Sheila Hancock

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Sheila Hancock (2014)

Sheila Cameron Hancock , CBE , (born February 22, 1933 in Blackgang , Isle of Wight ) is an English actress and author. Hancock attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before starting her career in repertory theater . She played in plays and musicals in London. Her Broadway debut in Be Kind to Mr. Sloane (1966) earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress . She won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical for her role in Cabaret (2007) and has won four Laurence Olivier Awards for her work in Sweeney Todd (1980), Das Wintermärchen (1982), Prin ( 1989) and Sister Act (2010).

Childhood and youth

Sheila Hancock was born in Blackgang, Isle of Wight, to Ivy Louise (née Woodward) and Enrico Cameron Hancock, a tapkeeper. Her sister Billie, who was nine years older than her, worked in the variety theater until she retired in Antibes in 2003 at the age of 79 . After the war evacuation, Hancock attended Dartford County Grammar School and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art .

theatre

Hancock worked in repertoire theater in the 1950s and made her West End debut in 1958, replacing Joan Sims in Breath of Spring . In 1959 she appeared in Joan Littlewood's theater workshop production of Make Me An Offer . Other early West End appearances included the revue One Over the Eight with Kenneth Williams in 1961 and her starring role in Rattle of a Simple Man in 1962. In 1965, Hancock made her Broadway debut in Be Kind to Mr. Sloane . In 1978 she played Miss Hannigan in the musical Annie as part of the original London cast . Two years later she played Mrs Lovett in the musical Sweeney Todd , also as part of the original London cast .

Hancock has also appeared in Winter's Tale , Titus Andronicus, and A Delicate Balance for the Royal Shakespeare Company . At the Royal National Theater she appeared in The Cherry Orchard and The Duchess of Malfi . She directed A Midsummer Night's Dream for the Royal Shakespeare Company and The Critic at the National Theater. Hancock was assistant artistic director for the Cambridge Theater Company.

In 2006 Hancock played the role of Fraulein Schneider in the West End revival of the musical Cabaret at the Lyric Theater . She won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Role in a Musical. In 2009 she played Mother Superior in Sister Act for a year . The Musical at the London Palladium .

In 2013 she starred alongside Lee Evans and Keeley Hawes in the comedy Barking in Essex at the Wyndham's Theater and in 2016 she starred with Jenna Russell in the UK premiere of the musical Gray Gardens at the Southwark Playhouse.

watch TV

Hancock's first television role was as Carol on the BBC sitcom The Rag Trade in the early 1960s. She also starred in the sitcoms The Bed-Sit Girl , Mr. Digby Darling and Now Take My Wife . She also starred in Doctor Who , Kavanagh QC (with 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 with. In 2008 she played a one-time palliative patient on the BBC program The Last Word , who traveled to Switzerland to receive euthanasia . In 2009 she played Liz in The Rain Has Stopped , part of the BBC miniseries Moving On .

Hancock has contributed to numerous documentaries. In 2010 she presented Suffragette City , part of the A History of the World series , which presented the history of the suffragette movement through objects from the Museum of London collection. In 2011, in Sheila Hancock Brushes Up: The Art of Watercolors, she explored the history of watercolors through beautiful, still largely unknown, works by both professional and amateur artists. In 2013 she presented Perspectives Sheila Hancock - The Brilliant Brontë Sisters as part of the ITV documentary series , which was about the writer's upbringing and sources of inspiration.

In December 2012 she took part in a Christmas special edition of the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing program.

In January 2016, she made a guest appearance on an episode of the BBC's medical drama Casualty . In December 2016 she starred in the Sky One comedy drama series Delicious alongside Dawn French , Emilia Fox and Iain Glen .

Other activities

In March 1963, Hancock made the recording My Last Cigarette . The song is about someone who wants to quit smoking: However, any good intention depends on "one last cigarette".

From 1978 to 1979 she starred alongside Pat Coombs as Alice Foster on the BBC Radio 2 comedy series Thank You, Mrs Fothergill . She has made guest appearances on television shows such as Grumpy Old Women , Room 101 and Have I Got News for You . From 1967 she occasionally took part in the BBC Radio 4's Just a Minute game show . From 2007 to 2012, Hancock was Chancellor of the University of Portsmouth . From March to May 2010 she appeared as a judge on the BBC Show Over the Rainbow alongside Charlotte Church , Andrew Lloyd Webber and John Partridge .

In 2011, Hancock appeared alongside Geoffrey Palmer on the BBC Radio 4 series North by Northamptonshire .

Private

In 1955, Hancock married actor Alec Ross, who died of esophageal cancer in 1971 . The couple had a daughter, Melanie, who was born in 1964. From 1973, Hancock was married to actor John Thaw , who adopted Melanie. Together they had another daughter, Johanna. Thaw's first marriage daughter, Abigail , also became part of the family. All three daughters became actresses.

Hancock was married to him until Thaw's death (also esophageal cancer) on February 21, 2002. In the late 1980s, Hancock was diagnosed with breast cancer from which she was cured. Her book The Two of Us , published in 2004, is about both the life of the spouses and their 28-year marriage. In 2008 her book Just Me was published , which is about being a widow. In 2014 she published her debut novel Miss Carter's War .

Hancock is a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). She is a sponsor of the London HIV aid organization The Food Chain and worked for the London children's aid organization Kids Company until it was dissolved on August 5, 2015 .

Hancock was named Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) during the 1974 Birthday Honors and was named Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 New Year Honors .

Hancock is a friend of Sandi Toksvig and read Maya Angelou's poem Touched by an Angel at the I Do To Equal Marriage event, which celebrated the introduction of same-sex marriage in England and Wales.

Filmography

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Film reference Hancock Biography , accessed March 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Paul Revoir: Actress Sheila Hancock admits loving drama of 'vile and wonderful' drinking men . In: Daily Mail , March 17, 2011. 
  3. ↑ Sheila Hancock: Regrets? Plenty - but it's too late now it's Just Me. Time for a fresh start mailonsunday.co.uk , September 16, 2008, accessed March 9, 2010.
  4. ↑ Lee Evans and Sheila Hancock star in new stage comedy . In: bbc.co.uk . BBC News . November 30, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
  5. ↑ Lee Evans - 'I really wanted to get back into theater' . In: whatsonstage.com . Whats on stage. May 3, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
  6. ^ Songfacts , accessed March 17, 2014.
  7. ↑ Chancellor Sheila Hancock stars in city performance ( July 25, 2011 memento in the Internet Archive ) University of Portsmouth News, July 25, 2011
  8. ^ North by Northamptonshire . BBC. Retrieved January 5, 2012.
  9. ^ The Two of Us - My life with John Thaw. Sheila Hancock - Book and Sofa . In: Book and Sofa . November 22, 2015 ( buchundsofa.de [accessed April 14, 2018]).
  10. ↑ Joan Bakewell: Review: Just Me by Sheila Hancock. In: The Guardian. October 4, 2008, accessed April 12, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Hancock, Sheila
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hancock, Sheila Cameron (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English theater and film actress as well as musical actress
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Blackgang