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

94 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.0

movie

Known For

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993

as Nurse / Mad Old Holy Witch (voice)

Carry On Cleo

1964

as Calpurnia

Carry On Screaming!

1966

as Emily Bung

Carry On Nurse

1959 • as Student Nurse Stella Dawson

★ 6.4

The Thief and the Cobbler

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

★ 7.1

Carry On England

1976 • as Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe

★ 4.4

The Canterville Ghost

1996 • as Mrs. Umney

★ 6.2

Carry On Regardless

1961 • as Lily Duveen

★ 6.3

Carry On Cowboy

1965 • as Belle

★ 6.3

Carry On Doctor

1967 • as Chloe Gibson

★ 6.5

Carry On Cleo

1964 • as Calpurnia

★ 6.6

Carry On Camping

1969 • as Joan Fussey

★ 6.6

Carry On Teacher

1959 • as Miss Sarah Allcock

★ 6.3

Carry On Screaming!

1966 • as Emily Bung

★ 6.5

Carry On Up the Khyber

1968 • as Lady Joanie Ruff-Diamond

★ 6.4

Carry On Matron

1972 • as Mrs. Tidey

★ 6.1

Carry On Loving

1970 • as Esme Crowfoot

★ 5.7

Carry On Abroad

1972 • as Cora Flange

★ 6.3

Don't Lose Your Head

1967 • as Désirée Dubarry

★ 6.6

Carry On Again Doctor

1969 • as Mrs. Ellen Moore

★ 6.1

Carry On Henry

1971 • as Queen Marie

★ 6.1

Carry On Constable

1960 • as Policewoman Gloria Passworthy

★ 6.2

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

1975 • as Emily

★ 5.7

Follow That Camel

1967 • as Zig-Zig

★ 5.8

A Christmas Carol

1971 • as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)

★ 7.2

Deceptions

1985 • as Mrs. Thirkell

★ 6.3

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The Fool

1990 • as Lady Daphne

★ 7.0

Carry On at Your Convenience

1971 • as Chloe Moore

★ 6.2

The Big Job

1965 • as Mildred Gamely

★ 6.7

Carry On Behind

1975 • as Daphne Barnes

★ 5.4

The Belles of St Trinian's

1954 • as Miss Dawn

★ 6.3

Doctor in Love

1960 • as Dawn

★ 5.2

Lost

1956 • as Ice Cream Seller in the Park

★ 6.2

Doctor in the House

1954 • as Nurse Rigor Mortis

★ 6.5

The Naked Truth

1957 • as Ethel Ransom

★ 6.7

Carry On Dick

1974 • as Madame Desiree

★ 5.8

The Iron Maiden

1963 • as Nellie Trotter

★ 6.4

The Captain's Table

1959 • as Maude Pritchett

★ 5.8

Doctor at Sea

1955 • as Wendy Thomas

★ 5.7

Carry On Emmannuelle

1978 • as Mrs. Dangle

★ 3.9

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

1971 • as Policewoman (segment "Avarice")

★ 4.8

That's Carry On!

1977 • as Various Characters (archive footage)

★ 5.7

Mr. Topaze

1961 • as Colette

★ 5.5

Carry On Girls

1973 • as Connie Philpotts

★ 5.7

Twice Round the Daffodils

1962 • as Harriet Halfpenny

★ 6.6

Carry On Up the Jungle

1970 • as Lady Evelyn Bagley

★ 5.8

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

2000 • as Betty

★ 6.7

The Alf Garnett Saga

1972 • as Gran

★ 4.5

What's a Carry On?

1998 • as Self - Interviewee

★ 7.8

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

★ 8.3

A Pair of Briefs

1962 • as Beryl Hoggins (aka Gale Tornado)

★ 5.7

On Location: The Carry Ons

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

To Dorothy, a Son

1954 • as Telephone Operator

★ 5.6

Will Any Gentleman...?

1953 • as Beryl

★ 5.6

The Square Ring

1953 • as Bunty

★ 7.1

The Sea Shall Not Have Them

1954 • as Hilda Tebbitt

★ 7.2

Upstairs and Downstairs

1959 • as Blodwen

★ 5.6

Love Among the Ruins

1976 • as Fanny Pratt

★ 6.9

Please Turn Over

1959 • as Beryl

★ 6.1

Life In Emergency Ward 10

1959 • as Mrs. Pryor

★ 7.0

Doctor in Clover

1966 • as Matron Sweet

★ 5.6

An Audience With Victoria Wood

1988 • as Self

★ 5.2

Meet Mr. Lucifer

1953 • as Fairy Queen

★ 5.1

Davy

1958 • as Tea Lady

★ 5.0

Watch Your Stern

1960 • as Ann Foster

★ 5.6

As Long as They're Happy

1955 • as Linda

★ 7.7

Passport to Shame

1958 • as Miriam

★ 5.9

What Every Woman Wants

1954 • as Dolly Winch

★ 6.3

Nurse on Wheels

1963 • as Deborah Walcott

★ 5.9

No Time for Tears

1957 • as Sister O'Malley

★ 5.0

His and Hers

1961 • as Hortense

★ 4.9

Doctor in Trouble

1970 • as Russian Captain

★ 4.8

Not Now Darling

1973 • as Miss Tipdale

★ 4.8

Hay Fever

1984 • as Clara

★ 6.0

Just My Luck

1957 • as Phoebe

★ 6.0

Tender Loving Care

1993 • as Daisy Potter

San Ferry Ann

1965 • as Mum

★ 6.3

The Silken Affair

1956 • as Lady Barber

★ 1.0

Stars in Your Eyes

1956 • as Walter’s Secretary

★ 5.0

No, My Darling Daughter

1961 • as Miss PacPherson, a typist

★ 6.3

The Young Lovers

1954 • as Telephone Operator, American Embassy (uncredited)

★ 6.0

Carry On Admiral

1957 • as Mary

★ 6.0

Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!

1973 • as Birdie

★ 3.6

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

1985 • as Self

★ 6.0

Alice Through the Looking Box

1960 • as Chambermaid

Colonel March Investigates

1953 • as Marjorie Dawson

★ 5.3

Dry Rot

1956 • as Beth Barton

★ 7.4

Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet

1986 • as Queen Katryca

★ 6.2

Strictly for the Birds

1964 • as Peggy Bennett

★ 5.3

Trouble in Store

1953 • as Edna

★ 6.1

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

★ 6.8

Morrissey - Hulmerist

1991 • as Cast - Ouija Board, Ouija Board

Iolanthe

1968 • as Queen of the Fairies

The Cobblers of Umbridge

1973 • as Lilian Beverly

Carry on Christmas

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

★ 6.0

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

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

1996 • as (Archive footage)

The Odd Job

1971 • as Kitty Harriman