Known For
Acting
Born
May 09, 1930
Died
Jun 27, 2001
Place of Birth
Laindon, Essex, England, UK
Credits
136 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
On Location: The Carry Ons
Desiree Dubarry / Chloe Moore / Cora Flange (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Betty
What's a Carry On?
Self - Interviewee
Spark
Aunt Hattie
Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams
(Archive footage)
The Canterville Ghost
Mrs. Umney
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Adele McCarthy
Martin Chuzzlewit
Betsy Prig
Pie in the Sky
Harriet Coverly
Smokescreen
Mrs Nash
One Foot in the Grave: One Foot in the Algarve
Lady on Plane
Tender Loving Care
Daisy Potter
The Thief and the Cobbler
Nurse / Mad Old Holy Witch (voice)
As Time Goes By
Madge
Morrissey - Hulmerist
Cast - Ouija Board, Ouija Board
Tonight at 8.30
Mrs. Rockett
The Fool
Lady Daphne
On the Up
Victoria Wood
Susan
Screen One
Daisy Potter
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Self
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
Queen Katryca
Farrington of the F.O.
Annie Begley
Deceptions
Mrs. Thirkell
Deceptions
Mrs. Thirkell
Super Gran
Cat Burglar
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Self
Hay Fever
Clara
Cockles
Gloria du Bois
Waters of the Moon
Mrs. Ashworth
Dramarama
Beryl
Lady Killers
'Belle' Elmore (voice)
Worzel Gummidge
Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton
Dick Turpin
Countess of Durham
Carry On Emmannuelle
Mrs. Dangle
Born and Bred
Molly Peglar
That's Carry On!
Various Characters (archive footage)
Carry On England
Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe
Love Among the Ruins
Fanny Pratt
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Emily
Carry On Behind
Daphne Barnes
Carry On Laughing
Madame Olga
Carry On Dick
Madame Desiree
Carry on Christmas
Virginia's Mother / Senna Pod / Bishop's Wife / Adelle / 6th Ballerina / Salvation Army Collector / Maid Marion / Traffic Warden.
Carry On Girls
Connie Philpotts
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
Birdie
Men of Affairs
Lady Mainwaring-Brown
Seven of One
Mrs Dawkins
Not Now Darling
Miss Tipdale
The Cobblers of Umbridge
Lilian Beverly