High Spirits Author:Joan Sims ":Joan Sims is a national treasure, and this is a hugely enjoyable book" /Daily Telegraph/ — From Nurse Dawson in /Carry on Nurse/ to Mrs Dangle in /Carry on Emmanuelle/, Joan Sims has appeared in twenty-four /Carry On/ films, and roles such as Belle ('my intimate friends call me Ding Dong') in /Carry on Cowboy/ and Lady Ruff-Diamond in /Carry o... more »n Up The Khyber/ have brought her world-wide recognition.
Here Joan Sims shares affectionate memories of co-stars Sid James, Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Williams, Bernard Bresslaw and Barbara Windsor, as well as revealing the darker side of the /Carry On/ phenomenon - the poor salaries, breakneck schedules and less than comfortable working conditions. She remembers the great comedy stars she has appeared alongside - amongst them Frankie Howard, the Two Ronnies, Stanley Baxter and Victoria Wood. In this nostalgic trip through the very best of film, TV and theatre from the lst forty yeyars, one of our best-loved actresses tells her story for the first time.
'A down-to-earth autobiography from one of our most talented actresses.' Liz Fraser, /Mail on Sunday/
'A surprisingly frank - and often frankly sad - autobiography' /Daily Mail/« less