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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 9, 1930
Died
June 27, 2001
Place of Birth
Laindon, Essex, England, UK
Also Known As
- Irene Joan Marion Sims
Joan Sims
0.4 Popularity
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
6.7
Betty
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000
7.8
Self - Interviewee /Various Characters
What's a Carry On?
1998
🎬
5.5
Aunt Hattie
Spark
1997
0.0
(Archive footage)
Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams
1996
6.0
Mrs. Umney
The Canterville Ghost
1996
7.2
Adele McCarthy
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
8.2
Harriet Coverly
Pie in the Sky
1994
🎬
0.0
Mrs. Nash
Smokescreen
1994
7.5
Lady on Plane
One Foot in the Algarve
1993
0.0
Daisy Potter
Tender Loving Care
1993
Credits
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
as Betty
2000
6.7
What's a Carry On?
as Self - Interviewee /Various Characters
1998
7.8
🎬
Spark
as Aunt Hattie
1997
5.5
Stop Messin' About!: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams
as (Archive footage)
1996
0.0
The Canterville Ghost
as Mrs. Umney
1996
6.0
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Adele McCarthy
1996
7.2
Pie in the Sky
as Harriet Coverly
1994
8.2
🎬
Smokescreen
as Mrs. Nash
1994
0.0
One Foot in the Algarve
as Lady on Plane
1993
7.5
Tender Loving Care
as Daisy Potter
1993
0.0
The Thief and the Cobbler
as Nurse / Mad Old Holy Witch (voice)
1993
7.1
As Time Goes By
as Madge
1992
7.6
Morrissey - Hulmerist
as Cast - Ouija Board, Ouija Board
1991
0.0
🎬
The Fool
as Lady Daphne
1990
7.0
On the Up
1990
6.3
Victoria Wood
as Susan
1989
7.5
An Audience With Victoria Wood
as Self
1988
5.2
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
as Queen Katryca
1986
6.2
Deceptions
as Mrs. Thirkell
1985
6.3
Deceptions
as Mrs. Thirkell
1985
6.0
Super Gran
as Cat Burglar
1985
6.5
🎬
The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
as Self
1985
6.0
Hay Fever
as Clara
1984
6.0
🎬
Cockles
as Gloria du Bois
1984
5.0
Lady Killers
as 'Belle' Elmore (voice)
1980
5.0
Worzel Gummidge
as Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton
1979
6.2
Dick Turpin
as Countess of Durham
1979
7.3
Carry On Emmannuelle
as Mrs. Dangle
1978
3.9
🎬
Born And Bred
1978
6.0
That's Carry On!
as Various Characters
1977
5.7
Carry On England
as Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe
1976
4.6
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
as Emily
1975
5.7
Carry On Behind
as Daphne Barnes
1975
5.5
Love Among the Ruins
as Fanny Pratt
1975
6.9
Carry On Laughing
1975
5.8
Carry On Dick
as Madame Desirée
1974
5.9
Carry on Christmas
as Virginia's Mother / Senna Pod / Bishop's Wife / Adelle / 6th Ballerina / Salvation Army Collector / Maid Marion / Traffic Warden.
1973
5.9
Carry On Girls
as Connie Philpotts
1973
5.7
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
as Birdie
1973
4.3
🎬
Men Of Affairs
1973
0.0
Seven of One
1973
7.0
Not Now Darling
as Miss Tipdale
1973
5.9
The Cobblers of Umbridge
as Lilian Beverly
1973
0.0
Carry On Christmas (or Carry On Stuffing)
1972
6.8
Carry On Abroad
as Cora Flange
1972
6.3
Sykes
as Madge Kettlewell
1972
6.4
The Alf Garnett Saga
as Gran
1972
4.0
Carry On Matron
as Mrs. Tidey
1972
6.2
A Christmas Carol
as Mrs. Cratchit (voice)
1971
7.1
Carry On at Your Convenience
as Chloë Moore
1971
6.2
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
as Policewoman (segment "Avarice")
1971
4.9
Carry On Henry
as Queen Marie
1971
6.1
Six Dates with Barker
1971
7.0
The Goodies
1970
7.5
The Goodies
as Delia Capone
1970
7.5
The Goodies
as Matron
1970
7.5
Carry On Loving
as Esme Crowfoot
1970
5.7
Doctor in Trouble
as Russian Captain
1970
4.2
Carry On Up the Jungle
as Lady Evelyn Bagley
1970
5.9
Carry On Christmas Specials
1969
5.8
Carry On Again Doctor
as Ellen Moore
1969
6.1
In Loving Memory
1969
6.8
Carry On Camping
as Joan Fussey
1969
6.6
🎬
Ooh La La!
