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Joan Sims

Acting

Born May 9, 1930 · Laindon, Essex, England, UK

Died June 27, 2001

Also known as Irene Joan Marion 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.

Filmography33 titles

Pie in the Sky

1994as Harriet Coverly

Martin Chuzzlewit

as Betsy Prig

Doctor Who

1963as Katryca

As Time Goes By

1992as Madge

Colonel March of Scotland Yard

as Marjorie Dawson

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

1995as Adele McCarthy

A Christmas Carol

1971as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993as Nurse / Mad Old Holy Witch (voice)

Life in Emergency Ward 10

1959as Mrs. Pryor

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

2000as Betty

The Naked Truth

1957as Ethel Ransom

Deceptions

1985as Mrs. Thirkell

Carry on Camping

1969as Joan Fussey

Carry on Cleo

1964as Calpurnia

Carry on Up the Khyber

1968as Lady Joanie Ruff-Diamond

Carry on Doctor

1967as Chloe Gibson

Carry on Screaming!

1966as Emily Bung

What Every Woman Wants

1954as Dolly Winch

Carry On Nurse

1959as Student Nurse Stella Dawson

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1955as Nell

The Belles of St Trinian's

1954as Miss Dawn

The Buccaneers

as Abigail

The Canterville Ghost

1996as Mrs. Umney

Carry on Abroad

1972as Cora Flange

Will Any Gentleman...?

1953as Beryl

Carry on at Your Convenience

1971as Chloe Moore

Carry on Matron

1972as Mrs. Tidey

Carry on Henry VIII

1971as Queen Marie

Just My Luck

1957as Phoebe

Mr. Topaze

1961as Colette

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

1975as Emily

Carry on Behind

1975as Daphne Barnes

Carry On England

1976as Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe