The Young and the Restless
With the success of another iconic character, Kimberlin Brown's Sheila Carter, Bell successfully crossed her over from "The Young and the Restless" to his second soap, "The Bold and the Beautiful", in 1992. The success of the crossover was due to the creativity of Bell, as the nefarious character of Sheila was presumed to have died in a fire on "The Young and the Restless".
Sheila Hancock
Hancock's first big television role was as Carol in the BBC sitcom "The Rag Trade" in the early 1960s. She also played the lead roles in the sitcoms "The Bed-Sit Girl", "Mr Digby Darling", "The Secretary Bird" and "Now Take My Wife". Her other television credits include "Doctor Who", "Kavanagh QC" (opposite her husband, John Thaw), "Gone to the Dogs", "Brighton Belles", "EastEnders", "The Russian Bride", "Bedtime", "Fortysomething", "Feather Boy", "Bleak House", "New Tricks", "Hustle" and "The Catherine Tate Show". In 2008, she played the part of a terminally ill patient who travelled to Switzerland for an assisted suicide in one of "The Last Word" monologues for the BBC. In 2009, she played Liz in "The Rain Has Stopped", part of the BBC daytime mini-series "Moving On".