Line #71 Creator/JoanSims


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2	->''"To be a comic woman, you have to put up with quite a bit of banter. But I didn't mind. I've got a dirty sense of humour and I never found those things really offensive."''
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4	Joan Sims, born Irene Joan Marion Sims (9 May 1930 -- 27 June 2001) was an English film and television actress, mostly known for being a regular in the ''Film/CarryOnSeries'' and the TV show ''Series/AsTimeGoesBy''.
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6	She studied at the Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art in her early twenties, and then graduated in 1950, later gaining an appearance in a 1953 film titled ''Will Any Gentleman...?'', another film called ''Trouble In Store'', and then appeared in ''Carry On Admiral'', before being approached by the studio that made the box-office hit ''Film/CarryOnSergeant'' who wanted her to appear in their sequel ''Film/CarryOnNurse''. The two films soon became a part of one of the biggest franchises in British history called ''Film/CarryOn'' in which Sims appeared in 24 of the movies.
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8	Between films, she joined Creator/KennethWilliams on his radio show ''Stop Messing About'' in the late-1960s until 1970, then when the series finished in 1978, she appeared on television in shows such as ''Series/WorzelGummidge'' and ''Series/TillDeathUsDoPart'', as well as bit parts in ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'' and ''Series/TheGoodies''. She was intended to star in ''Series/CoppersEnd'' in 1971 but had to leave after two episodes due to an illness, resulting in her scenes being reshot with Creator/JosephineTewson. Arguably, her other star-making role was ''As Time Goes By'' as Lionel's stepmother Madge, which was her last TV appearance.
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10	Within her adult life, she became depressed and turned to alcohol when her mother, agent, and fellow ''Carry On'' colleague Creator/HattieJacques died within two years, but she claimed that she refused therapy and rehab in hope to get through her woes without anyone else's help, stating that she was the one that got herself in the state. Although eventually beating them, Joan's health worsened. In between appearing on ''As Time Goes By'', she'd developed Bell's palsy and fractured her hip, but she got better, only to become comatose after operation complications in 2001, eventually dying in her state in hospital.
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12	!! Her roles include:
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14	* ''Film/TheMillionPoundNote'' (1954) -- Party Guest (UncreditedRole)
15	* ''{{Film/Doctor in the House\|1954}}'' (1954) -- Nurse Rigor Mortis
16	* ''Film/TheBellesOfStTrinians'' (1954) -- Miss Dawn
17	* ''Film/DoctorAtSea'' (1955) -- Wendy Thomas
18	* ''Film/TheNakedTruth'' (1957) -- Ethel Ransom
19	* ''Film/CarryOnNurse'' (1959) -- Student Nurse Stella Dawson
20	* ''Film/CarryOnTeacher'' (1959) -- Miss Sarah Allcock
21	* ''Film/PleaseTurnOver'' (1959) -- Beryl/Madeline
22	* ''Film/CarryOnConstable'' (1960) -- Policewoman Gloria Passworthy
23	* ''Film/DoctorInLove'' (1960) -- Dawn
24	* ''Film/WatchYourStern'' (1960) -- Miss Ann Foster
25	* ''Film/CarryOnRegardless'' (1961) -- Lily Duveen
26	* ''Film/TwiceRoundTheDaffodils'' (1962) -- Harriet Halfpenny
27	* ''Film/CarryOnCleo'' (1964) -- Calpurnia
28	* ''Film/CarryOnCowboy'' (1965) -- Belle
29	* ''Film/DoctorInClover'' (1966) -- Miss Sweet, the Matron
30	* ''Film/CarryOnScreaming'' (1966) -- Emily Bung
31	* ''Film/DontLoseYourHead'' (1967) -- Désirée Dubarry
32	* ''Film/FollowThatCamel'' (1967) -- Zig-Zig
33	* ''Film/CarryOnDoctor'' (1967) -- Miss Chloe Gibson
34	* ''Film/CarryOnUpTheKhyber'' (1968) -- Lady Joan Ruff-Diamond
35	* ''Film/CarryOnCamping'' (1969) -- Joan Fussey
36	* ''Film/CarryOnAgainDoctor'' (1969) -- Mrs. Ellen Moore
37	* ''Film/CarryOnUpTheJungle'' (1970) -- Lady Evelyn Bagley
38	* ''Film/DoctorInTrouble'' (1970) -- Russian Captain
