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Mini Biography:
The First Lady of Carry On, was born Irene Joan Marion Sims on 9 May 1930... moreTrivia:
A plaque dedicated to her memory was unveiled where she lived at Thackeray... moreUS TV Schedule:
| Sat. Oct. 18 | 8:30 PM | PBS | As Time Goes By |
Filmography
Actress:
- The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000) (TV) .... Betty
- "As Time Goes By" .... Madge Hardcastle / ... (9 episodes, 1994-1998)
- The Old Folks' Party (1998) TV episode .... Madge Hardcastle
- What's Wrong with Mrs Bale? (1997) TV episode .... Madge Hardcastle
- Showered with Gifts (1996) TV episode .... Madge Hardcastle
- Avoiding the Country Set (1996) TV episode .... Madge Hardcastle
- Improvements (1995) TV episode .... Madge Hardcastle
(4 more) - "Spark" .... Aunt Hattie (1 episode, 1997)
- Fourth Cousin Kimberley (1997) TV episode .... Aunt Hattie - "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates" .... Adele McCarthy (1 episode, 1997)
- A Rose by Any Other Name (1997) TV episode .... Adele McCarthy - Cluedo (1997) (VG) .... Mrs. Blanche White
- The Canterville Ghost (1996) (TV) .... Mrs. Umney
- "Just William" .... Mrs. Miggs (1 episode, 1995)
- William Clears the Slums (1995) TV episode .... Mrs. Miggs - "My Good Friend" (1995) TV series .... Miss Byron (unknown episodes)
- "Pie in the Sky" .... Harriet Coverly (1 episode, 1995)
- The Mild Bunch (1995) TV episode .... Harriet Coverly - "Martin Chuzzlewit" .... Betsy Prig (2 episodes, 1994)
- Episode #1.6 (1994) TV episode .... Betsy Prig
- Episode #1.3 (1994) TV episode .... Betsy Prig - "Smokescreen" (1994) TV mini-series .... Mrs. Nash
- "One Foot in the Grave" .... Lady on Plane (1 episode, 1993)
- One Foot in the Algarve (1993) TV episode .... Lady on Plane - "Screen One" .... Daisy Potter (1 episode, 1993)
- Tender Loving Care (1993) TV episode .... Daisy Potter - The Princess and the Cobbler (1993) (voice) .... Nurse/Mad Holy Old Witch
... aka Arabian Knight (USA: recut version)
... aka The Thief and the Cobbler (USA: recut version) - "On the Up" .... Mrs. Fiona Wembley (19 episodes, 1990-1992)
- Episode #3.6 (1992) TV episode .... Mrs. Fiona Wembley
- Episode #3.5 (1992) TV episode .... Mrs. Fiona Wembley
- Episode #3.4 (1992) TV episode .... Mrs. Fiona Wembley
- Episode #3.3 (1992) TV episode .... Mrs. Fiona Wembley
- Episode #3.2 (1992) TV episode .... Mrs. Fiona Wembley
(14 more) - "Tonight at 8.30" .... Mrs Rockett (1 episode, 1991)
- Fumed Oak (1991) TV episode .... Mrs Rockett - "Cluedo" .... Mrs. White (II) (1 episode, 1990)
... aka Clue
- Christmas Past, Christmas Present (1990) TV episode .... Mrs. White (II) - The Fool (1990) .... Lady Daphne
- "Victoria Wood" .... Susan (1 episode, 1989)
... aka Victoria Wood Presents... (UK: DVD title)
- Val De Ree (Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha) (1989) TV episode .... Susan - "Only Fools and Horses" .... Auntie Renee Turpin (1 episode, 1987)
- The Frog's Legacy (1987) TV episode .... Auntie Renee Turpin - "Farrington of the F.O." .... Annie Begley (14 episodes, 1986-1987)
... aka Farrington (UK: second season title)
- Every Time We Say Goodbye (1987) TV episode .... Annie Begley
- Sons and Lovers (1987) TV episode .... Annie Begley
- Who Wants to Be a Billionaire? (1987) TV episode .... Annie Begley