1968
0.0
Carry On Up the Khyber
as Lady Joan Ruff-Diamond
1968
6.5
Cilla
as Self
1968
10.0
Carry On Doctor
as Chloë Gibson
1967
6.5
Carry On Follow That Camel
as Zig-Zig
1967
5.8
🎬
Before The Fringe
1967
0.0
Carry On Don't Lose Your Head
as Désirée Dubarry
1966
6.6
Till Death Us Do Part
1966
7.4
Carry On Screaming!
as Emily Bung
1966
6.5
Doctor in Clover
as Matron Sweet
1966
5.5
Carry On Cowboy
as Belle Armitage
1965
6.3
San Ferry Ann
as Mum
1965
6.3
The Big Job
as Mildred Gamely
1965
6.7
Carry On Cleo
as Calpurnia
1964
6.6
Strictly for the Birds
as Peggy Bennett
1964
5.3
Doctor Who
as Katryca
1963
7.9
🎬
The Stanley Baxter Show
1963
0.0
The Dick Emery Show
1963
8.0
The Iron Maiden
as Nellie Trotter
1963
6.4
Nurse on Wheels
as Deborah Walcott
1963
5.8
🎬
Dial RIX
1962
0.0
Twice Round the Daffodils
as Harriet Halfpenny
1962
6.6
A Pair of Briefs
as Beryl Hoggins (aka Gale Tornado)
1962
5.7
No, My Darling Daughter
as Miss PacPherson, a typist
1961
6.3
Carry On Regardless
as Lily Duveen
1961
6.4
Mr. Topaze
as Colette
1961
5.5
His and Hers
as Hortense
1961
4.9
Watch Your Stern
as Ann Foster
1960
5.6
Our House
1960
6.0
Doctor in Love
as Dawn
1960
5.2
Carry On Constable
as W.P.C. Gloria Passworthy
1960
6.3
Please Turn Over
as Beryl
1959
6.1
Upstairs and Downstairs
as Blodwen
1959
5.6
Carry On Teacher
as Sarah Allcock
1959
6.3
Life In Emergency Ward 10
as Mrs. Pryor
1959
7.0
Carry On Nurse
as Student Nurse Stella Dawson
1959
6.4
The Captain's Table
as Maude Pritchett
1959
5.8
Passport to Shame
as Miriam
1958
6.2
Davy
as Tea Lady
1958
5.0
The Naked Truth
as Ethel Ransom
1957
6.6
Just My Luck
as Phoebe
1957
6.0
No Time for Tears
as Sister O'Malley
1957
5.0
Carry On Admiral
as Mary
1957
6.0
Stars in Your Eyes
as Walter’s Secretary
1956
5.0
Dry Rot
as Beth Barton
1956
7.1
The Silken Affair
as Lady Barber
1956
1.0
The Buccaneers
as Abigail
1956
5.5
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
as Marjorie Dawson
1956
7.3
Lost
as Ice Cream Seller in the Park
1956
7.0
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Nell
1955
6.1
Doctor at Sea
as Wendy Thomas
1955
5.4
As Long as They're Happy
as Linda
1955
7.7
To Dorothy, a Son
as Telephone Operator
1954
5.6
The Belles of St. Trinian's
as Miss Dawn
1954
6.3
The Young Lovers
as Telephone Operator, American Embassy (uncredited)
1954
6.0
What Every Woman Wants
as Dolly Winch
1954
6.3
The Sea Shall Not Have Them
as Hilda Tebbitt
1954
7.1
Doctor in the House
as Rigor Mortis
1954
6.5
Trouble in Store
as Edna
1953
6.1
Meet Mr. Lucifer
as Fairy Queen
1953
5.1
Will Any Gentleman...?
as Beryl
1953
5.6
The Square Ring
as Bunty
1953
7.1
Colonel March Investigates
as Marjorie Dawson
1953
6.0