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.

Born

May 09, 1930

Laindon, Essex, England, UK

Died

Jun 27, 2001

Known For

Acting

Movies

95 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.4

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Known For

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993

as Nurse / Mad Old Holy Witch (voice)

Carry On Screaming!

1966

as Emily Bung

Carry On Camping

1969

as Joan Fussey

Carry On Cleo

1964

as Calpurnia

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993 • as Nurse / Mad Old Holy Witch (voice)

★ 7.2

Carry On Screaming!

1966 • as Emily Bung

★ 6.5

Carry On Girls

1973 • as Connie Philpotts

★ 5.7

Carry On Abroad

1972 • as Cora Flange

★ 6.3

Carry On Cowboy

1965 • as Belle

★ 6.3

The Belles of St Trinian's

1954 • as Miss Dawn

★ 6.4

Carry On Nurse

1959 • as Student Nurse Stella Dawson

★ 6.4

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

2000 • as Betty

★ 6.9

The Canterville Ghost

1996 • as Mrs. Umney

★ 6.3

Carry On Camping

1969 • as Joan Fussey

★ 6.6

Carry On Cleo

1964 • as Calpurnia

★ 6.7

That's Carry On!

1977 • as Various Characters (archive footage)

★ 5.8

Carry On Up the Khyber

1968 • as Lady Joanie Ruff-Diamond

★ 6.4

One Foot in the Grave: One Foot in the Algarve

One Foot in the Grave: One Foot in the Algarve

1993 • as Lady on Plane

★ 8.5

Morrissey - Hulmerist

1991 • as Cast - Ouija Board, Ouija Board

Carry On Doctor

1967 • as Chloe Gibson

★ 6.5

Carry On at Your Convenience

1971 • as Chloe Moore

★ 6.2

Carry On Dick

1974 • as Madame Desiree

★ 5.8

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

1975 • as Emily

★ 5.8

Follow That Camel

1967 • as Zig-Zig

★ 5.9

Carry On Loving

1970 • as Esme Crowfoot

★ 5.7

Don't Lose Your Head

1967 • as Désirée Dubarry

★ 6.7

Doctor in the House

1954 • as Nurse Rigor Mortis

★ 6.5

Carry On Again Doctor

1969 • as Mrs. Ellen Moore

★ 6.1

Love Among the Ruins

1976 • as Fanny Pratt

★ 7.0

Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet

1986 • as Queen Katryca

★ 6.2

The Alf Garnett Saga

1972 • as Gran

★ 5.0

San Ferry Ann

1965 • as Mum

★ 6.4

Carry On Up the Jungle

1970 • as Lady Evelyn Bagley

★ 5.9

Carry On Teacher

1959 • as Miss Sarah Allcock

★ 6.4

Carry On Henry

1971 • as Queen Marie

★ 6.1

Deceptions

1985 • as Mrs. Thirkell

★ 6.7

Doctor at Sea

1955 • as Wendy Thomas

★ 5.8

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

1971 • as Policewoman (segment "Avarice")

★ 5.0

The Sea Shall Not Have Them

1954 • as Hilda Tebbitt

★ 7.2

What Every Woman Wants

1954 • as Dolly Winch

★ 6.6

To Dorothy, a Son

1954 • as Telephone Operator

★ 5.8

Carry On Admiral

1957 • as Mary

★ 6.4

Carry On Matron

1972 • as Mrs. Tidey

★ 6.1

Trouble in Store

1953 • as Edna

★ 6.1

Meet Mr. Lucifer

1953 • as Fairy Queen

★ 5.2

Doctor in Clover

1966 • as Matron Sweet

★ 5.8

As Long As They're Happy

1955 • as Linda

★ 7.5

A Christmas Carol

1971 • as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)

★ 7.2

The Naked Truth

1957 • as Ethel Ransom

★ 6.8

Carry On Regardless

1961 • as Lily Duveen

★ 6.2

Carry On England

1976 • as Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe

★ 4.6

Tender Loving Care

1993 • as Daisy Potter

Mr. Topaze

1961 • as Colette

★ 5.9

Carry On Constable

1960 • as Policewoman Gloria Passworthy

★ 6.3

Please Turn Over

1959 • as Beryl

★ 6.3

What's a Carry On?