- We're Having a Heatwave (1987) TV episode .... Annie Begley
- Too Darned Hot (1987) TV episode .... Annie Begley
(9 more) - "Super Gran" .... Katharine 'Cat' Burglar (1 episode, 1987)
- Supergran Snookered (1987) TV episode .... Katharine 'Cat' Burglar - "Simon and the Witch" (1987) TV series .... Lady Fox-Custard
- "Doctor Who" .... Katryca (4 episodes, 1986)
- The Trial of a Time Lord: Part 4 (1986) TV episode .... Katryca
- The Trial of a Time Lord: Part 3 (1986) TV episode .... Katryca
- The Trial of a Time Lord: Part 2 (1986) TV episode .... Katryca
- The Trial of a Time Lord: Part 1 (1986) TV episode .... Katryca - "In Loving Memory" .... Annie Potter / ... (3 episodes, 1979-1986)
- King of the Mountains (1986) TV episode .... Hilda Pardoe
- The Second Time Around (1986) TV episode .... Annie Potter
- Pork (1979) TV episode .... Annie Potter - Deceptions (1985) (TV) .... Mrs. Thirkell
- A Murder Is Announced (1985) (TV) .... Miss Murgatroyd
... aka Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (UK: series title) - Hay Fever (1984) (TV) .... Clara
- "Hallelujah!" .... Ella Scratchitt (1 episode, 1984)
- A Goose for Mrs. Scratchitt (1984) TV episode .... Ella Scratchitt - "Tickle on the Tum" (1984) TV series .... Connie Caper (unknown episodes)
- "Poor Little Rich Girls" .... Madge Henshawe (1 episode, 1984)
- Rainbows (1984) TV episode .... Madge Henshawe - "Dramarama" .... Beryl (1 episode, 1984)
- Fowl Pest (1984) TV episode .... Beryl - "Cockles" (1984) TV series .... Gloria du Bois (unknown episodes)
- Waters of the Moon (1983) (TV) .... Mrs. Ashworth
- "Crown Court" .... Maureen Vairey (1 episode, 1983)
- Night Fever (1983) TV episode .... Maureen Vairey - "Dick Turpin" .... Countess of Durham (1 episode, 1982)
- The Godmother (1982) TV episode .... Countess of Durham - "Educating Marmalade" (1981) TV series .... Signora Bandolini (unknown episodes)
- "Lady Killers" .... 'Belle' Elmore / ... (2 episodes, 1980-1981)
... aka Ladykillers (UK: new title)
- Miss Elmore (1981) TV episode (voice) .... 'Belle' Elmore
- Suffer Little Children (1980) TV episode .... Amelia Elizabeth Dyer - "Worzel Gummidge" .... Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton (3 episodes, 1979-1980)
- Fire Drill (1980) TV episode .... Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton
- The Crowman (1979) TV episode .... Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton
- Aunt Sally (1979) TV episode .... Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton - Carry on Emmannuelle (1978) .... Mrs. Dangle
- "Sykes" .... Madge Kettlewell (5 episodes, 1972-1978)
- End of the World (1978) TV episode .... Madge Kettlewell
- Night Out (1975) TV episode .... Madge Kettlewell
- Marriage (1975) TV episode .... Madge Kettlewell
- Window-Smasher (1973) TV episode .... Madge Kettlewell
- Football (1972) TV episode .... Madge Kettlewell - "Born and Bred" (1978) TV series .... Molly Peglar (unknown episodes)
- "Lord Tramp" (1977) TV series .... Miss Pratt
- Carry on England (1976) .... Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe
- "The Howerd Confessions" .... Mrs. Beachum / ... (3 episodes, 1976)
- Episode #1.4 (1976) TV episode .... Mrs. Beachum
- Episode #1.3 (1976) TV episode .... The Matron
- Episode #1.1 (1976) TV episode .... Nellie - "The Two Ronnies" (1 episode, 1976)
