answers: Joan Sims
context: Joan Sims Irene Joan Marion Sims (9 May 1930 – 27 June 2001) was an English actress remembered for her roles in the "Carry On" films, including "Carry On Nurse" (1959), "Carry On Cleo" (1964) and "Carry On Camping" (1969). She played Mrs. Wembley, the cook with a liking for sherry in "On the Up" (1990–92), and Madge Hardcastle in "As Time Goes By" (1994–98). Sims was born on 9 May 1930, the only child of John Henry Sims (1888-1964), station master of Laindon railway station in Essex, and his wife Gladys Marie Sims, née Ladbrook (1896-1981). Sims's early interest </s> Janet Henfrey Janet E. A. Henfrey (born 16 August 1935) is a British stage and television actress. She is best known for playing Mrs. Bale on "As Time Goes By", which is still rerun in the United States on PBS stations, and for her role as the schoolteacher in the BBC Dennis Potter serial "The Singing Detective" (1986). She had previously appeared in the Potter play "Stand Up, Nigel Barton" (1965), also as a schoolteacher. Before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she read English at St Anne's College, Oxford, and spent a graduate year at Smith College </s> praised Hayman as being "perfectly cast in the role, her engaging performance adding much to the story". Hayman has also appeared in such comedies as "Steptoe and Son", "The Young Ones", "One Foot In The Grave" and "Sez Les". She worked with Ronnie Barker, appearing in one episode of his final series, "Clarence" (1988). She appeared in "The Liver Birds" (1971) as Miss Rigby and in the 1986 "Duty Free" Christmas special. After appearing in a sketch in Tony Hancock's last British TV series in 1967, she became a close friend of the comedian in the remaining year of his
question: who played madge in as time goes by