39	* ''Film/CarryOnLoving'' (1970) -- Esme Crowfoot
40	* ''Film/CarryOnHenry'' (1971) -- Queen Marie of Normandy
41	* ''Film/CarryOnAtYourConvenience'' (1971) -- Chloe Moore
42	* ''Film/CarryOnMatron'' (1972) -- Mrs. Tidey
43	* ''Film/CarryOnAbroad'' (1972) -- Cora Flange
44	* ''Film/CarryOnGirls'' (1973) -- Connie Philpotts
45	* ''Film/CarryOnDick'' (1974) -- Madame Desiree
46	* ''Film/OneOfOurDinosaursIsMissing'' (1975) -- Emily
47	* ''Film/CarryOnBehind'' (1975) -- Daphne Barnes
48	* ''Film/CarryOnEngland'' (1976) -- Private Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe
49	* ''Film/CarryOnEmmannuelle'' (1978) -- Mrs. Dangle
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51	[[AC:Television]]
52	* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfRobinHood'', episode "The Sheriff's Boots" (1956) -- Nell
53	* ''Series/ColonelMarchOfScotlandYard'', episode "Hot Money" (1956) -- Marjorie Dawson
54	* ''Series/TheDickEmeryShow'', 15 episodes (1963-64) -- Various Characters
55	* ''Series/TillDeathUsDoPart'', 13 episodes (1967-75) -- Gran
56	* ''Series/JackanoryPlayhouse'', episode "The Wednesday Wand" (1972) -- Sycamore
57	* ''Series/TheGoodies'', 2 episodes:
58	** "Wicked Waltzing" (1971) -- Delia Capone
59	** "Way Outward Bound" (1973) -- Matron
60	* ''Series/CoppersEnd'', 2 episodes (1971) -- Sergeant Penny Pringle
61	* ''Series/CarryOnChristmas'', 2 episodes (1972, 1973) -- Various Characters
62	* ''Series/{{Sykes}}'', 5 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Football" (1972), "Window-Smasher" (1973), "Marriage" (1975), "Night Out" (1975), "End of the World" (1978)[[/labelnote]] (1972-78) -- Madge Kettlewell
63	* ''Series/CarryOnLaughing'', 15 episodes:
64	** "The Prisoner of Spenda" (1975) -- Madame Olga
65	** "The Baron Outlook" (1975) -- Lady Isobel
66	** "One in the Eye for Harold" (1975) -- Else
67	** "The Sobbing Cavalier" (1975) -- Lady Kate
68	** "The Nine Old Cobblers" (1975) -- Amelia Forbush
69	** "Under the Round Table" (1975) -- Lady Guinevere
70	** "The Case of the Screaming Winkles" (1975) -- Mrs. [=MacFlute=]
71	** "And in My Lady's Chamber" (1975) -- Mrs. Kate Breeches
72	** "Short Knight, Long Daze" (1975) -- Lady Guinevere
73	** "The Case of the Coughing Parrot" (1975) -- Dr. Janis Crunbitt
74	** "Who Needs Kitchener?" (1975) -- Mrs. Kate Breeches
75	* ''Series/TheTwoRonnies'', 1 episode (1976) -- Dowager Duchess of Arc
76	* ''Series/WorzelGummidge'', 8 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"Aunt Sally", "The Crowman", "Worzel Pays a Visit", "The Scarecrow Hop", "Worzel's Nephew", "A Fishy Tale", "Very Good, Worzel", "Fire Drill"[[/labelnote]] (1979-80) -- Mrs. Bloomsbury-Barton
77	* ''{{Series/Miss Marple\|1984}}'', 3 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"A Murder is Announced Part 1", "A Murder is Announced Part 2", "A Murder is Announced Part 3"[[/labelnote]] (1985) -- Miss Murgatroyd
78	* ''Series/DoctorWho'', 4-episode story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E1TheMysteriousPlanet The Mysterious Planet]]" (1986) -- Katryca
79	* ''Series/SuperGran'', episode "Supergran Snookered" (1987) -- Cat Burglar
80	* ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'', episode "The Frog's Legacy" (1987) -- Auntie Reenie Turpin
81	* ''Series/SimonAndTheWitch'', 23 episodes (1987-88) -- Lady Fox-Custard
82	* ''Series/{{Cluedo}}'', episode "Christmas Past, Christmas Present" (1990) -- Mrs. White
83	* ''Series/ScreenOne'', episode "Tender Loving Care" (1993) -- Daisy Potter
84	* ''Series/OneFootInTheGrave'', episode "One Foot in the Algarve" (1993) -- Lady on Plane
85	* ''Series/AsTimeGoesBy'', 9 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"The Old Folks' Party", "What's Wrong with Mrs Bale?", "Showered with Gifts", "Avoiding the Country Set", "Improvements", "Wedding Day Nerves", "Welcome News", "Problems, Problems", "Rocky's Wedding Day"[[/labelnote]] (1994-98) -- Madge
86	* ''Series/PieInTheSky'', episode "The Mild Bunch" (1995) -- Harriet Coverly
87	* ''Series/HettyWainthroppInvestigates'', episode "A Rose by Any Other Name" (1997) -- Adele [=McCarthy=]
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