- Episode #5.3 (1976) TV episode - "East Lynne" (1976) TV series .... Joyce (servant)
- Carry on Behind (1975) .... Daphne Barnes
- "Carry on Laughing!" .... Lady Guinevere / ... (11 episodes, 1975)
- Who Needs Kitchener? (1975) TV episode .... Mrs. Breeches
- The Case of the Coughing Parrot (1975) TV episode .... Dr. Janis Crunbitt
- Short Knight, Long Daze (1975) TV episode .... Lady Guinevere
- And in My Lady's Chamber (1975) TV episode .... Mrs. Breeches
- The Case of the Screaming Winkles (1975) TV episode .... Mrs. MacFlute
(6 more) - One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975) .... Emily
- A Journey to London (1975) (TV) .... Lady Headpiece
- Love Among the Ruins (1975) (TV) .... Fanny Pratt
- Carry on Dick (1974) .... Madame Desirée
- "Till Death Us Do Part" .... Gran (8 episodes, 1967-1974)
- The Royal Wedding (1974) TV episode .... Gran
- Alf's Broken Leg (1972) TV episode .... Gran
- Up the Hammers (1972) TV episode .... Gran
- Pigeon Fancier (1972) TV episode .... Gran
- To Garnet a Grandson (1972) TV episode .... Gran
(3 more) - Carry on Christmas (1973) (TV) .... Virginia's Mother / Senna Pod / Bishop's Wife / Adelle / 6th Ballerina / Salvation Army Collector / Maid Marion / Traffic Warden.
- Carry on Girls (1973) .... Connie Philpotts
- "Men of Affairs" (1973) TV series .... Lady Mainwaring-Brown (unknown episodes)
- "Seven of One" .... Mrs. Dawkins (1 episode, 1973)
- One Man's Meat (1973) TV episode .... Mrs. Dawkins - Not Now Darling (1973) .... Miss Tipdale
- "The Goodies" .... Matron (2 episodes, 1971-1973)
- Way Outward Bound (1973) TV episode .... Matron
- Wicked Waltzing (1971) TV episode - Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! (1973) .... Birdie aka Lady 'Birdie' Mainwaring-Brown
- The Cobblers of Umbridge (1973) (TV) .... Lilian Beverly/Carol Begorrah/Norah Pepper/Voice of Doris
- Carry on Abroad (1972) .... Cora Flange
... aka A Mad Holiday!
... aka Carry on Abroad or What a Package or It's All in or Swiss Hols in the Snow (UK: long title) - Carry on Christmas: Carry on Stuffing (1972) (TV) .... Lady Rhoda Cockhorse/Miss Esmerelda/Princess Yo-Yo/Clodhopper's Mother-in-Law
- The Alf Garnett Saga (1972) .... Gran
... aka The Garnett Saga (UK) - Carry on Matron (1972) .... Mrs. Tidey
... aka Carry on Matron or From Here to Maternity or Familiarity Breeds or Womb at the Top or The Preggars Opera (UK: long title) - Carry on at Your Convenience (1971) .... Chloë Moore
... aka Carry on Round the Bend
... aka Carry on at Your Convenience or Down the Spout or Ladies Please Be Seated or Up the Workers or Labour Relations Are the People Who Come to You When You're Having a Baby (UK: long title) - A Christmas Carol (1971) (TV) (voice) .... Mrs. Cratchit
- The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971) .... Policewoman (segment "Avarice")
- "Father Dear Father" .... Miss Armitage (1 episode, 1971)
- A Domestic Comedy (1971) TV episode .... Miss Armitage - Carry on Henry (1971) .... Queen Marie
... aka Carry on Henry VIII (USA)
... aka Carry on Henry or Mind My Chopper! (UK: long title) - "Decimal Five" (1971) TV series (voice)
- "Six Dates with Barker" .... Kitty Harriman (1 episode, 1971)
- 1970: The Odd Job (1971) TV episode .... Kitty Harriman - "The Kenneth Williams Show" (1970) TV series .... (Series 1) (unknown episodes, 1970)
