Sheila Hancock

Dame Sheila Hancock DBE
Hancock in 2023
Born	Sheila Cameron Hancock (1933-02-22) 22 February 1933 (age 91) Blackgang, Isle of Wight, England
Alma mater	Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupations	Actress theatre director author panellist
Years active	1953–present
Spouses	Alec Ross ​ ​ (m. 1955; died 1971)​ John Thaw ​ ​ (m. 1973; died 2002)​
Children	2[1][2]
Relatives	Abigail Thaw[3] (stepdaughter)

Dame Sheila Cameron Hancock DBE (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).