Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

128

Gender

Female

Birthday

1930-05-09

Deathday

2001-06-27 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Laindon, Essex, England, UK

Also Known As

Irene Joan Marion Sims

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.

Known For

7.9%

Doctor Who

Nov 23, 1963

7.1%

The Thief and the Cobbler

Sep 23, 1993

6.5%

Carry On Screaming!

May 20, 1966

6.6%

Carry On Cleo

Nov 8, 1964

6.5%

Carry On Camping

May 29, 1969

6.3%

Carry On Abroad

Dec 1, 1972

6.3%

Carry On Cowboy

Nov 26, 1965

6.5%

Carry On Up the Khyber

Feb 12, 1968

6.4%

Carry On Doctor

Dec 2, 1967

6.2%

Carry On Matron

May 5, 1972

6.2%

Carry On at Your Convenience

Dec 10, 1971

5.8%

Carry On Dick

Feb 1, 1974

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Acting

2000

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells as Betty

1998

What's a Carry On?

1997

Spark as Aunt Hattie

1996		Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams as (Archive footage)
1996		The Canterville Ghost as Mrs. Umney
1996		Hetty Wainthropp Investigates as Adele McCarthy

1994		Pie in the Sky as Harriet Coverly
1994		Smokescreen as Mrs. Nash

1993		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)

1992

As Time Goes By as Madge

1991

Morrissey - Hulmerist as Cast - Ouija Board, Ouija Board

1990		The Fool as Lady Daphne
1990		On the Up
1990		Cluedo as Mrs. White

1989

Victoria Wood as Susan

1988

An Audience With Victoria Wood as Self

1986

Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet as Queen Katryca

1985		Deceptions as Mrs. Thirkell
1985		Deceptions as Mrs. Thirkell
1985		Super Gran as Cat Burglar
1985		The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio as Self

1984		Hay Fever as Clara
1984		Cockles as Gloria du Bois

1980

Lady Killers as 'Belle' Elmore (voice)

1979		Worzel Gummidge as Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton
1979		Dick Turpin as Countess of Durham

1978		Carry On Emmannuelle as Mrs. Dangle
1978		Born And Bred

1977

That's Carry On! as Various Characters

1976

Carry On England as Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe

1975		One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing as Emily
1975		Carry On Behind as Daphne Barnes
1975		Love Among the Ruins as Fanny Pratt
1975		Carry On Laughing

1974

Carry On Dick as Madame Desirée

1973		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		Men Of Affairs
1973		Seven of One
1973		Not Now Darling as Miss Tipdale
1973		The Cobblers of Umbridge as Lilian Beverly

1972		Carry on Christmas (or Carry On Stuffing)
1972		Carry On Abroad as Cora Flange
1972		Sykes
1972		Sykes as Madge Kettlewell
1972		The Alf Garnett Saga as Gran
1972		Carry On Matron as Mrs. Tidey

1971		A Christmas Carol as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
1971		Carry On at Your Convenience as Chloë Moore
1971		The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins as Policewoman (segment "Avarice")
1971		Carry On Henry as Queen Marie
1971		Six Dates with Barker

1970		The Goodies
1970		The Goodies as Delia Capone
1970		The Goodies as Matron
1970		Carry On Loving as Esme Crowfoot
1970		Doctor in Trouble as Russian Captain
1970		Carry On Up the Jungle as Lady Evelyn Bagley

1969		Carry On Christmas Specials
1969		Carry On Again Doctor as Ellen Moore
1969		In Loving Memory
1969		Carry On Camping as Joan Fussey

1968		Ooh La La!
1968		Carry On Up the Khyber as Lady Joan Ruff-Diamond
1968		Cilla as Self

1967		Carry On Doctor as Chloë Gibson
1967		Carry On Follow That Camel as Zig-Zig
1967		Before The Fringe

1966		Carry On Don't Lose Your Head as Désirée Dubarry
1966		Till Death Us Do Part
1966		Carry On Screaming! as Emily Bung
1966		Doctor in Clover as Matron Sweet

1965		Carry On Cowboy as Belle Armitage
1965		San Ferry Ann as Mum
1965		The Big Job as Mildred Gamely

1964		Carry On Cleo as Calpurnia
1964		Strictly for the Birds as Peggy Bennett

1963		Doctor Who as Katryca
1963		The Stanley Baxter Show
1963		The Dick Emery Show
1963		The Iron Maiden as Nellie Trotter
1963		Nurse on Wheels as Deborah Walcott

1962		Dial RIX
1962		Twice Round the Daffodils as Harriet Halfpenny
1962		A Pair of Briefs as Beryl Hoggins (aka Gale Tornado)

1961		No, My Darling Daughter as Miss PacPherson, a typist
1961		Carry On Regardless as Lily Duveen
1961		Mr. Topaze as Colette
1961		His and Hers as Hortense

1960		Watch Your Stern as Ann Foster
1960		Our House
1960		Doctor in Love as Dawn
1960		Carry On Constable as W.P.C. Gloria Passworthy

1959		Please Turn Over as Beryl
1959		Upstairs and Downstairs as Blodwen
1959		Carry On Teacher as Sarah Allcock
1959		Life In Emergency Ward 10 as Mrs. Pryor
1959		Carry On Nurse as Student Nurse Stella Dawson
1959		The Captain's Table as Maude Pritchett

1958		Passport to Shame as Miriam
1958		Davy as Tea Lady

1957		The Naked Truth as Ethel Ransom
1957		Just My Luck as Phoebe
1957		No Time for Tears as Sister O'Malley
1957		Carry on Admiral as Mary

1956		Stars in Your Eyes as Walter’s Secretary
1956		Dry Rot as Beth Barton
1956		The Silken Affair as Lady Barber
1956		The Buccaneers as Abigail
1956		Colonel March of Scotland Yard as Marjorie Dawson
1956		Lost as Ice Cream Seller in the Park

1955		The Adventures of Robin Hood as Nell
1955		Doctor at Sea as Wendy Thomas
1955		As Long as They're Happy as Linda

1954		To Dorothy, a Son as Telephone Operator
1954		The Belles of St. Trinian's as Miss Dawn
1954		The Young Lovers as Telephone Operator, American Embassy (uncredited)
1954		What Every Woman Wants as Dolly Winch
1954		The Sea Shall Not Have Them as Hilda Tebbitt
1954		Doctor in the House as Rigor Mortis

1953		Trouble in Store as Edna
1953		Meet Mr. Lucifer as Fairy Queen
1953		Will Any Gentleman...? as Beryl
1953		The Square Ring as Bunty
1953		Colonel March Investigates as Marjorie Dawson