Joan Sims
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Irene Joan Sims (9 May 1930 – 27 June 2001) was an English actress known for her appearances in Carry On Nurse (1959), Carry On Cleo (1964), and Carry On Camping (1969).
In On the Upstairs (1990–1992) and Madge Hardcastle in As Time Goes (1994–1998), she appeared as Mrs Wembley, the cook with a penchant for sherry.
Early life and education
Sims was born on May 1930, the only child of John Henry Sims (1888-1964) and his wife Gladys Marie Sims (1896-1981). Sims' first passion in being an actor came from his experience at the railway station. She would often put on shows for waiting passengers. She decided she wanted to pursue show business during her youth and became a familiar face in a growing number of amateur productions around the region. Miranda Bute, one of her first stage appearances, appeared in Esther McCracken's comedy Quiet Wedding in May 1946.
Sims first applied to RADA in 1946, but her audition was dissatisfied. Winnie the Pooh was her first performance at the Academy of Music. She did well enough to be admitted to PARADA, the academy's preparatory school, and then, on her third attempt, she graduated and was trained at RADA. She graduated from RADA in 1950 at the age of 19. In The Happy Ha'penny, 1951 pantomime, opposite Stanley Baxter at Glasgow's Citizens Theatre, one of her first stage appearances was in The Happy Ha'penny.
Personal life
Sims never married, as her Carry On co-star Kenneth Williams. Williams, a homosexual, did, however, propose a marriage of convenience to her, which she refused immediately. She spent three years with fellow actor Tony Baird, but every time her parents returned to visit Baird, she begged him to remove all of her possessions from his London flat.
After her mother discovered she was living in Baird, her father wrote her a scathing letter condemning the couple. Sims replied, reminding her parents that they had to deal with Tony being a vital part of their lives. She had no contact with her parents for the next six months. Sims was a devoted daughter who found the estrangement from her parents difficult.
Due to her success and Tony Baird's inability as an actor, the relationship with Baird began to develop, according to Sims.Sims writes
"I could tell that he was really sad and so was I," Baird's mother told her, "but I had to do it for my own survival."
Sims had known John Walters for a long time before this. He had been assistant stage manager for the play High Spirits, in which she appeared. They had been in a 'innocent' relationship at the time, but after Sims' breakup with Baird, they embarked on a more serious relationship. Sims, on the other hand, was never convinced that it would be a long-term relationship: John was a more vivacious character than Tony. They discussed marriage and children during what she described as the "one broody phase of my life," but they came to nothing, and the relationship, Sims' last serious one, came to an end after about two years of living together.
"I never married because the right person never came along." Some people prefer darker explanations, while others prefer darker explanations.For me it's extremely simple!"
Sims suffered with depression for the majority of her later years. Her agent Peter Eade, her best friend Hattie Jacques, and her mother, Hattie Jacques, all died within a two-year span, after which she began to drink alcohol. Sims suffered from Bell's palsy in 1999 and fractured her hip in 2000, but she recovered well. However, her alcoholism was beginning to dominate life in her rented Kensington flat, and she referred to herself as "the queen of puddings." She was offered a position in a rehabilitation center after being assessed by a doctor, but declined.
Sims's 2000 autobiography High Spirits is revealing (although not sensationalist), candid and occasionally mordant:
In a reflective and reminiscing mood, the High Spirits led to Sims. She is a little shocked to learn that only two entries on her 'Trivia' page on imdb.com are missing out on a BBC adaptation of Vanity Fair.