Biography: life and films
Joan Sims was an English actress whose birth name was Irene Joan Marion Sims. She was born in Laindon, Essex, England on 9th May 1930 and died in Chelsea, London, England on 27th June 2001, aged 71.Her best films as an actor include Gerald Thomas's comedy Carry on Regardless (1961), Nurse on Wheels (1963), Jeremy Summers's San Ferry Ann (1965), Carry on Henry (1971) and Richard Williams's The Princess and the Cobbler (1993).
Joan Sims appeared in 71 films.
She has most frequently worked with the following directors: Gerald Thomas (30 films), Ralph Thomas (8), Maurice Elvey (3), John Paddy Carstairs (2) and Bob Kellett (2).
Her most frequent genres include: comedy (59 films), drama (7), comedy-romance (7), history (6), comedy-drama (3), comedy-thriller (2), War (2), Thriller (2) and Fantasy (2).
Our average rating for Joan Sims over all films is: 2.8
Filmography
Key: a = actor
Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953) [a]
The Square Ring (1953) [a]
Trouble in Store (1953) [a]
Will Any Gentleman...? (1953) [a]
Doctor in the House (1954) [a]
The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954) [a]
The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954) [a]
The Young Lovers (1954) [a]
To Dorothy a Son (1954) [a]
What Every Woman Wants (1954) [a]
As Long as They're Happy (1955) [a]
Colonel March Investigates (1955) [a]
Dry Rot (1956) [a]
Keep It Clean (1956) [a]
Stars in Your Eyes (1956) [a]
The Silken Affair (1956) [a]
Carry on Admiral (1957) [a]
Davy (1957) [a]
No Time for Tears (1957) [a]
Passport to Shame (1958) [a]
Life in Emergency Ward 10 (1959) [a]
Please Turn Over (1959) [a]
The Captain's Table (1959) [a]
Upstairs and Downstairs (1959) [a]
Doctor in Love (1960) [a]
Watch Your Stern (1960) [a]
Carry on Regardless (1961) [a]
His and Hers (1961) [a]
Mr. Topaze (1961) [a]
No My Darling Daughter (1961) [a]
A Pair of Briefs (1962) [a]
The Iron Maiden (1962) [a]
Twice Round the Daffodils (1962) [a]
Nurse on Wheels (1963) [a]
Strictly for the Birds (1963) [a]
San Ferry Ann (1965) [a]
The Big Job (1965) [a]
Doctor in Clover (1966) [a]
Don't Lose Your Head (1966) [a]
Carry On Up the Khyber (1968) [a]
Carry on Again Doctor (1969) [a]
Carry on Up the Jungle (1970) [a]
Doctor in Trouble (1970) [a]
Carry on at Your Convenience (1971) [a]
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971) [a]
The Alf Garnett Saga (1972) [a]
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! (1973) [a]
Not Now Darling (1973) [a]
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975) [a]
Carry on Emmannuelle (1978) [a]
The Princess and the Cobbler (1993) [a]
The brighter side of Franz Kafka
The best of Indian cinema
The best of Russian cinema
