Sheila Hancock: movies and TV shows
Sheila Hancock has 134 credits in the archive: 57 films and 77 TV series, from 1949 to 2026. Highest rated: The BAFTA Awards (10.0/10).
Career timeline
1949 – 2026 · busiest year: 2004 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our Century | Self | Film | — | 93 |
| 2025 | VE Day 80 | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.0 | 92 |
| 2025 | Second Skin | Cathryn | Film | — | 92 |
| 2024 | My Life at Christmas with Anita Rani | Self - Interviewed Guest | TV | 7.0 | 91 |
| 2024 | Tommy Cooper: The Lost Tapes | Herself | Film | — | 91 |
| 2023 | The Sixth Commandment | Elizabeth Zettl | TV | 6.8 | 90 |
| 2021 | Amol Rajan Interviews | Self - Interviewed Guest | TV | — | 88 |
| 2019 | Celebrity Gogglebox | Self | TV | 6.6 | 86 |
| 2019 | From This Day Forward | Her | Film | — | 86 |
| 2018 | A Discovery of Witches | Goody Alsop | TV | 7.8 | 85 |
| 2018 | Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa | Self | TV | — | 85 |
| 2018 | The More You Ignore Me | Nan Wildgoose | Film | 6.3 | 85 |
| 2018 | Edie | Edie | Film | 6.3 | 85 |
| 2017 | Urban Myths | Gala Dali | TV | 7.4 | 84 |
| 2017 | Don't Ask Me Ask Britain | Herself | TV | — | 84 |
| 2017 | The Dark Mile | Mary | Film | 3.9 | 84 |
| 2016 | Delicious | Mimi Vincent | TV | 6.0 | 83 |
| 2016 | This Beautiful Fantastic | Mother Superior | Film | 7.1 | 83 |
| 2016 | Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach | Self - Actress | Film | 6.6 | 83 |
| 2015 | Unforgotten | Eileen Baildon | TV | 7.5 | 82 |
| 2014 | Remember Me | Loveday Hutton | TV | 6.9 | 81 |
| 2014 | Great Canal Journeys | Self | TV | 8.8 | 81 |
| 2013 | Endeavour | Dowsable Chattox | TV | 8.1 | 80 |
| 2013 | Toast of London | TV | 7.4 | 80 | |
| 2013 | The Brilliant Brontë Sisters | Self | Film | — | 80 |
| 2013 | Delicious | Film | 5.2 | 80 | |
| 2012 | Playhouse Presents | Melba | TV | 6.0 | 79 |
| 2012 | The Story of Musicals | Self | TV | — | 79 |
| 2011 | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Self - Participant | TV | 6.0 | 78 |
| 2011 | Perspectives | TV | — | 78 | |
| 2011 | Just Henry | Gran | Film | 6.6 | 78 |
| 2010 | In Confidence | TV | — | 77 | |
| 2009 | Moving On | Liz | TV | 7.4 | 76 |
| 2009 | Kate Garraway's Life Stories | Self | TV | 5.9 | 76 |
| 2009 | My Life In Verse | Self | TV | — | 76 |
| 2009 | The Rain Has Stopped | Film | — | 76 | |
| 2008 | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Grandma | Film | 7.8 | 75 |
| 2008 | The Last Word Monologues | Film | — | 75 | |
| 2008 | The Last Word Monologues | TV | — | 75 | |
| 2007 | Would I Lie to You? | Self | TV | 7.8 | 74 |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Self | TV | 4.5 | 74 |
| 2007 | Fallen Angel | Lady Youlgreave | TV | 4.5 | 74 |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self - Interviewed Guest | TV | 4.4 | 73 |
| 2006 | After Thomas | Granny Pat | Film | 6.1 | 73 |
| 2005 | Bleak House | Mrs. Guppy | TV | 8.0 | 72 |
| 2005 | Yes | Aunt | Film | 5.9 | 72 |
| 2004 | New Tricks | Grace Pullman | TV | 7.3 | 71 |
| 2004 | Hustle | Dolly Hammond | TV | 7.7 | 71 |
| 2004 | The Paul O'Grady Show | TV | 5.1 | 71 | |
| 2004 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 71 |
| 2004 | The Catherine Tate Show | Auntie June | TV | 6.9 | 71 |
| 2004 | Feather Boy | Edith Sorrel | TV | 8.0 | 71 |
| 2004 | Grumpy Old Women | TV | 8.4 | 71 | |
| 2003 | QI | Self | TV | 7.9 | 70 |
| 2003 | Fortysomething | Gwendolen Hartley | TV | 7.5 | 70 |
| 2002 | Bait | Pam Raeburn | Film | 8.0 | 69 |
| 2002 | The Practicality of Magnolia | Film | — | 69 | |
| 2001 | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self | TV | 6.1 | 68 |
| 2001 | Bedtime | Alice Oldfield | TV | 4.3 | 68 |
| 2001 | The Russian Bride | Dora Blossom | TV | 9.0 | 68 |
| 2001 | Love or Money | Teresa | Film | 8.0 | 68 |
| 1999 | Alice in Wonderland | Cook | Film | 6.2 | 66 |
| 1999 | Hold Back the Night | Vera | Film | 5.0 | 66 |
| 1998 | Close Relations | Dorothy Hammond | TV | 3.3 | 65 |
| 1998 | Love and Death on Long Island | Mrs. Barker | Film | 6.3 | 65 |
| 1997 | A Night in with the Girls | Film | — | 64 | |
| 1995 | Kavanagh Q.C. | Sarah Meadows | TV | 7.3 | 62 |
| 1995 | The Buccaneers | Duchess of Trevenick | TV | 6.0 | 62 |
| 1995 | Dangerous Lady | Film | — | 62 | |
