Person
Sheila Hancock
Acting · Born 1933-02-22 · Blackgang, Isle of Wight, England, UK
Known for
Doctor Who
Helen A.
Play for Today
Ellen
The One Show
Self - Interviewed Guest
Omnibus
Self
Have I Got News for You
Self
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
QI
Self
ITV Playhouse
Naomi Woodley
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Vi
Endeavour
Dowsable Chattox
Filmography
- 2026Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our CenturySelf
- 2025Second SkinCathryn
- 2025VE Day 80Self (archive footage)
- 2024Tommy Cooper: The Lost TapesHerself
- 2024My Life at Christmas with Anita RaniSelf - Interviewed Guest
- 2023The Sixth CommandmentElizabeth Zettl
- 2021Amol Rajan InterviewsSelf - Interviewed Guest
- 2019From This Day ForwardHer
- 2019Celebrity GoggleboxSelf
- 2018A Discovery of WitchesGoody Alsop
- 2018Doctor Who: Behind the SofaSelf
- 2018EdieEdie
- 2018The More You Ignore MeNan Wildgoose
- 2017The Dark MileMary
- 2017Don't Ask Me Ask BritainHerself
- 2017Urban MythsGala Dali
- 2016DeliciousMimi Vincent
- 2016This Beautiful FantasticMother Superior
- 2016Versus: The Life and Films of Ken LoachSelf - Actress
- 2015UnforgottenEileen Baildon
- 2014Remember MeLoveday Hutton
- 2014Great Canal JourneysSelf
- 2013Toast of London
- 2013Delicious
- 2013EndeavourDowsable Chattox
- 2013The Brilliant Brontë SistersSelf
- 2012Playhouse PresentsMelba
- 2012The Story of MusicalsSelf
- 2011Just HenryGran
- 2011Celebrity Antiques Road TripSelf - Participant
- 2011Perspectives
- 2010In Confidence
- 2009My Life In VerseSelf
- 2009Moving OnLiz
- 2009The Rain Has Stopped
- 2009Kate Garraway's Life StoriesSelf
- 2008The Last Word Monologues
- 2008The Last Word Monologues
- 2008The Boy in the Striped PyjamasGrandma
- 2007The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelf
- 2007Would I Lie to You?Self
- 2007Fallen AngelLady Youlgreave
- 2006After ThomasGranny Pat
- 2006The One ShowSelf - Interviewed Guest
- 2005Bleak HouseMrs. Guppy
- 2005YesAunt
- 2004Grumpy Old Women
- 2004Who Do You Think You Are?Self
- 2004The Paul O'Grady Show
- 2004Feather BoyEdith Sorrel
- 2004HustleDolly Hammond
- 2004The Catherine Tate ShowAuntie June
- 2004New TricksGrace Pullman
- 2003QISelf
- 2003FortysomethingGwendolen Hartley
- 2002BaitPam Raeburn
- 2002The Practicality of Magnolia
- 2001Friday Night with Jonathan RossSelf
- 2001Love or MoneyTeresa
- 2001BedtimeAlice Oldfield
- 2001The Russian BrideDora Blossom
- 1999Hold Back the NightVera
- 1999Alice in WonderlandCook
- 1998Love and Death on Long IslandMrs. Barker
- 1998Close RelationsDorothy Hammond
- 1997A Night in with the Girls
- 1995Dangerous Lady
- 1995The BuccaneersDuchess of Trevenick
- 1995Kavanagh Q.C.Sarah Meadows
- 1994The World of HammerSelf (archive footage)
- 1994Room 101Self
- 1994A Business AffairJudith
- 1993The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly PuddingAnna Maria (voice)
- 1993Brighton BellesFrances
- 1992The World of Peter Rabbit and FriendsAnna Maria (voice)
- 1992Gone to SeedMag Plant
- 1992Terry Wogan's Friday NightSelf
- 1991Gone to the DogsJean
- 1991My Kingdom for a HorseJoan Deakin
- 19903 Men and a Little LadyVera
- 1990Have I Got News for YouSelf
- 1990Royal EnclosureDoreen
- 1989Jumping The QueueMatilda Poliport
- 1988Doctor Who: The Happiness PatrolHelen A
- 1988The Universe of Dermot FinnMother of Pearl
- 1988This MorningSelf
- 1988The Love ChildEdith
- 1988BusterMrs. Rothery
- 1988HawksRegina
- 1987Making WavesDoris
- 1985Home to RoostSue
- 1984Playing Shakespeare
- 1983DramaramaRita Chartell
- 1982The Remainder ManEllen
- 1982The Golden Treasury of Classic Fairy TalesNarrorator
- 1981Six Fifty-Five SpecialSelf
- 1980The Wildcats of St Trinian'sOlga Vandemeer
- 1980Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a MusicalSelf/Mrs. Lovett
- 1971Now Take My Wife
- 1970Take a Girl Like YouMartha Thompson
- 1970Play for TodayEllen
- 1970MenaceRose
- 1970Shadows of FearAnne Brand
- 1969The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not CricketSecretary
- 1969Mr Digby, Darling
- 1968Entertaining Mr. SloaneKath
- 1968Horizontal HoldNaomi Woodley
- 1968The AnniversaryKaren Taggart
- 1967How I Won the WarMrs. Clapper's Friend
- 1967OmnibusSelf
- 1967ITV PlayhouseNaomi Woodley
- 1967Compensation AliceAlice
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreVi
- 1965The Wednesday ThrillerJoyce Lambert
- 1965The Bed-Sit Girl
- 1964Carry On CleoSenna Pod
- 1964The Moon-SpinnersCynthia Gamble
- 1964DetectiveMrs. Markle
- 1964Night Must FallDora Parkoe
- 1963Doctor WhoHelen A.
- 1963FestivalWinifred
- 1962The Girl on the BoatJane Hubbard
- 1962Twice Round the DaffodilsDora
- 1961The Rag Trade
- 1960The Bulldog BreedDoris (uncredited)
- 1960Doctor in LoveLibrarian (uncredited)
- 1960Light Up the Sky!Theatre Act
- 1956Armchair TheatreAlice
- 1949The BAFTA AwardsSelf
- —Frank and Percy
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