British actress Joan Sims, famous for her roles in the Carry On films, was once a resident at Laindon railway station.
Joan of Arc | Joan Baez | Joan Rivers | Joan Miró | Joan Crawford | Joan Jett | Joan Collins | Joan Sutherland | Joan Bennett | Joan Armatrading | Joan Littlewood | Joan Chen | The Sims | Melissa Joan Hart | Joan Osborne | Joan Didion | Joan Berger | Joan Manuel Serrat | Joan | Joan Allen | Joan of Arcadia | Joan Robinson | Joan Fontaine | The Sims 2 | Ron Sims | Joan Mitchell | The Passion of Joan of Arc | Sant Joan d'Alacant | Joan Blaeu | Saint Joan |
Notable productions include Joan Sims in Breath of spring by Peter Coke in 1958, Tommy Steele in Half a Sixpence in 1963 (678 performances), Bruce Forsyth in Little Me in 1964 (334 performances), The Black Mikado (1975–76), and in the late 1970s the Kander and Ebb musical Chicago ran for 590 performances.