE★ 5.8
That's Carry On!
1977
as Various Characters (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 4.5
Carry On England
1976
as Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe
MOVIE★ 7.0
Love Among the Ruins
1976
as Fanny Pratt
MOVIE★ 5.8
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975
as Emily
MOVIE★ 5.5
Carry On Behind
1975
as Daphne Barnes
TV★ 5.7
Carry On Laughing
1975
as Madame Olga
MOVIE★ 5.8
Carry On Dick
1974
as Madame Desiree
MOVIE★ 6.4
Carry on Christmas
1973
as Virginia's Mother / Senna Pod / Bishop's Wife / Adelle / 6th Ballerina / Salvation Army Collector / Maid Marion / Traffic Warden.
MOVIE★ 5.7
Carry On Girls
1973
as Connie Philpotts
MOVIE★ 4.2
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
1973
as Birdie
TV★ 7.0
Men of Affairs
1973
as Lady Mainwaring-Brown
TV★ 7.3
Seven of One
1973
as Mrs Dawkins
MOVIE★ 5.1
Not Now Darling
1973
as Miss Tipdale
MOVIE
The Cobblers of Umbridge
1973
as Lilian Beverly
MOVIE★ 7.1
Carry On Christmas (or Carry On Stuffing)
1972
as Maid / Lady Rhoda Cockhorse / Fiona's Mother / Madrigal Singer / Miss Esmerelda / Mephistopheles' Wife
MOVIE★ 6.3
Carry On Abroad
1972
as Cora Flange
TV★ 6.7
Sykes
1972
as Madge Kettlewell
MOVIE★ 6.1
Carry On Matron
1972
as Mrs. Tidey
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Alf Garnett Saga
1972
as Gran
MOVIE★ 7.2
A Christmas Carol
1971
as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.2
Carry On at Your Convenience
1971
as Chloe Moore
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
1971
as Policewoman (segment "Avarice")
MOVIE★ 6.1
Carry On Henry
1971
as Queen Marie
MOVIE
The Odd Job
1971
as Kitty Harriman
TV★ 7.4
Six Dates with Barker
1971
as Kitty Harriman
TV★ 7.6
The Goodies
1970
as Delia Capone
MOVIE★ 5.7
Carry On Loving
1970
as Esme Crowfoot
MOVIE★ 5.0
Doctor in Trouble
1970
as Russian Captain
MOVIE★ 5.9
Carry On Up the Jungle
1970
as Lady Evelyn Bagley
TV★ 5.8
Carry On Christmas Specials
1969
MOVIE★ 6.1
Carry On Again Doctor
1969
as Mrs. Ellen Moore
TV★ 6.8
In Loving Memory
1969
MOVIE★ 6.6
Carry On Camping
1969
as Joan Fussey
MOVIE
Iolanthe
1968
as Queen of the Fairies
TV★ 10.0
Ooh La La!
1968
MOVIE★ 6.5
Carry On Up the Khyber
1968
as Lady Joanie Ruff-Diamond
TV★ 8.0
Cilla
1968
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Carry On Doctor
1967
as Chloe Gibson
MOVIE★ 5.9
Follow That Camel
1967
as Zig-Zig
TV
Sam and Janet
1967
as Janet Marshall
MOVIE★ 6.7
Don't Lose Your Head
1967
as Désirée Dubarry
TV
Before The Fringe
1967
TV★ 7.6
Till Death Us Do Part
1966
as Gran
MOVIE★ 6.5
Carry On Screaming!
1966
as Emily Bung
MOVIE★ 5.8
Doctor in Clover
1966
as Matron Sweet
MOVIE★ 6.3
Carry On Cowboy
1965
as Belle
TV★ 4.2
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Jill Watson
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Big Job
1965
as Mildred Gamely
MOVIE★ 6.4
San Ferry Ann
1965
as Mum
MOVIE★ 6.7
Carry On Cleo
1964
as Calpurnia
MOVIE★ 5.8
Strictly for the Birds
1964
as Peggy Bennett
TV★ 7.9
Doctor Who
1963
as Katryca
TV
The Stanley Baxter Show
1963
TV★ 8.0
The Dick Emery Show
1963
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Iron Maiden
1963
as Nellie Trotter
MOVIE★ 6.1
Nurse on Wheels
1963
as Deborah Walcott
TV
Dial RIX
1962
MOVIE★ 7.0
Twice Round the Daffodils
1962
as Harriet Halfpenny
MOVIE★ 6.3
A Pair of Briefs
1962
as Beryl Hoggins (aka Gale Tornado)
MOVIE★ 7.3
No, My Darling Daughter
1961
as Miss PacPherson, a typist
MOVIE★ 6.3
Carry On Regardless
1961
as Lily Duveen
MOVIE★ 5.9
Mr. Topaze
1961
as Colette
MOVIE★ 5.3
His and Hers
1961
as Hortense
MOVIE
Alice Through the Looking Box
1960
as Chambermaid
MOVIE★ 5.9
Watch Your Stern
1960
as Ann Foster
TV★ 8.0
Our House
1960
MOVIE★ 5.5
Doctor in Love
1960
as Dawn
MOVIE★ 6.3
Carry On Constable
1960
as Policewoman Gloria Passworthy
MOVIE★ 6.3
Please Turn Over
1959
as Beryl
MOVIE★ 5.8
Upstairs and Downstairs
1959
as Blodwen
MOVIE★ 6.4
Carry On Teacher
1959
as Miss Sarah Allcock
MOVIE★ 7.0
Life In Emergency Ward 10
1959
as Mrs. Pryor
MOVIE★ 6.4
Carry On Nurse
1959
as Student Nurse Stella Dawson
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Captain's Table
1959
as Maude Pritchett
MOVIE★ 6.1
Passport to Shame
1958
as Miriam
MOVIE★ 5.7
Davy
1958
as Tea Lady
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Naked Truth
1957
as Ethel Ransom
MOVIE★ 6.1
Just My Luck
1957
as Phoebe
MOVIE★ 6.0
No Time for Tears
1957
as Sister O'Malley
MOVIE★ 6.4
Carry On Admiral
1957
as Mary
MOVIE★ 7.0
Stars in Your Eyes
1956
as Walter’s Secretary
MOVIE★ 7.7
Dry Rot
1956
as Beth Barton
MOVIE★ 3.3
The Silken Affair
1956
as Lady Barber
TV★ 6.4
The Buccaneers
1956
as Abigail
TV★ 7.5
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
1956
as Marjorie Dawson
MOVIE★ 6.8
Lost
1956
as Ice Cream Seller in the Park
TV★ 6.4
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955
as Nell
MOVIE★ 5.8
Doctor at Sea
1955
as Wendy Thomas
MOVIE★ 7.5
As Long as They're Happy
1955
as Linda
MOVIE★ 5.8
To Dorothy, a Son
1954
as Telephone Operator
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Belles of St Trinian's
1954
as Miss Dawn
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Young Lovers
1954
as Telephone Operator, American Embassy (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.5
What Every Woman Wants
1954
as Dolly Winch
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Sea Shall Not Have Them
1954
as Hilda Tebbitt
MOVIE★ 6.5
Doctor in the House
1954
as Nurse Rigor Mortis
MOVIE★ 6.1
Trouble in Store
1953
as Edna
MOVIE★ 5.2
Meet Mr. Lucifer
1953
as Fairy Queen
MOVIE★ 6.3
Will Any Gentleman...?
1953
as Beryl
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Square Ring
1953
as Bunty
MOVIE★ 6.3
Colonel March Investigates
1953
as Marjorie Dawson