1998 • as Self - Interviewee

★ 7.7

The Iron Maiden

1963 • as Nellie Trotter

★ 6.6

Dry Rot

1956 • as Beth Barton

★ 7.7

On Location: The Carry Ons

2001 • as Desiree Dubarry / Chloe Moore / Cora Flange (archive footage) (uncredited)

A Pair of Briefs

1962 • as Beryl Hoggins (aka Gale Tornado)

★ 6.2

Twice Round the Daffodils

1962 • as Harriet Halfpenny

★ 7.0

The Young Lovers

1954 • as Telephone Operator, American Embassy (uncredited)

★ 6.1

Hay Fever

1984 • as Clara

★ 6.0

The Captain's Table

1959 • as Maude Pritchett

★ 6.0

Carry On Behind

1975 • as Daphne Barnes

★ 5.5

Doctor in Trouble

1970 • as Russian Captain

★ 5.0

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Waters of the Moon

1983 • as Mrs. Ashworth

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The Fool

1990 • as Lady Daphne

★ 8.0

Doctor in Love

1960 • as Dawn

★ 5.5

Passport to Shame

1958 • as Miriam

★ 6.1

The Cobblers of Umbridge

1973 • as Lilian Beverly

Carry On Emmannuelle

1978 • as Mrs. Dangle

★ 3.9

No, My Darling Daughter

1961 • as Miss PacPherson, a typist

★ 7.2

The Big Job

1965 • as Mildred Gamely

★ 6.7

Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!

1973 • as Birdie

★ 4.2

The Silken Affair

1956 • as Lady Barber

★ 3.3

An Audience With Victoria Wood

1988 • as Self

★ 5.3

No Time for Tears

1957 • as Sister O'Malley

★ 6.0

Upstairs and Downstairs

1959 • as Blodwen

★ 5.8

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

1985 • as Self

★ 8.0

Life In Emergency Ward 10

1959 • as Mrs. Pryor

★ 7.0

Stars in Your Eyes

1956 • as Walter’s Secretary

★ 6.7

Just My Luck

1957 • as Phoebe

★ 6.1

Watch Your Stern

1960 • as Ann Foster

★ 5.9

Alice Through the Looking Box

1960 • as Chambermaid

Carry On Christmas (or Carry On Stuffing)

Carry On Christmas (or Carry On Stuffing)

1972 • as Maid / Lady Rhoda Cockhorse / Fiona's Mother / Madrigal Singer / Miss Esmerelda / Mephistopheles' Wife

★ 7.1

Davy

1958 • as Tea Lady

★ 5.7

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

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

1996 • as (Archive footage)

The Square Ring

1953 • as Bunty

★ 7.1

Lost

1956 • as Ice Cream Seller in the Park

★ 6.8

Colonel March Investigates

1953 • as Marjorie Dawson

★ 6.2

Will Any Gentleman...?

1953 • as Beryl

★ 6.3

His and Hers

1961 • as Hortense

★ 5.3

Strictly for the Birds

1964 • as Peggy Bennett

★ 5.8

Not Now Darling

1973 • as Miss Tipdale

★ 5.1

Nurse on Wheels

1963 • as Deborah Walcott

★ 6.1

Carry on Christmas

1973 • as Virginia's Mother / Senna Pod / Bishop's Wife / Adelle / 6th Ballerina / Salvation Army Collector / Maid Marion / Traffic Warden.

★ 6.4

The Odd Job

1971 • as Kitty Harriman

Iolanthe

1968 • as Queen of the Fairies