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.
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Acting History
2001
On Location: The Carry Ons as Desiree Dubarry / Chloe Moore / Cora Flange (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000The Last of the Blonde Bombshells as Betty
1998What's a Carry On? as Self - Interviewee
1997Spark as Aunt Hattie
1996Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams as (Archive footage)
1996The Canterville Ghost as Mrs. Umney
1996Hetty Wainthropp Investigates as Adele McCarthy
1994Pie in the Sky as Harriet Coverly
1994Smokescreen as Mrs Nash
1993One Foot in the Algarve as Lady on Plane
1993Tender Loving Care as Daisy Potter
1993The Thief and the Cobbler as Nurse / Mad Old Holy Witch (voice)
1992As Time Goes By as Madge
1991Morrissey - Hulmerist as Cast - Ouija Board, Ouija Board
1990The Fool as Lady Daphne
1990On the Up
1989Victoria Wood as Susan
1988An Audience With Victoria Wood as Self
1986Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet as Queen Katryca
1985Deceptions as Mrs. Thirkell
1985Deceptions as Mrs. Thirkell
1985Super Gran as Cat Burglar
1985The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio as Self
1984Hay Fever as Clara
1984Cockles as Gloria du Bois
1980Lady Killers as 'Belle' Elmore (voice)
1979Worzel Gummidge as Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton
1979Dick Turpin as Countess of Durham
1978Carry On Emmannuelle as Mrs. Dangle
1978Born and Bred as Molly Peglar
1977That's Carry On! as Various Characters (archive footage)
1976Carry On England as Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe
1976Love Among the Ruins as Fanny Pratt
1975One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing as Emily
1975Carry On Behind as Daphne Barnes
1975Carry On Laughing as Madame Olga
1975Carry On Laughing as Lady Isobel
1975Carry On Laughing as Lady Kate Houndsbotham
1975Carry On Laughing as Else
1975Carry On Laughing as Amelia Forbush
1975Carry On Laughing as Lady Guinevere
1975Carry On Laughing as Mrs MacFlute
1975Carry On Laughing as Dr. Janis Crunbitt
1975Carry On Laughing as Mrs Breeches
1974Carry On Dick as Madame Desiree
1973Carry on Christmas as Virginia's Mother / Senna Pod / Bishop's Wife / Adelle / 6th Ballerina / Salvation Army Collector / Maid Marion / Traffic Warden.
1973Carry On Girls as Connie Philpotts
1973Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! as Birdie
1973Men of Affairs as Lady Mainwaring-Brown
1973Seven of One
1973Not Now Darling as Miss Tipdale
1973The Cobblers of Umbridge as Lilian Beverly
1972Carry On Christmas (or Carry On Stuffing) as Maid / Lady Rhoda Cockhorse / Fiona's Mother / Madrigal Singer / Miss Esmerelda / Mephistopheles' Wife
1972Carry On Abroad as Cora Flange
1972Sykes as Madge Kettlewell
1972Carry On Matron as Mrs. Tidey
1972The Alf Garnett Saga as Gran
1971A Christmas Carol as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
1971Carry On at Your Convenience as Chloe Moore
1971The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins as Policewoman (segment "Avarice")
1971Carry On Henry as Queen Marie
1971The Odd Job as Kitty Harriman
1971Six Dates with Barker
1970The Goodies as Delia Capone
1970The Goodies as Matron
1970Carry On Loving as Esme Crowfoot
1970Doctor in Trouble as Russian Captain
1970Carry On Up the Jungle as Lady Evelyn Bagley
1969Carry On Christmas Specials
1969Carry On Again Doctor as Mrs. Ellen Moore
1969In Loving Memory
1969Carry On Camping as Joan Fussey
1968Iolanthe as Queen of the Fairies
1968Ooh La La!
1968Carry On Up the Khyber as Lady Joanie Ruff-Diamond
1968Cilla as Self
1967Carry On Doctor as Chloe Gibson
1967Follow That Camel as Zig-Zig
1967Sam and Janet as Janet Marshall
1967Don't Lose Your Head as Désirée Dubarry
1967Before The Fringe
1966Till Death Us Do Part as Gran
1966Carry On Screaming! as Emily Bung
1966Doctor in Clover as Matron Sweet
1965Carry On Cowboy as Belle
1965The Big Job as Mildred Gamely
1965San Ferry Ann as Mum
1964Carry On Cleo as Calpurnia
1964Strictly for the Birds as Peggy Bennett
1963Doctor Who as Katryca
1963The Stanley Baxter Show
1963The Dick Emery Show
1963The Iron Maiden as Nellie Trotter
1963Nurse on Wheels as Deborah Walcott
1962Dial RIX
1962Twice Round the Daffodils as Harriet Halfpenny
1962A Pair of Briefs as Beryl Hoggins (aka Gale Tornado)
1961No, My Darling Daughter as Miss PacPherson, a typist
1961Carry On Regardless as Lily Duveen
1961Mr. Topaze as Colette
1961His and Hers as Hortense
1960Alice Through the Looking Box as Chambermaid
1960Watch Your Stern as Ann Foster
1960Our House
1960Doctor in Love as Dawn
1960Carry On Constable as Policewoman Gloria Passworthy
1959Please Turn Over as Beryl
1959Upstairs and Downstairs as Blodwen
1959Carry On Teacher as Miss Sarah Allcock
1959Life In Emergency Ward 10 as Mrs. Pryor
1959Carry On Nurse as Student Nurse Stella Dawson
1959The Captain's Table as Maude Pritchett
1958Passport to Shame as Miriam
1958Davy as Tea Lady
1957The Naked Truth as Ethel Ransom
1957Just My Luck as Phoebe
1957No Time for Tears as Sister O'Malley
1957Carry On Admiral as Mary
1956Stars in Your Eyes as Walter’s Secretary
1956Dry Rot as Beth Barton
1956The Silken Affair as Lady Barber
1956The Buccaneers as Abigail
1956Colonel March of Scotland Yard as Marjorie Dawson
1956Lost as Ice Cream Seller in the Park
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood as Nell
1955Doctor at Sea as Wendy Thomas
1955As Long as They're Happy as Linda
1954To Dorothy, a Son as Telephone Operator
1954The Belles of St. Trinian's as Miss Dawn
1954The Young Lovers as Telephone Operator, American Embassy (uncredited)
1954What Every Woman Wants as Dolly Winch
1954The Sea Shall Not Have Them as Hilda Tebbitt
1954Doctor in the House as Nurse Rigor Mortis
1953Trouble in Store as Edna
1953Meet Mr. Lucifer as Fairy Queen
1953Will Any Gentleman...? as Beryl
1953The Square Ring as Bunty
1953Colonel March Investigates as Marjorie Dawson