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Sheila Hancock is a Actor British born on 22 february 1933

Sheila Hancock

Sheila Hancock
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Birth name Sheila Cameron Hancock
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 22 february 1933 (91 years)
Awards Laurence Olivier Award, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Sheila Cameron Hancock, CBE (born 22 February 1933) is an English actress and author. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in Play in 1966 for Entertaining Mr Sloane.

Biography

Hancock was married to actor Alec Ross from 1955 until his death from oesophageal cancer in 1971. They had one daughter, Ellie Jane, born in 1964. In 1973, Hancock married actor John Thaw. He adopted Ellie Jane and they had another daughter, Joanna. Thaw's daughter Abigail, from his first marriage, also joined their family. All three of their children have become actresses. She has seven grandchildren.

She was married to Thaw until his death from oesophageal cancer on 21 February 2002. Hancock herself was diagnosed with breast cancer during the late 1980s, but made a full recovery. Her 2004 book, The Two of Us is a dual biography, which gives accounts of both their lives, as well as focusing on their 28-year marriage. This was followed by the 2008 book, Just Me, an account of coming to terms with widowhood. In 2014 she published her debut novel, Miss Carter's War.

Hancock is a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). She is a patron of the London HIV charity, The Food Chain and worked with the London children's charity Kids Company until its dissolution on the 5 of August 2015.

She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1974 and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours.

Hancock is a friend of Sandi Toksvig and read Maya Angelou's poem "Touched by an Angel" at the "I Do To Equal Marriage" event which celebrated the introduction of same-sex marriage in England and Wales. Toksvig renewed her vows to her civil partner at the event.

Usually with

Norman Wisdom
Norman Wisdom
(2 films)
Mark Herman
Mark Herman
(1 films)
Sally Potter
Sally Potter
(1 films)
Joan Sims
Joan Sims
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Sheila Hancock (25 films)