- Carry on Loving (1970) .... Esme Crowfoot
... aka Carry on Loving or It's Not What You Feel, It's the Way That You Feel It. or Two's Company but Three's Quite Good Fun Too. or Love Is a Four Letter Word or It's Just One Thing on Top of Another (UK: long title) - Doctor in Trouble (1970) .... Russian Captain
- Carry on Up the Jungle (1970) .... Lady Evelyn Bagley
... aka Carry on Up the Congo
... aka Carry on Up the Jungle or Show Me Your Waterhole and I'll Show You Mine (Australia: poster title)
... aka Carry on Up the Jungle or the African Queens or Stop Beating About the Bush or Show Me Your Waterhole and I'll Show You Mine (UK: complete title) - Carry on Again Doctor (1969) .... Ellen Moore
- Carry on Camping (1969) .... Joan Fussey
... aka Carry on Camping or Let Sleeping Bags Lie (UK: long title) - Carry On... Up the Khyber (1968) .... Lady Ruff-Diamond
... aka Carry On... Up the Khyber or The British Position in India (UK: complete title) - "According to Dora" (1968) TV series .... Various
- "Beryl Reid Says Good Evening" (1 episode, 1968)
- Episode dated 8 April 1968 (1968) TV episode - "Sam and Janet" (1967) TV series .... Janet Marshall (I) (Series 1) (1967)
- Carry on Doctor (1967) .... Chloë Gibson
... aka Carry on Doctor or Nurse Carries on Again or Death of a Daffodil or Life Is a Four-Letter Ward - A Bedpanorama of Hospital Life (UK: long title) - Follow That Camel (1967) .... Zig-Zig
... aka Carry On... Follow That Camel (UK: reissue title)
... aka Carry on in the Legion (USA) - "Before the Fringe" (1967) TV series
... aka More Before the Fringe (UK: second season title) - Don't Lose Your Head (1966) .... Désirée Dubarry
... aka Carry On: Don't Lose Your Head (UK: reissue title)
... aka Carry on Don't Lose Your Head (UK: reissue title)
... aka Carry on Pimpernel (USA) - Carry on Screaming! (1966) .... Emily Bung
... aka Carry on Vampire
... aka Screaming - Seven Year Hitch (1966) (TV) .... Isabel 'Is' Conway
- Carry on Cowboy (1966) .... Belle Armitage
... aka Rumpo Kid
... aka The Rumpo Kid - Doctor in Clover (1966) .... Matron
... aka Carnaby, M.D. (USA) - "Thirty-Minute Theatre" .... Jill Watson (1 episode, 1965)
- Love in Triplicate (1965) TV episode .... Jill Watson - The Big Job (1965) .... Mildred Gamely
... aka What a Carry On: The Big Job (UK: video box title) - San Ferry Ann (1965) .... Mum
- Carry on Cleo (1964) .... Calpurnia
... aka Caligula: Funniest Home Videos (USA: video title) - "The Stanley Baxter Show" (1963) TV series .... Various Roles (Series 1) (1963)
- "The Dick Emery Show" (1963) TV series .... (Series 1-2) (unknown episodes, 1963-1964)
- "A Christmas Night with the Stars" (1 episode, 1963)
- Episode dated 25 December 1963 (1963) TV episode - Strictly for the Birds (1963) .... Peggy Blessing
- "Dial RIX" .... Rita Haythorne / ... (2 episodes, 1962-1963)
- Come Prancing (1963) TV episode .... Rita Haythorne
- Nose to Wheel (1962) TV episode .... Shirley Rix - Nurse on Wheels (1963) .... Deborah Walcott
... aka Carry on, Nurse on Wheels
... aka What a Carry On: Nurse on Wheels (UK: video box title) - Twice Round the Daffodils (1962) .... Harriet
... aka What a Carry On: Twice Round the Daffodils (UK: video box title) - A Pair of Briefs (1962) .... Gale Tornado
- The Iron Maiden (1962) .... Nellie Trotter
