Joan Sims

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1930-05-09 (71 years old)

Deathday

2001-06-27

Place of Birth

Laindon, Essex, England, UK

Joan Sims

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.

Acting

1966

Carry On Screaming!

as Emily Bung

1967

Carry On Doctor

as Chloë Gibson

1966

Carry On Don't Lose Your Head

as Désirée Dubarry

1964

Carry On Cleo

as Calpurnia

1965

Carry On Cowboy

as Belle Armitage

1960

Carry On Constable

as W.P.C. Gloria Passworthy

1976

Carry On England

as Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe

1968

Carry On Up the Khyber

as Lady Joan Ruff-Diamond

1970

Carry On Loving

as Esme Crowfoot

1971

Carry On Henry

as Queen Marie

1972

Carry On Matron

as Mrs. Tidey

1959

Carry On Teacher

as Sarah Allcock

1961

Carry On Regardless

as Lily Duveen

1973

Carry On Girls

as Connie Philpotts

1974

Carry On Dick

as Madame Desirée

1993

The Thief and the Cobbler

as Nurse / Mad Old Holy Witch (voice)

1971

A Christmas Carol

as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)

1978

Carry On Emmannuelle

as Mrs. Dangle

1957

Just My Luck

as Phoebe

1965

The Big Job

as Mildred Gamely

1970

Carry On Up the Jungle

as Lady Evelyn Bagley

1954

Doctor in the House

as Rigor Mortis

1960

1966

Doctor in Clover

as Matron Sweet

1955

Doctor at Sea

as Wendy Thomas

1977

That's Carry On!

as Various Characters

1959

1972

Carry On Abroad

as Cora Flange

1969

Carry On Again Doctor

as Ellen Moore

1971

1975

Carry On Behind

as Daphne Barnes

1969

Carry On Camping

as Joan Fussey

1960

Watch Your Stern

as Ann Foster

1963

The Iron Maiden

as Nellie Trotter

1973

Carry on Christmas

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

1963

Nurse on Wheels

as Deborah Walcott

1953

Meet Mr. Lucifer

as Fairy Queen

1958

Davy

as Tea Lady

1965

1973

Not Now Darling

as Miss Tipdale

1961

No, My Darling Daughter

as Miss PacPherson, a typist

1998

What's a Carry On?

as Self - Interviewee /Various Characters

1959

Carry On Nurse

as Student Nurse Stella Dawson

1957

The Naked Truth

as Ethel Ransom

1961

His and Hers

as Hortense

1959

The Captain's Table

as Maude Pritchett

1996

1975

Love Among the Ruins

as Fanny Pratt

1957

1973

The Cobblers of Umbridge

as Lilian Beverly

1959

1957

No Time for Tears

as Sister O'Malley

1993

Tender Loving Care

as Daisy Potter

1990

The Fool

as Lady Daphne

1954

1953

1956

Lost

as Ice Cream Seller in the Park

1956

Dry Rot

as Beth Barton

1970

Doctor in Trouble

as Russian Captain

1954

The Young Lovers

as Telephone Operator, American Embassy (uncredited)

1954

To Dorothy, a Son

as Telephone Operator

1962

Twice Round the Daffodils

as Harriet Halfpenny

1984

Hay Fever

as Clara

1961

Mr. Topaze

as Colette

1991

Morrissey - Hulmerist

as Cast - Ouija Board, Ouija Board

1956

The Silken Affair

as Lady Barber

1971

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

as Policewoman (segment "Avarice")

1993

One Foot in the Algarve

as Lady on Plane

1953

Colonel March Investigates

as Marjorie Dawson

1953

1954

1958

1962

A Pair of Briefs

as Beryl Hoggins (aka Gale Tornado)

1985

Deceptions

as Mrs. Thirkell

1956

Stars in Your Eyes

as Walter’s Secretary

1964

Strictly for the Birds

as Peggy Bennett

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