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Actress

Edie
Edie (2018)
, 1h42
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Vieillesse, Alpinisme
Actors Sheila Hancock, Kevin Guthrie, Amy Manson, Paul Brannigan, Christopher Dunne
Roles Edie
Rating65% 3.295243.295243.295243.295243.29524
A 83 ans, Edith Moore est une femme pleine de regrets. Suite au décès de son époux, sa fille souhaite la placer dans une maison de retraite mais Edith a une bien meilleure idée. Toute sa vie, elle a rêvé en secret de partir à l'aventure mais n'a jamais osé. Aujourd'hui, il est temps pour elle de suivre son rêve : l'ascension du Mont Suilven en Écosse. Edith décide de faire le voyage seule mais, au pied de la montagne, elle réalise que la montée sera redoutable. Elle s'adjoint les services de Jonny, un homme du coin, pour l'aider à se préparer, suscitant une amitié inattendue dans cette aventure qui changera sa vie.
This Beautiful Fantastic, 1h40
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Wilkinson, Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine, Anna Chancellor, Sheila Hancock
Roles Mother Superior
Rating69% 3.451623.451623.451623.451623.45162
About the friendship between a young woman Bella Brown, who dreams of writing children's books and a bad-tempered, rich old, widower, Alfie Stephenson, who lives next door.
Just Henry
Just Henry (2011)
, 1h20
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Josh Bolt, Elaine Cassidy, Stephen Campbel Moore, Dean Andrews, Sheila Hancock, John Henshaw
Roles Gran
Rating61% 3.096923.096923.096923.096923.09692
Henry Dodge is a 15-year-old boy haunted by the tragic death of his father during WWII. Whilst taking photos, on a camera given to him by Mrs Beaumont who is his school teacher, spots a man who closely resembled the man he knew as his father, Joey. Upon seeing the photo his mother, Maureen, passes out with shock, could his father really have come back from the dead? Or is something more sinister at work?
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, 1h34
Directed by David Heyman, Mark Herman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Comedy-drama, Historical
Themes Films about children, Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Asa Butterfield, David Thewlis, Jack Scanlon, Vera Farmiga, Rupert Friend, Amber Beattie
Roles Grandma Nathalie
Rating77% 3.85193.85193.85193.85193.8519
An 8-year-old boy named Bruno (Asa Butterfield) lives with his family in Berlin, in Nazi Germany during the Holocaust. He learns that his father Ralf (David Thewlis) has been promoted, due to which their family, including Bruno's mother Elsa (Vera Farmiga) and 12-year-old sister Gretel (Amber Beattie), relocate to the countryside. Bruno hates his new home as there is no one to play with and very little to explore. After commenting that he has spotted people working on what he thinks is a farm in the distance, he is also forbidden from playing in the back garden.
After Thomas, 1h33
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors Keeley Hawes, Ben Miles, Sheila Hancock, Duncan Preston, Asa Butterfield, Clive Mantle
Roles Granny Pat
Rating74% 3.730653.730653.730653.730653.73065
Kyle Graham (Andrew Byrne) is scared. Not of monsters under the bed like any average six-year-old but of everything. Normal, everyday activities prove terrifying to him. He can’t communicate his fears or share them with friends, because he can’t use language and he has no friends. Kyle has autism, a condition it took his parents two desperate years to get diagnosed. So his day consists of endless traumas and tantrums… and unimaginable stress for his mother Nicola (Keeley Hawes).
Yes
Yes (2005)
, 1h40
Directed by Sally Potter
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Joan Allen, Simon Abkarian, Sam Neill, Shirley Henderson, Gary Lewis, Stephanie Leonidas
Roles Aunt
Rating63% 3.1983.1983.1983.1983.198
Yes est l'histoire d'amour entre une femme mal mariée, scientifique de profession, et un réfugié libanais, médecin de formation devenu cuisinier.
Alice in Wonderland, 2h9
Directed by Nick Willing
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Films based on Alice in Wonderland, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Tina Majorino, Miranda Richardson, Martin Short, Whoopi Goldberg, Simon Russell Beale, Robbie Coltrane
Roles Cook
Rating63% 3.150063.150063.150063.150063.15006
The film follows the storyline of the book closely, save for adding some scenes from Through the Looking-Glass. It also changes the opening real world scene from Alice and her sister sitting at a riverbank to Alice in her bedroom, reluctantly practicing the song "Cherry Ripe", which she is expected to perform at a garden party. (The party guests are played by the same actors as the Wonderland characters, and are shown as resembling them in appearance and personality, in a similar manner to the MGM version of The Wizard of Oz. The toys in Alice's room also reflect the residents of Wonderland). Thanks to stage fright, and constant nagging from her confident music teacher, Alice runs out of the house and hides herself in the woods nearby until the party has ended. However, an apple floats down from the tree and seems to hover in Alice's face. She is suddenly distracted by a human-sized White Rabbit (voiced by Richard Coombs) rushing by. Curious, Alice follows the White Rabbit, falling down his rabbit hole and ending up in Wonderland.
