Sheila Hancock

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Known For

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Grandma

A Discovery of Witches

Goody Alsop

Doctor Who

Helen A.

3 Men and a Little Lady

Vera

Alice in Wonderland

Cook

This Beautiful Fantastic

Mother Superior

Endeavour

Dowsable Chattox

Self

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	Second Skin MOVIE	Cathryn
2025	VE Day 80 TV	Self (archive footage)
2024	Tommy Cooper: The Lost Tapes MOVIE	Herself
2024	My Life at Christmas with Anita Rani TV	Self - Interviewed Guest
2023	The Sixth Commandment TV	Elizabeth Zettl
2021	Amol Rajan Interviews TV	Self - Interviewed Guest
2019	From This Day Forward MOVIE	Her
2019	Celebrity Gogglebox TV	Self
2018	A Discovery of Witches TV	Goody Alsop
2018	Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa TV	Self
2018	Edie MOVIE	Edie
2018	The More You Ignore Me MOVIE	Nan Wildgoose
2017	The Dark Mile MOVIE	Mary
2017	Don't Ask Me Ask Britain TV	Herself
2017	Urban Myths TV	Gala Dali
2016	Delicious TV	Mimi Vincent
2016	This Beautiful Fantastic MOVIE	Mother Superior
2016	Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach MOVIE	Self - Actress
2015	Unforgotten TV	Eileen Baildon
2014	Remember Me TV	Loveday Hutton
2014	Great Canal Journeys TV	Self
2013	Toast of London TV	Self
2013	Delicious MOVIE	Self
2013	Endeavour TV	Dowsable Chattox
2013	The Brilliant Brontë Sisters MOVIE	Self
2012	Playhouse Presents TV	Melba
2012	The Story of Musicals TV	Self
2011	Just Henry MOVIE	Gran
2011	Celebrity Antiques Road Trip TV	Self - Participant
2011	Perspectives TV	Self
2010	In Confidence TV	Self
2009	My Life In Verse TV	Self
2009	Moving On TV	Liz
2009	The Rain Has Stopped MOVIE	Self
2009	Kate Garraway's Life Stories TV	Self
2008	The Last Word Monologues MOVIE	Self
2008	The Last Word Monologues TV	Self
2008	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas MOVIE	Grandma
2007	The Alan Titchmarsh Show TV	Self
2007	Would I Lie to You? TV	Self
2007	Fallen Angel TV	Lady Youlgreave
2006	After Thomas MOVIE	Granny Pat
2006	The One Show TV	Self - Interviewed Guest
2005	Bleak House TV	Mrs. Guppy
2005	Yes MOVIE	Aunt
2004	Grumpy Old Women TV	Self
2004	Who Do You Think You Are? TV	Self
2004	The Paul O'Grady Show TV	Self
2004	Feather Boy TV	Edith Sorrel
2004	Hustle TV	Dolly Hammond
2004	The Catherine Tate Show TV	Auntie June
2004	New Tricks TV	Grace Pullman
2003	QI TV	Self
2003	Fortysomething TV	Gwendolen Hartley
2002	Bait MOVIE	Pam Raeburn
2002	The Practicality of Magnolia MOVIE	Self
2001	Friday Night with Jonathan Ross TV	Self
2001	Love or Money MOVIE	Teresa
2001	Bedtime TV	Alice Oldfield
2001	The Russian Bride TV	Dora Blossom
1999	Hold Back the Night MOVIE	Vera
1999	Alice in Wonderland MOVIE	Cook
1998	Love and Death on Long Island MOVIE	Mrs. Barker
1998	Close Relations TV	Dorothy Hammond
1997	A Night in with the Girls MOVIE	Self
1995	Dangerous Lady MOVIE	Self
1995	The Buccaneers TV	Duchess of Trevenick
1995	Kavanagh Q.C. TV	Sarah Meadows
1994	The World of Hammer TV	Self (archive footage)
1994	Room 101 TV	Self
1994	A Business Affair MOVIE	Judith
1993	The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding MOVIE	Anna Maria (voice)
1993	Brighton Belles TV	Frances
1992	The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends TV	Anna Maria (voice)
1992	Gone to Seed TV	Mag Plant
1992	Terry Wogan's Friday Night TV	Self
1991	Gone to the Dogs TV	Jean
1991	My Kingdom for a Horse MOVIE	Joan Deakin
1990	3 Men and a Little Lady MOVIE	Vera
1990	Have I Got News for You TV	Self
1990	Royal Enclosure MOVIE	Doreen
1988	Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol MOVIE	Helen A
1988	The Universe of Dermot Finn MOVIE	Mother of Pearl
1988	This Morning TV	Self
1988	The Love Child MOVIE	Edith
1988	Buster MOVIE	Mrs. Rothery
1988	Hawks MOVIE	Regina
1987	Making Waves MOVIE	Doris
1985	Home to Roost TV	Sue
1984	Playing Shakespeare TV	Self
1982	The Remainder Man MOVIE	Ellen
1982	The Golden Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales MOVIE	Narrorator
1981	Six Fifty-Five Special TV	Self
1980	The Wildcats of St Trinian's MOVIE	Olga Vandemeer
1980	Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical MOVIE	Self/Mrs. Lovett
1971	Now Take My Wife TV	Self
1970	Take a Girl Like You MOVIE	Martha Thompson
1970	Play for Today TV	Ellen
1970	Menace TV	Self
1970	Shadows of Fear TV	Anne Brand
1969	The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket MOVIE	Secretary
1969	Mr Digby, Darling TV	Self
1968	Entertaining Mr. Sloane MOVIE	Kath
1968	Horizontal Hold MOVIE	Naomi Woodley
1968	The Anniversary MOVIE	Karen Taggart
1967	How I Won the War MOVIE	Mrs. Clapper's Friend
1967	Omnibus TV	Self
1967	ITV Playhouse TV	Naomi Woodley
1967	ITV Playhouse TV	Kaff
1967	Compensation Alice MOVIE	Alice
1965	The Bed-Sit Girl TV	Self
1964	Carry On Cleo MOVIE	Senna Pod
1964	The Moon-Spinners MOVIE	Cynthia Gamble
1964	Detective TV	Mrs. Markle
1964	Night Must Fall MOVIE	Dora Parkoe
1963	Doctor Who TV	Helen A.
1963	Festival TV	Winifred
1962	The Girl on the Boat MOVIE	Jane Hubbard
1962	Twice Round the Daffodils MOVIE	Dora
1961	The Rag Trade TV	Self
1960	The Bulldog Breed MOVIE	Doris (uncredited)
1960	Doctor in Love MOVIE	Librarian (uncredited)
1960	Light Up the Sky! MOVIE	Theatre Act
1956	Armchair Theatre TV	Alice
1949	The BAFTA Awards TV	Self
	Frank and Percy MOVIE	Self

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