Joan Sims
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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
Credits
The Thief and the Cobbler (1993)
as Nurse / Mad Old Holy Witch (voice)
The Fool (1990)
as Lady Daphne
Carry On Nurse (1959)
as Student Nurse Stella Dawson
The Canterville Ghost (1996)
as Mrs. Umney
One Foot in the Grave: One Foot in the Algarve (1993)
as Lady on Plane
Carry On Cleo (1964)
as Calpurnia
Carry On Loving (1970)
as Esme Crowfoot
Carry On Cowboy (1965)
as Belle
Carry On Matron (1972)
as Mrs. Tidey
Doctor in the House (1954)
as Nurse Rigor Mortis
Carry On Regardless (1961)
as Lily Duveen
Doctor at Sea (1955)
as Wendy Thomas
Carry On Up the Khyber (1968)
as Lady Joanie Ruff-Diamond
Carry On Girls (1973)
as Connie Philpotts
Carry On Doctor (1967)
as Chloe Gibson
Carry On Henry (1971)
as Queen Marie
Carry On Camping (1969)
as Joan Fussey
Carry On at Your Convenience (1971)
as Chloe Moore
Carry On Screaming! (1966)
as Emily Bung
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975)
as Emily
Carry On Abroad (1972)
as Cora Flange
Follow That Camel (1967)
as Zig-Zig
Carry On Again Doctor (1969)
as Mrs. Ellen Moore
Carry On Teacher (1959)
as Miss Sarah Allcock
That's Carry On! (1977)
as Various Characters (archive footage)
The Belles of St Trinian's (1954)
as Miss Dawn
Upstairs and Downstairs (1959)
as Blodwen
Carry On Behind (1975)
as Daphne Barnes
A Christmas Carol (1971)
as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000)
as Betty
Carry On Dick (1974)
as Madame Desiree
Don't Lose Your Head (1967)
as Désirée Dubarry
Doctor in Love (1960)
as Dawn
Watch Your Stern (1960)
as Ann Foster
San Ferry Ann (1965)
as Mum
Doctor in Clover (1966)
as Matron Sweet
Love Among the Ruins (1976)
as Fanny Pratt
Carry On England (1976)
as Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe
Carry On Constable (1960)
as Policewoman Gloria Passworthy
Deceptions (1985)
as Mrs. Thirkell
Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953)
as Fairy Queen
Carry On Admiral (1957)
as Mary
Passport to Shame (1958)
as Miriam
His and Hers (1961)
as Hortense
The Naked Truth (1957)
as Ethel Ransom
Doctor in Trouble (1970)
as Russian Captain
The Captain's Table (1959)
as Maude Pritchett
The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954)
as Hilda Tebbitt
The Young Lovers (1954)
as Telephone Operator, American Embassy (uncredited)
The Iron Maiden (1963)
as Nellie Trotter
Mr. Topaze (1961)
as Colette
Morrissey - Hulmerist (1991)
as Cast - Ouija Board, Ouija Board
Waters of the Moon (1983)
as Mrs. Ashworth
Just My Luck (1957)
as Phoebe
As Long as They're Happy (1955)
as Linda
Will Any Gentleman...? (1953)
as Beryl
Carry On Up the Jungle (1970)
as Lady Evelyn Bagley
Nurse on Wheels (1963)
as Deborah Walcott
Tender Loving Care (1993)
as Daisy Potter
An Audience With Victoria Wood (1988)
as Self
The Silken Affair (1956)
as Lady Barber
Twice Round the Daffodils (1962)
as Harriet Halfpenny
The Alf Garnett Saga (1972)
as Gran
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio (1985)
as Self
No Time for Tears (1957)
as Sister O'Malley
Lost (1956)
as Ice Cream Seller in the Park
The Square Ring (1953)
as Bunty
The Big Job (1965)
as Mildred Gamely
Carry On Emmannuelle (1978)
as Mrs. Dangle
What's a Carry On? (1998)
as Self - Interviewee
To Dorothy, a Son (1954)
as Telephone Operator
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet (1986)
as Queen Katryca
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971)
as Policewoman (segment "Avarice")
Please Turn Over (1959)
as Beryl
A Pair of Briefs (1962)
as Beryl Hoggins (aka Gale Tornado)
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! (1973)
as Birdie
No, My Darling Daughter (1961)
as Miss PacPherson, a typist
Carry On Christmas (or Carry On Stuffing) (1972)
as Maid / Lady Rhoda Cockhorse / Fiona's Mother / Madrigal Singer / Miss Esmerelda / Mephistopheles' Wife
Iolanthe (1968)
as Queen of the Fairies
Not Now Darling (1973)
as Miss Tipdale
On Location: The Carry Ons (2001)
as Desiree Dubarry / Chloe Moore / Cora Flange (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hay Fever (1984)
as Clara
Trouble in Store (1953)
as Edna
Davy (1958)
as Tea Lady
Strictly for the Birds (1964)
as Peggy Bennett
Life In Emergency Ward 10 (1959)
as Mrs. Pryor
Colonel March Investigates (1953)
as Marjorie Dawson
Alice Through the Looking Box (1960)
as Chambermaid
Carry on Christmas (1973)
as Virginia's Mother / Senna Pod / Bishop's Wife / Adelle / 6th Ballerina / Salvation Army Collector / Maid Marion / Traffic Warden.
The Odd Job (1971)
as Kitty Harriman
Dry Rot (1956)
as Beth Barton
The Cobblers of Umbridge (1973)
as Lilian Beverly
What Every Woman Wants (1954)
as Dolly Winch
Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams (1996)
as (Archive footage)
Stars in Your Eyes (1956)
as Walter’s Secretary