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

0.8

movie

Known For

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993

as Nurse / Mad Old Holy Witch (voice)

Carry On Screaming!

1966

as Emily Bung

Carry On Cleo

1964

as Calpurnia

Carry On Camping

1969

as Joan Fussey

The Thief and the Cobbler

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

★ 7.2

Morrissey - Hulmerist

1991 • as Cast - Ouija Board, Ouija Board

Carry On Girls

1973 • as Connie Philpotts

★ 5.7

Carry On Screaming!

1966 • as Emily Bung

★ 6.5

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

2000 • as Betty

★ 6.9

Carry On Cowboy

1965 • as Belle

★ 6.3

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

Carry On Dick

1974 • as Madame Desiree

★ 5.8

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Waters of the Moon

1983 • as Mrs. Ashworth

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

1975 • as Emily

★ 5.8

Carry On Nurse

1959 • as Student Nurse Stella Dawson

★ 6.4

Carry On Cleo

1964 • as Calpurnia

★ 6.7

Carry On Doctor

1967 • as Chloe Gibson

★ 6.5

San Ferry Ann

1965 • as Mum

★ 6.4

The Belles of St Trinian's

1954 • as Miss Dawn

★ 6.4

The Canterville Ghost

1996 • as Mrs. Umney

★ 6.3

Carry On Up the Khyber

1968 • as Lady Joanie Ruff-Diamond

★ 6.4

The Naked Truth

1957 • as Ethel Ransom

★ 6.8

Carry On Henry

1971 • as Queen Marie

★ 6.1

Meet Mr. Lucifer

1953 • as Fairy Queen

★ 5.2

Carry On at Your Convenience

1971 • as Chloe Moore

★ 6.2

Don't Lose Your Head

1967 • as Désirée Dubarry

★ 6.7

Doctor in the House

1954 • as Nurse Rigor Mortis

★ 6.5

Carry On Camping

1969 • as Joan Fussey

★ 6.6

That's Carry On!

1977 • as Various Characters (archive footage)

★ 5.8

Carry On Matron

1972 • as Mrs. Tidey

★ 6.1

The Sea Shall Not Have Them

1954 • as Hilda Tebbitt

★ 7.2

Carry On Up the Jungle

1970 • as Lady Evelyn Bagley

★ 5.9

Carry On Again Doctor

1969 • as Mrs. Ellen Moore

★ 6.1

A Christmas Carol

1971 • as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)

★ 7.2

The Alf Garnett Saga

1972 • as Gran

★ 5.0

The Captain's Table

1959 • as Maude Pritchett

★ 6.0

The Silken Affair

1956 • as Lady Barber

★ 3.3

Follow That Camel

1967 • as Zig-Zig

★ 5.9

Carry On Teacher

1959 • as Miss Sarah Allcock

★ 6.4

Carry On Loving

1970 • as Esme Crowfoot

★ 5.7

Carry On Abroad

1972 • as Cora Flange

★ 6.3

Twice Round the Daffodils

1962 • as Harriet Halfpenny

★ 7.0

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

1971 • as Policewoman (segment "Avarice")

★ 5.0

Carry On Behind

1975 • as Daphne Barnes

★ 5.5

Carry On England

1976 • as Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe

★ 4.6

As Long As They're Happy

1955 • as Linda

★ 7.5

No Time for Tears

1957 • as Sister O'Malley

★ 6.0

Carry On Admiral

1957 • as Mary

★ 6.4

Tender Loving Care

1993 • as Daisy Potter

Carry On Constable

1960 • as Policewoman Gloria Passworthy

★ 6.3

The Iron Maiden

1963 • as Nellie Trotter

★ 6.6

Love Among the Ruins

1976 • as Fanny Pratt

★ 7.0

Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet

1986 • as Queen Katryca

★ 6.2

Deceptions

1985 • as Mrs. Thirkell

★ 6.7

What Every Woman Wants

1954 • as Dolly Winch

★ 6.6

To Dorothy, a Son

1954 • as Telephone Operator

★ 5.8

Doctor at Sea

1955 • as Wendy Thomas

★ 5.8

Trouble in Store

1953 • as Edna

★ 6.1

Mr. Topaze

1961 • as Colette

★ 5.9

Doctor in Clover

1966 • as Matron Sweet

★ 5.8

Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!

1973 • as Birdie

★ 4.2

Just My Luck

1957 • as Phoebe

★ 6.1

Passport to Shame

1958 • as Miriam

★ 6.1

What's a Carry On?

1998 • as Self - Interviewee

★ 7.7

Life In Emergency Ward 10

1959 • as Mrs. Pryor

★ 7.0

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

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

1996 • as (Archive footage)

The Cobblers of Umbridge

1973 • as Lilian Beverly

Upstairs and Downstairs

1959 • as Blodwen

★ 5.8

Doctor in Love

1960 • as Dawn

★ 5.5

Watch Your Stern

1960 • as Ann Foster

★ 5.9

Please Turn Over

1959 • as Beryl

★ 6.3

Carry On Emmannuelle

1978 • as Mrs. Dangle

★ 3.9

The Big Job

1965 • as Mildred Gamely

★ 6.7

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

1985 • as Self

★ 8.0

On Location: The Carry Ons

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

Carry On Regardless

1961 • as Lily Duveen

★ 6.2

Colonel March Investigates

1953 • as Marjorie Dawson

★ 6.2

His and Hers

1961 • as Hortense

★ 5.3

Doctor in Trouble

1970 • as Russian Captain

★ 5.0

An Audience With Victoria Wood

1988 • as Self

★ 5.3

Not Now Darling

1973 • as Miss Tipdale

★ 5.1

A Pair of Briefs

1962 • as Beryl Hoggins (aka Gale Tornado)

★ 6.2

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The Fool

1990 • as Lady Daphne

★ 8.0

Lost

1956 • as Ice Cream Seller in the Park

★ 6.8

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

Hay Fever

1984 • as Clara

★ 6.0

Stars in Your Eyes

1956 • as Walter’s Secretary

★ 6.7

The Square Ring

1953 • as Bunty

★ 7.1

Dry Rot

1956 • as Beth Barton

★ 7.7

The Young Lovers

1954 • as Telephone Operator, American Embassy (uncredited)

★ 6.1

No, My Darling Daughter

1961 • as Miss PacPherson, a typist

★ 7.2

Strictly for the Birds

1964 • as Peggy Bennett

★ 5.8

Nurse on Wheels

1963 • as Deborah Walcott

★ 6.1

Will Any Gentleman...?

1953 • as Beryl

★ 6.3

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

Davy

1958 • as Tea Lady

★ 5.7

Iolanthe

1968 • as Queen of the Fairies

The Odd Job

1971 • as Kitty Harriman