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Acting

Joan Sims

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

Leading roles: 20
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: One Foot in the Grave: One Foot in the Algarve
80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 66 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Joan Sims Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Psychological
2.6, average 5.5
Contemporary Realism
2.6, average 5.4
Melancholy
2.1, average 4.7
Tension
3.6, average 6.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

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

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

133

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

2 titles · average score 70

On Location: The Carry Ons

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

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

70

as Betty

1990s

15 titles · average score 71

The Canterville Ghost

62

as Mrs. Umney

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

49

TV show · as Adele McCarthy

Smokescreen

TV show · as Mrs Nash

Pie in the Sky

80

TV show · as Harriet Coverly

Martin Chuzzlewit

82

TV show · as Betsy Prig

The Thief and the Cobbler

64

as Nurse / Mad Old Holy Witch (voice)

One Foot in the Grave: One Foot in the Algarve

80

as Lady on Plane

As Time Goes By

79

TV show · as Madge

Morrissey - Hulmerist

as Cast - Ouija Board, Ouija Board

Tonight at 8.30

TV show · as Mrs. Rockett

On the Up

70

TV show · as Mrs. Fiona Wembley

as Lady Daphne

1980s

13 titles · average score 73

Screen One

TV show · as Daisy Potter

Victoria Wood

78

TV show · as Susan

Farrington of the F.O.

TV show · as Annie Begley

Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet

as Queen Katryca

Super Gran

64

TV show · as Cat Burglar

Deceptions

65

TV show · as Mrs. Thirkell

TV show · as Gloria du Bois

Hay Fever

as Clara

Miss Marple

83

TV show · as Miss Murgatroyd

Waters of the Moon

as Mrs. Ashworth

Dramarama

TV show · as Beryl

Lady Killers

TV show · as 'Belle' Elmore (voice)

1970s

33 titles · average score 58

Carry On Behind

54

as Daphne Barnes

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

61

as Emily

Carry On Dick

58

as Madame Desiree

Carry On Girls

56

as Connie Philpotts

Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!

46

as Birdie

Carry On Christmas

61

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

Carry On Christmas (or Carry On Stuffing)

63

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

Carry On Abroad

68

as Cora Flange

Carry On Matron

62

as Mrs. Tidey

Carry On at Your Convenience

65

as Chloe Moore

Carry On Loving

55

as Esme Crowfoot

Carry On Up the Jungle

55

as Lady Evelyn Bagley

1960s

38 titles · average score 62

Carry On Camping

54

as Joan Fussey

Carry On Again Doctor

55

as Mrs. Ellen Moore

Carry On Up the Khyber

70

as Lady Joanie Ruff-Diamond

Carry On Doctor

66

as Chloe Gibson

Carry On Screaming!

69

as Emily Bung

San Ferry Ann

59

as Mum

Strictly for the Birds

as Peggy Bennett

Carry On Cleo

69

as Calpurnia

The Stanley Baxter Show

TV show

Nurse on Wheels

59

as Deborah Walcott

Doctor Who

76

TV show · as Katryca

Our House

TV show

1950s

32 titles · average score 61

Carry On Teacher

63

as Miss Sarah Allcock

Please Turn Over

62

as Beryl

Davy

as Tea Lady

The Naked Truth

64

as Ethel Ransom

Just My Luck

61

as Phoebe

Carry On Admiral

39

as Mary

Dry Rot

65

as Beth Barton

The Buccaneers

68

TV show · as Abigail

Colonel March of Scotland Yard

73

TV show · as Marjorie Dawson

The Adventures of Robin Hood

46

TV show · as Nell

To Dorothy, a Son

as Telephone Operator

Colonel March Investigates

60

as Marjorie Dawson