Sheila Hancock
British actress (born 1933) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dame Sheila Cameron Hancock DBE (born 22 February 1933) is an English actress, singer, and author. She has performed in theatre - plays and musicals in London, and her Broadway debut in Entertaining Mr Sloane (1966) earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Lead Actress in Play.
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Born | Sheila Cameron Hancock (1933-02-22) 22 February 1933 (age 91) Blackgang, Isle of Wight, England |
Alma mater | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
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Years active | 1953–present |
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Children | 2[1][2] |
Relatives | Abigail Thaw[3] (stepdaughter) |
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).