| 1994 | The World of Hammer | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.8 | 61 |
| 1994 | Room 101 | Self | TV | 6.6 | 61 |
| 1994 | A Business Affair | Judith | Film | 4.8 | 61 |
| 1993 | Brighton Belles | Frances | TV | 4.3 | 60 |
| 1993 | The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding | Anna Maria (voice) | Film | — | 60 |
| 1992 | The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends | Anna Maria (voice) | TV | 6.2 | 59 |
| 1992 | Terry Wogan's Friday Night | Self | TV | 6.5 | 59 |
| 1992 | Gone to Seed | Mag Plant | TV | 3.3 | 59 |
| 1991 | Gone to the Dogs | Jean | TV | 6.3 | 58 |
| 1991 | My Kingdom for a Horse | Joan Deakin | Film | 9.0 | 58 |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for You | Self | TV | 7.2 | 57 |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for You | Self - Panellist | TV | 7.2 | 57 |
| 1990 | 3 Men and a Little Lady | Vera | Film | 5.9 | 57 |
| 1990 | Royal Enclosure | Doreen | Film | — | 57 |
| 1990 | Royal Enclosure | Film | — | 57 | |
| 1989 | Jumping The Queue | Matilda Poliport | TV | 3.3 | 56 |
| 1988 | This Morning | Self | TV | 5.2 | 55 |
| 1988 | Buster | Mrs. Rothery | Film | 5.7 | 55 |
| 1988 | Hawks | Regina | Film | 5.7 | 55 |
| 1988 | The Universe of Dermot Finn | Mother of Pearl | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1988 | The Love Child | Edith | Film | 7.5 | 55 |
| 1988 | Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol | Helen A | Film | 8.0 | 55 |
| 1987 | Making Waves | Doris | Film | 6.8 | 54 |
| 1985 | Home to Roost | Sue | TV | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1984 | Playing Shakespeare | TV | 9.7 | 51 | |
| 1983 | Dramarama | Rita Chartell | TV | 7.3 | 50 |
| 1982 | The Remainder Man | Ellen | Film | — | 49 |
| 1982 | The Golden Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales | Narrorator | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1981 | Six Fifty-Five Special | Self | TV | — | 48 |
| 1980 | The Wildcats of St Trinian's | Olga Vandemeer | Film | 4.3 | 47 |
| 1980 | Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical | Self/Mrs. Lovett | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1971 | Now Take My Wife | TV | — | 38 | |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Ellen | TV | 6.6 | 37 |
| 1970 | Menace | Rose | TV | — | 37 |
| 1970 | Shadows of Fear | Anne Brand | TV | 6.7 | 37 |
| 1970 | Take a Girl Like You | Martha Thompson | Film | 5.8 | 37 |
| 1969 | Mr Digby, Darling | TV | — | 36 | |
| 1969 | The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket | Secretary | Film | — | 36 |
| 1968 | The Anniversary | Karen Taggart | Film | 6.6 | 35 |
| 1968 | Horizontal Hold | Naomi Woodley | Film | — | 35 |
| 1968 | Entertaining Mr. Sloane | Kath | Film | 10.0 | 35 |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Self | TV | 7.2 | 34 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Naomi Woodley | TV | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Kaff | TV | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1967 | How I Won the War | Mrs. Clapper's Friend | Film | 5.6 | 34 |
| 1967 | Compensation Alice | Alice | Film | — | 34 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Vi | TV | 4.2 | 32 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Cynthia | TV | 4.2 | 32 |
| 1965 | The Wednesday Thriller | Joyce Lambert | TV | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1965 | The Bed-Sit Girl | TV | 7.0 | 32 | |
| 1964 | Detective | Mrs. Markle | TV | 9.0 | 31 |
| 1964 | Carry On Cleo | Senna Pod | Film | 6.7 | 31 |
| 1964 | The Moon-Spinners | Cynthia Gamble | Film | 5.8 | 31 |
| 1964 | Night Must Fall | Dora Parkoe | Film | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Helen A. | TV | 7.9 | 30 |
| 1963 | Festival | Winifred | TV | 8.0 | 30 |
| 1962 | The Girl on the Boat | Jane Hubbard | Film | 6.0 | 29 |
| 1962 | Twice Round the Daffodils | Dora | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1961 | The Rag Trade | TV | 6.3 | 28 | |
| 1960 | The Bulldog Breed | Doris (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 27 |
| 1960 | Doctor in Love | Librarian (uncredited) | Film | 5.5 | 27 |
| 1960 | Light Up the Sky! | Theatre Act | Film | 6.0 | 27 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Alice | TV | 6.0 | 23 |
| 1949 | The BAFTA Awards | Self | TV | 10.0 | 16 |
| Frank and Percy | Film | — | — |