... aka The Swinging Maiden (USA) - No My Darling Daughter (1961) .... Second Typist
- Mr. Topaze (1961) .... Colette
... aka I Like Money (USA) - Carry on Regardless (1961) .... Lily Duveen
- His and Hers (1961) .... Hortense
- "The Sunday-Night Play" .... Mavis Hunter (1 episode, 1961)
- Off Centre (1961) TV episode .... Mavis Hunter - "Our House" (1960) TV series .... Daisy Burke (Series 1) (unknown episodes, 1960)
- Doctor in Love (1960) .... Dawn
- 'Carry on Constable' (1960) .... W.P.C. Gloria Passworthy
- Watch Your Stern (1960) .... Ann Foster
... aka What a Carry On: Watch Your Stern (UK: video box title) - Upstairs and Downstairs (1959) .... Blodwen
- Carry on Teacher (1959) .... Sarah Allcock
- Life in Emergency Ward 10 (1959) .... Mrs. Pryor
... aka Emergency - Ward 10 - Carry on Nurse (1959) .... Student Nurse Stella Dawson
- The Captain's Table (1959) .... Maude Pritchett
... aka Shenanigans - Please Turn Over (1959) .... Beryl
- Passport to Shame (1958) (uncredited) .... Phone operator in taxi office
... aka Room 43 (USA)
... aka The Girl in Room 43 - Davy (1957) .... Tea Lady
- The Naked Truth (1957) .... Ethel Ransom
... aka Your Past Is Showing (USA) - Just My Luck (1957) .... Phoebe
- No Time for Tears (1957) .... Sister O'Malley
- "ITV Play of the Week" .... Phyllis (1 episode, 1957)
... aka Play of the Week (UK: short title)
- Accolade (1957) TV episode .... Phyllis - Carry on Admiral (1957) .... Mary
... aka The Ship Was Loaded (USA) - "The Buccaneers" .... Abigail (2 episodes, 1956-1957)
- Cutlass Wedding (1957) TV episode .... Abigail
- Dan Tempest and the Amazons (1956) TV episode .... Abigail - Dry Rot (1956) .... Beth
- "Frankie Howerd" (1956) TV mini-series .... Various Characters (episode two)
- The Silken Affair (1956) .... Lady Barber
- "Colonel March of Scotland Yard" .... Marjorie Dawson (3 episodes, 1956)
- The New Invisible Man (1956) TV episode .... Marjorie Dawson
- Death in the Dressing Room (1956) TV episode .... Marjorie Dawson
- Hot Money (1956) TV episode .... Marjorie Dawson - Keep It Clean (1956) .... Vi Tarbottom
- Lost (1956) (uncredited) .... Ice Cream Seller in the Park
... aka Tears for Simon (USA) - "The Adventures of Robin Hood" .... Nell (1 episode, 1956)
... aka Robin Hood
- The Sheriff's Boots (1956) TV episode .... Nell - Stars in Your Eyes (1956) .... Walter's Secretary
- "Here and Now" (1955) TV series
- "London Playhouse" .... Daffy Lovell (1 episode, 1955)
- The General's Mess (1955) TV episode .... Daffy Lovell - "BBC Sunday Night Theatre" .... Audrey Fraser (1 episode, 1955)
- The Makepeace Story #4: The New Executive (1955) TV episode .... Audrey Fraser - Curtains for Harry (1955) (TV)
- Doctor at Sea (1955) .... Wendy
- As Long as They're Happy (1955) .... Linda
- To Dorothy a Son (1954) .... Telephone Operater
... aka Cash on Delivery (USA) - The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954) .... Hilda Tebbitt
- The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954) .... Miss Dawn
- The Young Lovers (1954) (uncredited) .... Telephone Operator, American Embassy
... aka Chance Meeting (USA) - What Every Woman Wants (1954) .... Doll
- Doctor in the House (1954) .... Rigor Mortis
- Trouble in Store (1953) .... Edna
- Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953) .... Fairy Queen
- Will Any Gentleman...? (1953) .... Beryl
