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Irene Joan Marian Sims (May 9 1930 – June 28 2001) was a British actress best known as a key cast member of the Carry On films.

She was born in Laindon, Essex. After graduating from RADA in 1950, Joan Sims made her first appearance in "Trouble in Store" (opposite Norman Wisdom) in 1953, before appearing as Nurse Rigor Mortis in Doctor in the House
(1954). In 1959 she began her recurring roles in 24 Carry On films, starting with Carry On Nurse
and ending with Carry On Emmannuelle in 1978. After the end of the Carry On series, she had several roles in sitcoms such as On The Up and As Time Goes By.

She also guest starred in two episodes of the British television comedy series The Goodies.

She also appeared in two "An Audience With..." shows on the BBC in 1982. The Kenneth Williams and Victoria Wood shows. Although the camera only rolls on her briefly, you can recognise those facial features immediately, and it was these that made her the queen of the carry ons!

In 1986 Sims appeared in the long running BBC science fiction series Doctor Who serial The Trial of a Time Lord: The Mysterious Planet in the part of Katryca.

Her last performance was alongside Judi Dench and Olympia Dukakis in The Last of the Blonde Bombshells.

Joan Sims slipped into a coma due to ill health brought on by years of heavy drinking and died on June 28, 2001.

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