Joan Sims

★ Acting #29,221

1930 - 2001 (age 71) • Acting

Born: 5/9/1930 in Laindon, Essex, England, UK

Died: 6/27/2001 (age 71)

Known for: Acting

Joan Sims

★ Acting #29,221

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

Doctor Who

79%

Katryca

1963

The Thief and the Cobbler

71%

Nurse / Mad Old Holy Witch (voice)

1993

Carry On Screaming!

65%

Emily Bung

1966

Carry On Camping

66%

Joan Fussey

1969

Carry On Cleo

67%

Calpurnia

1964

Carry On Abroad

63%

Cora Flange

1972

Carry On Up the Khyber

65%

Lady Joanie Ruff-Diamond

1968

Carry On Cowboy

63%

Belle

1965

On Location: The Carry Ons

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

2001

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

69%

Betty

2000

What's a Carry On?

77%

Self - Interviewee

1998

Spark

67%

Aunt Hattie

1997

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

(Archive footage)

1996

The Canterville Ghost

63%

Mrs. Umney

1996

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

73%

Adele McCarthy

1996

Pie in the Sky

83%

Harriet Coverly

1994

Smokescreen

80%

Mrs Nash

1994

One Foot in the Grave: One Foot in the Algarve

85%

Lady on Plane

1993

Tender Loving Care

Daisy Potter

1993

The Thief and the Cobbler

71%

Nurse / Mad Old Holy Witch (voice)

1993

As Time Goes By

76%

Madge

1992

Morrissey - Hulmerist

Cast - Ouija Board, Ouija Board

1991

The Fool

80%

Lady Daphne

1990

On the Up

68%

Unknown

1990

Victoria Wood

80%

Susan

1989

An Audience With Victoria Wood

53%

Self

1988

Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet

62%

Queen Katryca

1986

Deceptions

67%

Mrs. Thirkell

1985

Deceptions

60%

Mrs. Thirkell

1985

Super Gran

64%

Cat Burglar

1985

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

80%

Self

1985

Hay Fever

60%

Clara

1984

Cockles

75%

Gloria du Bois

1984

Waters of the Moon

Mrs. Ashworth

1983

Lady Killers

75%

'Belle' Elmore (voice)

1980

Worzel Gummidge

62%

Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton

1979