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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Movies (32)
On Location: The Carry Ons
as Desiree Dubarry / Chloe Moore / Cora Flange (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
as Betty
2000
What's a Carry On?
as Self - Interviewee
1998
Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams
as (Archive footage)
1996
The Canterville Ghost
as Mrs. Umney
1996
One Foot in the Algarve
as Lady on Plane
1993
Tender Loving Care
as Daisy Potter
1993
The Thief and the Cobbler
as Nurse / Mad Old Holy Witch (voice)
1993
Morrissey - Hulmerist
as Cast - Ouija Board, Ouija Board
1991
The Fool
as Lady Daphne
1990
An Audience With Victoria Wood
as Self
1988
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
as Queen Katryca
1986
Deceptions
as Mrs. Thirkell
1985
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
as Self
1985
Hay Fever
as Clara
1984
Carry On Emmannuelle
as Mrs. Dangle
1978
That's Carry On!
as Various Characters (archive footage)
1977
Carry On England
as Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe
1976
Love Among the Ruins
as Fanny Pratt
1976
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
as Emily
1975
Carry On Behind
as Daphne Barnes
1975
Carry On Dick
as Madame Desiree
1974
Carry on Christmas
as Virginia's Mother / Senna Pod / Bishop's Wife / Adelle / 6th Ballerina / Salvation Army Collector / Maid Marion / Traffic Warden.
1973
Carry On Girls
as Connie Philpotts
1973
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
as Birdie
1973
Not Now Darling
as Miss Tipdale
1973
The Cobblers of Umbridge
as Lilian Beverly
1973
Carry On Christmas (or Carry On Stuffing)
as Maid / Lady Rhoda Cockhorse / Fiona's Mother / Madrigal Singer / Miss Esmerelda / Mephistopheles' Wife
1972
Carry On Abroad
as Cora Flange
1972
Carry On Matron
as Mrs. Tidey
1972
The Alf Garnett Saga
as Gran
1972
A Christmas Carol
as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
1971
TV Shows (18)
Spark
as Aunt Hattie
1997
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Adele McCarthy
1996
Pie in the Sky
as Harriet Coverly
1994
Smokescreen
as Mrs Nash
1994
As Time Goes By
as Madge
1992
On the Up
1990
Victoria Wood
as Susan
1989
Deceptions
as Mrs. Thirkell
1985
Super Gran
as Cat Burglar
1985
Cockles
as Gloria du Bois
1984
Lady Killers
as 'Belle' Elmore (voice)
1980
Worzel Gummidge
as Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton
1979
Dick Turpin
as Countess of Durham
1979
Born and Bred
as Molly Peglar
1978
Carry On Laughing
as Madame Olga
1975
Men of Affairs
as Lady Mainwaring-Brown
1973
Seven of One
1973
Sykes
as Madge Kettlewell
1972