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Sheila Hancock OBE (born February 22, 1933) is a British actress and comedienne.

Born on the Isle of Wight, she attended Dartford County Grammar School and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She has appeared in over 40 films, mostly television releases. Big-screen roles include Carry On Cleo
(1964) and Three Men and a Little Lady
(1990). Television series she has participated in include Have I Got News For You, Doctor Who, and EastEnders. She has also made numerous appearances on Just a Minute from the 1960s onwards.

Hancock was married to actor Alec Ross from 1954 until his death from cancer in 1971. They had one daughter, Melanie Thaw, born in 1964. In 1973 Hancock married actor John Thaw, 9 years her junior. He adopted Melanie, and they had another daughter, Joanna Thaw, in 1974. Both daughters have become actresses.

John Thaw died of cancer in 2002. Hancock is herself a long-term survivor of breast cancer.

During her middle-aged years Hancock joined the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). She is a patron of the London HIV charity The Food Chain.

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