Name
Joan Sims
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1930-05-09
Deathday
2001-06-27 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Laindon, Essex, England, UK
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.
Known For
Carry On Nurse
(64 Votes)
6.391
In Haven Hospital, a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital alto...
Relase Date : 30 Jan, 1959
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Carry On Girls
(65 Votes)
5.708
Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their run...
Relase Date : 9 Nov, 1973
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San Ferry Ann
(11 Votes)
6.364
A motley crew of British characters ride The San Ferry Ann to the shores of France where t...
Relase Date : 1 Jul, 1965
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Carry On Dick
(68 Votes)
5.838
Dick Turpin is terrorising the countryside around Upper Dencher. Captain Fancey and Sergea...
Relase Date : 1 Feb, 1974
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Carry On Camping
(106 Votes)
6.58
Sid and Bernie keep having their amorous intentions snubbed by their girlfriends Joan and ...
Relase Date : 29 May, 1969
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Carry On Again Doctor
(63 Votes)
6.111
Dr. Nookey is disgraced and sent to a remote island hospital. He is given a secret slimmin...
Relase Date : 5 Dec, 1969
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Passport to Shame
(15 Votes)
6.067
British melodrama about a cabbie befriending a girl caught up in the white slave trade....
Relase Date : 2 Dec, 1958
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Don't Lose Your Head
(62 Votes)
6.702
Amidst the French revolution, Citizen Robespierre is beheading the aristocracy! When word ...
Relase Date : 2 Mar, 1967
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1966 Carry On Screaming! as Emily Bung
- 1967 Don't Lose Your Head as Désirée Dubarry
- 1967 Carry On Doctor as Chloe Gibson
- 1965 Carry On Cowboy as Belle
- 1964 Carry On Cleo as Calpurnia
- 1960 Carry On Constable as Policewoman Gloria Passworthy
- 1976 Carry On England as Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe
- 1968 Carry On Up the Khyber as Lady Joanie Ruff-Diamond
- 1972 Carry On Matron as Mrs. Tidey
- 1967 Follow That Camel as Zig-Zig
- 1971 Carry On Henry as Queen Marie
- 1970 Carry On Loving as Esme Crowfoot
- 1961 Carry On Regardless as Lily Duveen
- 1959 Carry On Teacher as Miss Sarah Allcock
- 1973 Carry On Girls as Connie Philpotts
- 1974 Carry On Dick as Madame Desiree
- 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
- 1975 One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing as Emily
- 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 Nurse Rigor Mortis
- 1960 Doctor in Love as Dawn
- 1966 Doctor in Clover as Matron Sweet
- 1955 Doctor at Sea as Wendy Thomas
- 1977 That's Carry On! as Various Characters (archive footage)
- 1959 Please Turn Over as Beryl
- 1972 Carry On Abroad as Cora Flange
- 1971 Carry On at Your Convenience as Chloe Moore
- 1969 Carry On Again Doctor as Mrs. Ellen Moore
- 1975 Carry On Behind as Daphne Barnes
- 1969 Carry On Camping as Joan Fussey
- 1972 The Alf Garnett Saga as Gran
- 1996 Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams as (Archive footage)
- 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.
- 1988 An Audience With Victoria Wood as Self
- 1963 Nurse on Wheels as Deborah Walcott
- 1953 Meet Mr. Lucifer as Fairy Queen
- 1958 Davy as Tea Lady
- 1965 San Ferry Ann as Mum
- 1973 Not Now Darling as Miss Tipdale
- 1953 Will Any Gentleman...? as Beryl
- 1961 No, My Darling Daughter as Miss PacPherson, a typist
- 1998 What's a Carry On? as Self - Interviewee
- 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 The Canterville Ghost as Mrs. Umney
- 1972 Carry On Christmas (or Carry On Stuffing) as Maid / Lady Rhoda Cockhorse / Fiona's Mother / Madrigal Singer / Miss Esmerelda / Mephistopheles' Wife
- 2000 The Last of the Blonde Bombshells as Betty
- 1955 As Long as They're Happy as Linda
- 1976 Love Among the Ruins as Fanny Pratt
- 1957 Carry On Admiral as Mary
- 1973 The Cobblers of Umbridge as Lilian Beverly
- 1985 The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio as Self
