Sheila Hancock
Dame Sheila Cameron Hancock (born 22 February 1933) is an English actress, singer, and author. She has performed in both plays and musicals in London’s theatre scene, and 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).
Acted in
The Sixth Commandment
2023
as Elizabeth Zettl
Celebrity Gogglebox
2019
as Self
Edie
2018
as Edie
The More You Ignore Me
2018
as Nan Wildgoose
The Dark Mile
2017
as Mary
Urban Myths
2017
as Gala Dali
Delicious
2016
as Mimi Vincent
This Beautiful Fantastic
2016
as Mother Superior
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
2016
as Self - Actress
Unforgotten
2015
as Eileen Baildon
Remember Me
2014
as Loveday Hutton
Great Canal Journeys
2014
as Self
Toast of London
2013
Delicious
2013
Endeavour
2013
as Dowsable Chattox
The Brilliant Brontë Sisters
2013
as Self
Playhouse Presents
2012
Just Henry
2011
as Gran
Perspectives
2011
Moving On
2009
as Liz
The Rain Has Stopped
2009
The Last Word Monologues
2008
The Last Word Monologues
2008
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
2008
as Grandma
Would I Lie to You?
2007
as Self
Fallen Angel
2007
as Lady Youlgreave
After Thomas
2006
as Granny Pat
Bleak House
2005
as Mrs. Guppy
Yes
2005
as Aunt
Grumpy Old Women
2004
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
Feather Boy
2004
as Edith Sorrel
Hustle
2004
as Dolly Hammond
The Catherine Tate Show
2004
as Auntie June
New Tricks
2004
Fortysomething
2003
Bait
2002
as Pam Raeburn
The Practicality of Magnolia
2002
Love or Money
2001
as Teresa
Bedtime
2001
as Alice Oldfield
The Russian Bride
2001
as Dora
Hold Back the Night
1999
as Vera
Alice in Wonderland
1999
as Cook
Love and Death on Long Island
1998
as Mrs. Barker
Close Relations
1998
as Dorothy Hammond
A Night in with the Girls
1997
Dangerous Lady
1995
The Buccaneers
1995
as Duchess of Trevenick
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
as Sarah Meadows
A Business Affair
1994
as Judith
Brighton Belles
1993
as Frances
Gone to Seed
1992
as Mag Plant
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992
as Anna Maria (voice)
Gone to the Dogs
1991
as Jean
My Kingdom for a Horse
1991
as Joan Deakin
3 Men and a Little Lady
1990
as Vera
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
1988
as Helen A
The Universe of Dermot Finn
1988
as Mother of Pearl
The Love Child
1988
as Edith
Buster
1988
as Mrs. Rothery
Hawks
1988
as Regina
Making Waves
1987
as Doris
Bulman
1985
Home to Roost
1985
as Sue
Playing Shakespeare
1984
The Remainder Man
1982
as Ellen
The Golden Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales
1982
as Narrorator
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
1980
as Olga Vandemeer
Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical
1980
as Self/Mrs. Lovett
Now Take My Wife
1971
Take a Girl Like You
1970
as Martha Thompson
Play for Today
1970
as Ellen
Menace
1970
Shadows of Fear
1970
as Anne Brand
Mr Digby, Darling
1969
Horizontal Hold
1968
as Naomi Woodley
The Anniversary
1968
as Karen Taggart
How I Won the War
1967
as Mrs. Clapper's Friend
Compensation Alice
1967
as Alice
The Bed-Sit Girl
1965
Carry On Cleo
1964
as Senna Pod
The Moon-Spinners
1964
as Cynthia Gamble
Night Must Fall
1964
as Dora Parkoe
Doctor Who
1963
as Helen A.
The Girl on the Boat
1962
as Jane Hubbard
Twice Round the Daffodils
1962
as Dora
The Rag Trade
1961
The Bulldog Breed
1960
as Doris
Doctor in Love
1960
as Librarian (uncredited)
Light Up the Sky!
1960
as Theatre Act
From This Day Forward
as Her
