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Portrait of Joan Sims

Acting

Joan Sims

Titles
95movies42TV shows
Career

Active from 1953 to 2000, busiest in 1967 and 1973 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles
20
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for One Foot in the Grave: One Foot in the Algarve
One Foot in the Grave: One Foot in the Algarve
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 62 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.1 versus catalog average 4.7EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 4.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.1 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Joan Sims Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Psychological
    2.6, average 5.6
  • Contemporary Realism
    2.4, average 5.4
  • Melancholy
    2.1, average 4.7
  • Tension
    3.5, average 6.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Slapstick Humor 8
  • Nostalgic 8
  • Classic British Comedy 7
  • Lighthearted 5
  • British Comedy 5
  • Slapstick Comedy 4
  • Ensemble Cast 4
  • Classic British Sitcom 3
  • Nostalgic Humor 3
  • Classic British Cinema 3
  • Character-Driven Comedy 3
  • Slapstick 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

133
Type
RoleAnyActing133Appearances4
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny1950s321960s381970s331980s131990s152000s2
GenreAnyComedy95Drama36TV Movie12Crime10Family10Romance8Music6Fantasy6Mystery5Adventure5Sci-Fi & Fantasy3Action & Adventure3Thriller2Kids2
Group by
DecadesScores
Newest firstOldest first

2000s

2 titles · average score 70
On Location: The Carry Ons

as Desiree Dubarry / Chloe Moore / Cora Flange (archive footage) (uncredited)

1990s

15 titles · average score 71
GoodWatch49
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

TV show · as Adele McCarthy

Smokescreen

TV show · as Mrs Nash

GoodWatch80
Pie in the Sky

TV show · as Harriet Coverly

GoodWatch82
Martin Chuzzlewit

TV show · as Betsy Prig

GoodWatch64
The Thief and the Cobbler

as Nurse / Mad Old Holy Witch (voice)

GoodWatch79
As Time Goes By

TV show · as Madge

Morrissey - Hulmerist

as Cast - Ouija Board, Ouija Board

Tonight at 8.30

TV show · as Mrs. Rockett

The Fool

as Lady Daphne

All 15 titles from the 1990s

1980s

13 titles · average score 73
Screen One

TV show · as Daisy Potter

GoodWatch78
Victoria Wood

TV show · as Susan

Farrington of the F.O.

TV show · as Annie Begley

GoodWatch64
Super Gran

TV show · as Cat Burglar

GoodWatch65
Deceptions

TV show · as Mrs. Thirkell

Cockles

TV show · as Gloria du Bois

GoodWatch82
Miss Marple

TV show · as Miss Murgatroyd

Dramarama

TV show · as Beryl

Lady Killers

TV show · as 'Belle' Elmore (voice)

All 13 titles from the 1980s

1970s

33 titles · average score 58
GoodWatch54
Carry On Behind

as Daphne Barnes

GoodWatch58
Carry On Dick

as Madame Desiree

GoodWatch56
Carry On Girls

as Connie Philpotts

GoodWatch61
Carry on Christmas

as Virginia's Mother / Senna Pod / Bishop's Wife / Adelle / 6th Ballerina / Salvation Army Collector / Maid Marion / Traffic Warden.

GoodWatch63
Carry On Christmas (or Carry On Stuffing)

as Maid / Lady Rhoda Cockhorse / Fiona's Mother / Madrigal Singer / Miss Esmerelda / Mephistopheles' Wife

GoodWatch55
Carry On Loving

as Esme Crowfoot

All 33 titles from the 1970s

1960s

38 titles · average score 62
GoodWatch65
Don't Lose Your Head

as Désirée Dubarry

GoodWatch59
Nurse on Wheels

as Deborah Walcott

GoodWatch76
Doctor Who

TV show · as Katryca

All 38 titles from the 1960s

1950s

32 titles · average score 61
GoodWatch63
Carry On Teacher

as Miss Sarah Allcock

Davy

as Tea Lady

GoodWatch65
Dry Rot

as Beth Barton

GoodWatch68
The Buccaneers

TV show · as Abigail

GoodWatch73
Colonel March of Scotland Yard

TV show · as Marjorie Dawson

To Dorothy, a Son

as Telephone Operator

All 32 titles from the 1950s