Sheila Hancock Overview:

Character actress, Sheila Hancock, was born Sheila Cameron Hancock on Feb 22, 1933 in Blackgang, Isle of Wight. As of December 2025, Sheila Hancock was 92 years old.

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Sheila Hancock is a British comedian and actress. She never really seemed to be at home in films, ("Night Must Fall", 1963 and "How I Won the War", 1967), her greatest successes mostly having been on stage and in television comedy series. She was married to actors Alex Ross (1955 until his death in 1971) and John Thaw (1973 until his death in 2002).

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Illustrated Dictionary of Film Character Actors).

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Hengist Pod: My name's Pod. Hengist Post, this is my wife Senna.
Horsa: Oh, that's a pretty...
Hengist Pod: Pretty what?
Horsa: Er... pretty name.
Senna Pod: It was, 'til I married somebody called "Pod".


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Mother of actress Melanie Thaw, born 1964, (with first husband Alec Ross) and Joanna Thaw, born 1974, (with second husband John Thaw). When John Thaw married Hancock he decided to adopt Melanie officially, which is why she bears his surname.

A breast cancer survivor, her first husband (divorced), actor Alec Ross, died of cancer in 1971 and her second husband, actor John Thaw, died of oesophagus cancer in 2002. She has been a spokesperson for Cancer BACUP.

She was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1974 Queen's Honours List for her services to drama.

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