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Sheila Hancock

Name in Native Language: "Sheila Cameron Hancock" (English/EN)
Actress / Voice Actress / Film Director / Penwoman / Film Actress / Stage Actress | * 02/22/1933 (91) | Blackgang, Isle of Wight, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Dame Sheila Cameron Hancock (born 22 February 1933) is an English actress, singer, and author. She has performed in theatre - plays and musicals in London, and her Broadway debut in Entertaining Mr Sloane (1966) earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Lead Actress in 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). ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

Young Jenny heads to the South of England to start a new career as a school teacher. Even before she has had a chance to settle in she meets Patrick, one of the local "lads". Within a short time she h ...

Take a Girl Like You

Certification unknown

1970 | 2.8/5 | 1h 41min
Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
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Sylvia's work increasingly takes her away from the three men who help bring up Mary, her daughter. When she decides to move to England and take Mary with her, the three men are heartbroken at losing t ...

3 Men and a Little Lady

PG

1990 | 2.9/5 | 1h 44min
Kids & Family, Comedy
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When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing stripe ...

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

PG-13

2008 | 3.9/5 | 1h 34min
War, Drama, History
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Two Brits—inventor Hengist Pod, and Horse, a brave and cunning fighter—are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. One of their first encounters in Rome leaves Hengist being mi ...

Carry On Cleo

Certification unknown

1964 | 3.4/5 | 1h 34min
Comedy
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Bedtime was a British comedy-drama written and directed by Andy Hamilton and broadcast by the BBC. It ran for three series for a total of fifteen episodes between August 2001 and December 2003. The fi ...

Bedtime

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2001 | 30min per episode
Drama, Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Sheila Hancock

Commander of The Order of The British Empire Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical Officer of The Order of The British Empire Dame Commander of The Order of The British Empire Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress 2x British Academy Television Award for Best Actress 2x Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical
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Movies with Sheila Hancock as Actress(39)

as Her2023 From This Day Forward
as Edie2018 Edie
as Nan Wildgoose2018 The More You Ignore Me
as Mary2017 The Dark Mile
as herself2016 Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
as Mother Superior2016 This Beautiful Fantastic
2013 Delicious
as Gran2011 Just Henry
2009 The Rain Has Stopped
as Grandma Nathalie2008 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
as Granny Pat2006 After Thomas
as Aunt2005 Yes
as Pam Raeburn2002 Bait
as Dora2001 The Russian Bride
as Teresa2001 Love or Money
as Cook1999 Alice in Wonderland
as Vera1999 Hold Back the Night
as Mrs. Barker1998 Love and Death on Long Island
as Judith1994 A Business Affair
as Vera1990 3 Men and a Little Lady
as Mother of Pearl1988 The Universe of Dermot Finn
as Edith1988 The Love Child
1988 Hawks
as Mrs. Rothery1988 Buster
as Doris1987 Making Waves
as Ellen1982 The Remainder Man
as Self/Mrs. Lovett1980 Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical
as Olga Vandemeer1980 The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
as Martha Thompson1970 Take a Girl Like You
as Karen Taggart1968 The Anniversary
as Mrs. Clapper's Friend1967 How I Won the War
as Dora Parkoe1964 Night Must Fall
as Cynthia Gamble1964 The Moon-Spinners
as Senna Pod1964 Carry On Cleo
as Dora1962 Twice Round the Daffodils
as Jane Hubbard1962 The Girl on the Boat
as Librarian (uncredited)1960 Doctor in Love
as Theatre Act1960 Light Up the Sky!
as Doris1960 The Bulldog Breed

TV Shows/Series with Sheila Hancock as Actress(42)

as Elizabeth Zettl2023 The Sixth Commandment
as herself2019 Celebrity Gogglebox
as Gala Dali2017 Urban Myths
as Mimi Vincent2016 Delicious
as Eileen Baildon2015 Unforgotten
as Loveday Hutton2014 Remember Me
as herself2014 Great Canal Journeys
as Dowsable Chattox2013 Endeavour
2013 Toast of London
2012 Playhouse Presents
as Liz2009 Moving On
2009 Kate Garraway's Life Stories
as Lady Youlgreave2007 Fallen Angel
as herself2007 Would I Lie to You?
as Self - Guest2006 The One Show
as herself2004 Who Do You Think You Are?
2004 Grumpy Old Women
2004 The Paul O'Grady Show
as Dolly Hammond2004 Hustle
2004 New Tricks
2003 Fortysomething
as herself2003 QI
as herself2001 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001 Bedtime
as Dorothy Hammond1998 Close Relations
1995 The Buccaneers
as Sarah Meadows1995 Kavanagh Q.C.
as herself1994 Room 101
as Frances1993 Brighton Belles
as herself1992 Terry Wogan's Friday Night
as Mag Plant1992 Gone to Seed
as Jean1991 Gone to the Dogs
as herself1988 This Morning
1985 Bulman
as Sue1985 Home to Roost
1984 Playing Shakespeare
as Anne Brand1970 Shadows of Fear
1970 Play for Today
1965 The Bed-Sit Girl
1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Helen A.1963 Doctor Who
1961 The Rag Trade

Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Wednesday, 02/22 1933 (February) in Blackgang, Isle of Wight, England (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 91 years + 65 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, The Open University, Dartford Grammar School for Girls
Spouses (current/former): John Thaw
Other names for Sheila Hancock (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"쉴라 핸콕"
"Шейла Хэнкок"
Sheila Hancock frequently works together with these people:
Terry Walsh (39x, Actor)
Pat Gorman (16x, Actor)
Max Faulkner (13x, Actor)
John Scott Martin (12x, Actor)
Cy Town (11x, Actor)
Michael Wisher (10x, Actor)
Jo Brand (9x, Actress)
Frank Skinner (9x, Actor)
Anthony Ainley (8x, Actor)
Dave Carter (8x, Actor)
Stuart Fell (8x, Actor)
John Le Mesurier (3x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:490952, Added: 10/04/2018, Last updated: 04/11/2024