- The Square Ring (1953) .... Bunty
Self:
- "Open House" .... Herself (1 episode, 2000)
... aka Open House with Gloria Hunniford (UK)
- Episode dated 16 June 2000 (2000) TV episode .... Herself - What's a Carry On? (1998) (TV) .... Interviewee/Various Characters
- "Celebrity Squares" .... Herself (1 episode, 1994)
- Episode dated 16 July 1994 (1994) TV episode .... Herself - An Audience with Victoria Wood (1988) (TV) .... Herself - audience member
- "And There's More" (1985) TV series .... Herself (Series 3) (unknown episodes, 1987)
- An Audience with Kenneth Williams (1983) (TV) (uncredited) .... Herself
- "Film Night" .... Herself / ... (1 episode, 1970)
- Carry on Forever (1970) TV episode .... Herself/ Lady Evelyn Bagley
Archive Footage:
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"Comedy Connections"
- Till Death Us Do Part (2008) TV episode (uncredited) .... Gran -
"The Comedy Map of Britain"
- Episode #2.5 (2008) TV episode (uncredited) .... Herself - 50 Greatest Comedy Catchphrases (2008) (TV) (uncredited) .... Various
- Carry on Quizzing (2006) (VG) (uncredited) .... Various Characters
- Kenneth Williams: In His Own Words (2006) (TV) (uncredited) .... Herself/Various Characters
- Crumpet! A Very British Sex Symbol (2005) (TV) (uncredited) .... Various
- Sykes in the Studio (2004) (V)
- The Unforgettable Joan Sims (2002) (TV) .... Herself
- The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2002) (TV) .... Herself - Memorial Tribute
- On Location: The Carry Ons (2001) (TV) .... Various
- A Perfect Carry On (1998) (TV)
- Carry on Darkly (1998) (TV) (uncredited) .... Various
- The Life and Times of Alf Garnett (1997) (TV) .... Gran
- The Very Best of Sid James (1996) (V)
- Stop Messin' About: The Very Best of Kenneth Williams (1996) (V) .... Various Characters
- "Laugh with the Carry Ons" (1993)
- The Golden Gong (1985) (TV) .... Herself-Interviewee
-
"What a Carry On"
- Episode #1.13 (1984) TV episode .... Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe/Lady Joan Ruff-Diamond/Chloë Moore
- Episode #1.12 (1984) TV episode .... Lady Joan Ruff-Diamond/Zig-Zig/Désirée Dubarry/Esme Crowfoot
- Episode #1.11 (1984) TV episode .... Désirée Dubarry/Lady Joan Ruff-Diamond/Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe
- Episode #1.10 (1984) TV episode .... Esme Crowfoot/Désirée Dubarry
- Episode #1.9 (1984) TV episode (uncredited) .... Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe
(8 more) - Carry on Laughing's Christmas Classics (1983) (TV) .... Various Characters
-
"Carry on Laughing"
- Episode #1.13 (1981) TV episode .... Cora Flange/Connie Philpotts/Esme Crowfoot
- Episode #1.12 (1981) TV episode .... Madame Desirée/Queen Marie/Lady Evelyn Bagley/Lady Joan Ruff-Diamond
- Episode #1.11 (1981) TV episode .... Ellen Moore/Mrs. Tidey
- Episode #1.10 (1981) TV episode .... Queen Marie/Lady Evelyn Bagley
- Episode #1.9 (1981) TV episode .... Cora Flange/Joan Fussey/Daphne Barnes
(8 more) - To See Such Fun (1977) .... Herself
- That's Carry On (1977) .... Various characters
- Colonel March Investigates (1952) .... Marjorie Dawson
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Other Works:
Joan appears in the video for Morrissey's 1989 single 'Ouija Board, Ouija Board'. morePublicity Listings:
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