Sims brought great exuberance to her performances in 25 ``Carry On'' films, where the humor was based largely on lewd innuendo.

She joined the Carry On team in the 1958 film ``Carry On Nurse'' and later roles included Lady Ruff-Diamond in ``Carry On Up The Khyber'' and Gloria Passworthy in ``Carry On Constable.''

Sims had stringent formal acting training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, but she became known for playing what she called ``everything from old ladies to dizzy blondes and giggling girls or — as someone once said to me — the falling-down parts''.

Her most recent appearance was in a television film, ``Last of the Blonde Bombshells,'' with Dame Judi Dench.

This obituary appeared in the New York Times on June 29, 2001.