- 1959 Life In Emergency Ward 10 as Mrs. Pryor
- 1957 No Time for Tears as Sister O'Malley
- 1993 Tender Loving Care as Daisy Potter
- 1990 The Fool as Lady Daphne
- 1954 The Sea Shall Not Have Them as Hilda Tebbitt
- 1953 The Square Ring as Bunty
- 1956 Lost as Ice Cream Seller in the Park
- 1959 Upstairs and Downstairs as Blodwen
- 1956 Dry Rot as Beth Barton
- 1970 Doctor in Trouble as Russian Captain
- 1954 The Young Lovers as Telephone Operator, American Embassy (uncredited)
- 1954 The Belles of St Trinian's as Miss Dawn
- 1954 To Dorothy, a Son as Telephone Operator
- 1962 Twice Round the Daffodils as Harriet Halfpenny
- 1984 Hay Fever as Clara
- 1973 Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! as Birdie
- 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 Grave: One Foot in the Algarve as Lady on Plane
- 1953 Colonel March Investigates as Marjorie Dawson
- 1953 Trouble in Store as Edna
- 1954 What Every Woman Wants as Dolly Winch
- 1958 Passport to Shame as Miriam
- 1962 A Pair of Briefs as Beryl Hoggins (aka Gale Tornado)
- 1985 Deceptions as Mrs. Thirkell
- 1986 Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet as Queen Katryca
- 1956 Stars in Your Eyes as Walter’s Secretary
- 1964 Strictly for the Birds as Peggy Bennett
- 1960 Alice Through the Looking Box as Chambermaid
- 1971 The Odd Job as Kitty Harriman
- 1968 Iolanthe as Queen of the Fairies
- 2001 On Location: The Carry Ons as Desiree Dubarry / Chloe Moore / Cora Flange (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1983 Waters of the Moon as Mrs. Ashworth
- 1963 Doctor Who ( 4 episodes ) as Katryca
- 1990 On the Up ( 19 episodes )
- 1969 In Loving Memory ( 2 episodes )
- 1969 Carry On Christmas Specials ( 4 episodes )
- 1956 The Buccaneers ( 2 episodes ) as Abigail
- 1955 The Adventures of Robin Hood ( 1 episode ) as Nell
- 1980 Lady Killers ( 2 episodes ) as 'Belle' Elmore (voice)
- 1967 Before The Fringe ( 14 episodes )
- 1956 Colonel March of Scotland Yard ( 1 episode ) as Marjorie Dawson
- 1962 Dial RIX ( 2 episodes )
- 1963 The Dick Emery Show ( 161 episodes )
- 1960 Our House ( 39 episodes )
- 1963 The Stanley Baxter Show ( 23 episodes )
- 1989 Victoria Wood ( 1 episode ) as Susan
- 1968 Cilla ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1996 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates ( 1 episode ) as Adele McCarthy
- 1968 Ooh La La! ( 1 episode )
- 1985 Super Gran ( 1 episode ) as Cat Burglar
- 1979 Dick Turpin ( 1 episode ) as Countess of Durham
- 1994 Pie in the Sky ( 1 episode ) as Harriet Coverly
- 1985 Deceptions ( 2 episodes ) as Mrs. Thirkell
- 1997 Spark ( 1 episode ) as Aunt Hattie
- 1970 The Goodies ( 1 episode ) as Delia Capone
- 1970 The Goodies ( 1 episode ) as Matron
- 1992 As Time Goes By ( 9 episodes ) as Madge
- 1984 Cockles ( 6 episodes ) as Gloria du Bois
- 1979 Worzel Gummidge ( 8 episodes ) as Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton
- 1972 Sykes ( 5 episodes ) as Madge Kettlewell
- 1994 Smokescreen ( 6 episodes ) as Mrs Nash
- 1967 Sam and Janet ( 6 episodes ) as Janet Marshall
- 1978 Born and Bred ( 8 episodes ) as Molly Peglar
- 1966 Till Death Us Do Part ( 11 episodes ) as Gran
- 1975 Carry On Laughing ( 1 episode ) as Madame Olga
- 1975 Carry On Laughing ( 1 episode ) as Lady Isobel
- 1975 Carry On Laughing ( 1 episode ) as Lady Kate Houndsbotham
- 1975 Carry On Laughing ( 1 episode ) as Else
- 1975 Carry On Laughing ( 1 episode ) as Amelia Forbush
- 1975 Carry On Laughing ( 2 episodes ) as Lady Guinevere
- 1975 Carry On Laughing ( 1 episode ) as Mrs MacFlute
- 1975 Carry On Laughing ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Janis Crunbitt
- 1975 Carry On Laughing ( 1 episode ) as Mrs Breeches
- 1973 Seven of One ( 1 episode ) as Mrs Dawkins
- 1971 Six Dates with Barker ( 1 episode ) as Kitty Harriman
- 1994 Martin Chuzzlewit ( 3 episodes ) as Betsy Prig
- 1986 Farrington of the F.O. ( 14 episodes ) as Annie Begley
- 1973 Men of Affairs ( 5 episodes ) as Lady Mainwaring-Brown
- 1989 Screen One ( 1 episode ) as Daisy Potter
- 1983 Dramarama ( 1 episode ) as Beryl
- 1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Jill Watson
- 1991 Tonight at 8.30 ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Rockett
