Joan Sims appeared in 25 of the 31 Carry On films (more than any other actress, and only one less than Kenneth Williams), 11 episodes of Carry On Laughing and 2 Christmas specials.
Sims first appeared in Nurse. She had the longest uninterrupted run of roles in Carry On films, being in all 21 films (including archive footage in That's Carry On!) from Cleo to Emmannuelle.
She played a range of characters from jolly and assertive young women with sturdy moral standards (Camping, Loving) to sexy and lusty matrons – either desired (Again Doctor, At Your Convenience) or coarse and unattractive (Henry, Up the Khyber), to a chatty glutton (in Matron), a battleaxe wife (Cleo, Screaming) and an unattractive spinster (Doctor).
Below is a list of all Carry On appearances made by Sims.
Film[]
Sims debut in Nurse as Nurse Dawson in 1959
Sims as Belle in Cowboy in 1965
Sim as Lady Bagley in Up The Jungle in 1970
Sims in Dick as Madame Desiree in 1974
| Film | Character |
|---|---|
| Carry On Nurse | Stella Dawson |
| Carry On Teacher | Sarah Allcock |
| Carry On Constable | Policewoman Gloria Passworthy |
| Carry On Regardless | Lily Duveen |
| Carry On Cleo | Calpurnia |
| Carry On Cowboy | Belle |
| Carry On Screaming | Emily Bung |
| Carry On Don't Lose Your Head | Desiree Dubarry |
| Carry On Follow That Camel | Zigzig |
| Carry On Doctor | Chloe Gibson |
| Carry On Up The Khyber | Lady Joan Ruff-Diamond |
| Carry On Again Doctor | Ellen Moore |
| Carry On Camping | Joan Fussey |
| Carry On Up The Jungle | Lady Evelyn Bagley |
| Carry On Loving | Esme Crowfoot |
| Carry On Henry | Queen Marie |
| Carry On At Your Convenience | Chloe Moore |
| Carry On Abroad | Cora Flange |
| Carry On Matron | Mrs Tidey |
| Carry On Girls | Connie Philpotts |
| Carry On Dick | Madame Desiree |
| Carry On Behind | Daphne Barnes |
| That's Carry On! | Archive only |
| Carry On England | Private ffoukes Sharpe |
| Carry On Emmannuelle | Mrs Dangle |
Television[]
Lady Guinevere
Mrs Breeches
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Sims in Christmas (1972)
| Episode | Character |
|---|---|
| The Prisoner of Spenda | Madame Olga |
| The Baron Outlook | Lady Isobel |
| The Sobbing Cavalier | Lady Kate |
| One in the Eye for Harold | Else |
| The Nine Old Cobblers | Amelia Forbush |
| Under the Round Table | Lady Guinevere |
| The Case of the Screaming Winkles | Mrs. MacFlute |
| And in My Lady's Chamber | Mrs. Breeches |
| Short Knight, Long Daze | Lady Guinevere |
| The Case of the Coughing Parrot | Dr. Janis Crunbitt |
| Who Needs Kitchener? | Mrs. Breeches |
| Carry on Christmas (or Carry On Stuffing) | Maid, Lady Rhoda Cockhorse, Mother, Esmeralda, Princess YoYo |
| Carry On Christmas (1973) | Mother, Sennapod, Bishop's Wife, Adelle, Salvation Army Woman, Maid Marion, Traffic Warden |