What is Sheila Hancock?
[[File:Sheila Hancock 2014.jpg|thumb|Hancock in October 2014]] '''Sheila Cameron Hancock''' {{Small|[[Order of the British Empire|CBE]]}} (born 22 February 1933) is a [[British people|British]] actress and [[author]]. She works mostly on [[stage]]. She won a [[Laurence Olivier Award]] for ''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]''. For her role in ''[[Entertaining Mr Sloane]]'' (1966) she was nominated for a [[Tony Award]]. She also had roles in ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street|Sweeney Todd]]'' (1980), ''[[The Winter's Tale]]'' (1982), ''Prin'' (1989) and ''[[Sister Act (musical)|Sister Act]]'' (2010). She appeared in the [[movie]] ''[[The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (movie)|The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas]]'' (2008). Hancock was born in [[Blackgang]] on the [[Isle of Wight]], [[England]]. Her first husband, Alec Ross, died from [[oesophageal cancer]] in 1971. She later married actor [[John Thaw]] in 1973. He also died from oesophageal cancer in 2002.<ref name=telegraph>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1385667/John-Thaw-dies-of-cancer-at-60.html|title=John Thaw dies of cancer at 60|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=22 February 2002|access-date=6 December 2017}}</ref> Hancock is a [[breast cancer]] survivor.<ref name=telegraph/> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|0359430|Sheila Hancock}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hancock, Sheila}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:English movie actors]] [[Category:English stage actors]] [[Category:English television actors]] [[Category:People from the Isle of Wight]] [[Category:Laurence Olivier Award winners]] {{Actor-stub}}