Love and Death on Long Island, 1h34
Directed by Richard Kwietniowski
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors John Hurt, Jason Priestley, Sheila Hancock, Harvey Atkin, Gawn Grainger, Maury Chaykin
Roles Mrs. Barker
Rating68% 3.445883.445883.445883.445883.44588
Giles De'Ath (John Hurt) is a British writer who doesn't use or understand anything modern. One day, he forgets his keys and locks himself out of his flat. It begins to rain, so he goes to see an E. M. Forster movie but, instead, accidentally enters the wrong theatre and sees the teen flick Hotpants College II starring Ronnie Bostock (Jason Priestley). He becomes instantly infatuated with Ronnie's beauty and obsessed with the young actor. He goes to his movies in the cinema, buys teen magazines and cuts out pictures of him, and buys a VCR and TV in order to play rented video tapes of his movies. He lets his housekeeper come into his office less and less, so that he can do these things undisturbed.
A Business Affair, 1h42
Directed by Charlotte Brändström
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Carole Bouquet, Christopher Walken, Jonathan Pryce, Sheila Hancock, Anna Manahan, Fernando Guillén Cuervo
Roles Judith
Rating55% 2.752142.752142.752142.752142.75214
The film is centred on the life of Kate Swallow and her susceptibility for falling in love with different men. At the beginning of the film she is in love with a famous writer named Alec Bolton, who dismisses any intentions she has of writing a novel herself as nonsense, strongly discouraging her. Later falls in love with a man named Vanni Corso who is the publisher of the firm for which Alec writes books, and she leaves Alec for Vanni. Kate later finds out that Vanni also doesn't think highly of her writing abilities yet he had strung her along. Gradually both men change their attitudes as they vainly struggle to win her affections.
3 Men and a Little Lady, 1h44
Directed by Emile Ardolino
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Buddy films
Actors Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson, Nancy Travis, Christopher Cazenove, Robin Weisman
Roles Vera
Rating55% 2.7529252.7529252.7529252.7529252.752925
The three men--Peter, Michael, and Jack--are living with Mary, who is now five, and her mother, Sylvia. The group is split up when Sylvia announces that she is marrying an Englishman and that they intend to move to England after the wedding, taking Mary with them.
Buster
Buster (1988)
, 1h31
Directed by David Green
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Crime, Romance
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Phil Collins, Julie Walters, Martin Jarvis, Larry Lamb, Ellie Beaven, Ralph Brown
Roles Mrs. Rothery
Rating57% 2.8992852.8992852.8992852.8992852.899285
Buster Edwards is a petty criminal from the East End of 1960s London. His long-suffering pregnant wife June (Julie Walters) thinks of him as a loveable rogue.
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's, 1h31
Directed by Frank Launder
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about education
Actors Sheila Hancock, Michael Hordern, Thorley Walters, Rodney Bewes, Maureen Lipman, Julia McKenzie
Roles Olga Vandemeer
Rating38% 1.9149451.9149451.9149451.9149451.914945
The girls of St. Trinian's hatch yet another fiendish plot—a trade union for British schoolgirls. Their friend and mentor, Flash Harry, suggests a plan which involves kidnapping girls from other rather more respectable colleges and substituting their own "agents". Thus begins a hilarious, often bloody, battle of wits as the girls meet resistance not only from Olga Vandermeer, their Headmistress, but from the Minister of Education, a private detective, and an oil sheikh. Despite all his desperate efforts to foil the conspiracy, the Minister has to face a growing realisation that the girls' demands will have to be met—for him this will mean a very great and very personal sacrifice.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, 1h35
Directed by Bill Meléndez
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about religion, Films about lions, Children's films
Actors Sheila Hancock, Arthur Lowe, Leo McKern, Leslie Phillips, Beth Porter, Richard Dempsey
Roles Jadis - The White Witch (voice)
Rating69% 3.493563.493563.493563.493563.49356
When four children Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy stumble into an old Wardrobe they find themselves in a magical land called Narnia with talking animals, fauns, hags, the Wicked White Witch and the great lion Aslan. There they meet the friendly Mr and Mrs Beaver, who help them on their quest to find Aslan the great lion. Only he can help save Lucy's friend Mr Tumnus (the faun) from the White Witch.
Take a Girl Like You, 1h41
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Oliver Reed, Hayley Mills, Noel Harrison, John Bird, Sheila Hancock, Ronald Lacey
Roles Martha Thompson
Rating56% 2.8037252.8037252.8037252.8037252.803725
In one of a small set of adult roles she did during the 1970s and 1980s, Mills plays Jenny, a good girl who comes to a small British town to start a simple life. Soon she becomes the centre of male attention all around the town. Leading the pack is the honest but gruff Patrick who shares one thing along with the other men: have sex with the right girl, and who he and the others consider the right girl is