Sheila Hancock

Sheila Hancock

CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
GenderFemale
BirthdayFeb 22, 1933
BiographyDame Sheila Cameron Hancock (born 22 February 1933) is an English actress, singer, and author. She has performed on stage in both plays and musicals in London theatres, and is also known for her roles in films and on television.

Her Broadway debut in Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1966) earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Lead Actress in a Play. She won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical for her role in Cabaret (2007), and was nominated at the Laurence Olivier Awards five other times for her work in Annie (1978), Sweeney Todd (1980), The Winter's Tale (1982), Prin (1989), and Sister Act (2010).

In film and television, her credits include Carry On Cleo (1964), The Wildcats of St Trinian's (1980), Buster (1988), Three Men and a Little Lady (1990), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), and Edie (2017). She was twice nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress, for The Russian Bride (2001) and Bedtime (2002).

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Known For

Great Canal Journeys
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Great Canal Journeys

as Sheila Hancock
Unforgotten
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Unforgotten

as Eileen Baildon
The Dumping Ground
To Be Determined

The Dumping Ground

as Doris
A Discovery of Witches
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A Discovery of Witches

as Goody Alsop
Brighton Belles
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Brighton Belles

as Frances
But Seriously, It's Sheila Hancock
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But Seriously, It's Sheila Hancock

as Sheila Hancock
Dangerous Lady
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Dangerous Lady

as Sarah Ryan
Delicious
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Delicious

as Mimi Vincent
Feather Boy
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Feather Boy

as Edith Sorrel
Fortysomething
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Fortysomething

as Gwendolen Hartley
Grumpy Old Women
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Grumpy Old Women

as Sheila Hancock
Jumping the Queue
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Jumping the Queue

as Matilda
Over the Rainbow
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Over the Rainbow

as Judge
The Buccaneers
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The Buccaneers

as Dowager Duchess
The Rag Trade
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The Rag Trade

as Carole Taylor
The Sixth Commandment
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The Sixth Commandment

as Elizabeth Zettl

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