Editing Joan Sims (section)

===Early work===
Sims made her first film appearance in ''[[Will Any Gentleman...?|Will Any Gentleman?]]'' with [[George Cole (actor)|George Cole]] in 1953, closely followed by ''[[Trouble in Store]]'' with [[Norman Wisdom]]. In 1954, she appeared as Miss Dawn in ''[[The Belles of St. Trinian's]]'', and made an appearance in ''[[Doctor in the House (film)|Doctor in the House]],'' opposite [[Dirk Bogarde]] as the sexually repressed Nurse Rigor Mortis. Sims became a regular in the ''Doctor'' series, which was produced by [[Betty E. Box]], and was hence spotted by Box's husband [[Peter Rogers]].<ref name="BBCdeath"/>
 
She had a small part in the 1957 film ''[[Carry On Admiral]]'', unrelated to the later ''Carry On'' series and with no other cast members in common with the series.