Sheila Hancock

Known For

New Tricks

Who Do You Think You Are?

Self

Doctor Who

Helen A.

Unforgotten

Eileen Baildon

Would I Lie to You?

Self

Play for Today

Ellen

QI

Self

The One Show

Self - Guest

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2024	Tommy Cooper: The Lost Tapes	Herself
2018	Edie	Edie
2018	The More You Ignore Me	Nan Wildgoose
2017	The Dark Mile	Mary
2016	This Beautiful Fantastic	Mother Superior
2016	Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach	Self - Actress
2013	Delicious
2013	The Brilliant Brontë Sisters	Self
2011	Just Henry	Gran
2009	The Rain Has Stopped
2008	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas	Grandma
2008	The Last Word Monologues
2006	After Thomas	Granny Pat
2005	Yes	Aunt
2002	The Practicality of Magnolia
2002	Bait	Pam Raeburn
2001	The Russian Bride	Dora
2001	Love or Money	Teresa
1999	Hold Back the Night	Vera
1999	Alice in Wonderland	Cook
1998	Love and Death on Long Island	Mrs. Barker
1997	A Night in with the Girls
1995	Dangerous Lady
1994	A Business Affair	Judith
1991	My Kingdom for a Horse	Joan Deakin
1990	3 Men and a Little Lady	Vera
1988	Buster	Mrs. Rothery
1988	Hawks	Regina
1988	Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol	Helen A
1988	The Love Child	Edith
1988	The Universe of Dermot Finn	Mother of Pearl
1987	Making Waves	Doris
1982	The Golden Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales	Narrorator
1982	The Remainder Man	Ellen
1980	The Wildcats of St. Trinian's	Olga Vandemeer
1980	Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical	Self/Mrs. Lovett
1970	Take a Girl Like You	Martha Thompson
1969	The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket	Secretary
1968	The Anniversary	Karen Taggart
1968	Horizontal Hold	Naomi Woodley
1967	How I Won the War	Mrs. Clapper's Friend
1967	Compensation Alice	Alice
1964	Night Must Fall	Dora Parkoe
1964	Carry On Cleo	Senna Pod
1964	The Moon-Spinners	Cynthia Gamble
1962	Twice Round the Daffodils	Dora
1962	The Girl on the Boat	Jane Hubbard
1960	The Bulldog Breed	Doris
1960	Doctor in Love	Librarian
1960	Light Up the Sky!	Theatre Act
	From This Day Forward	Her

Year	TV Show	Role
2025	VE Day 80	Herself (Footage)
2024	My Life at Christmas with Anita Rani	Self - Interviewed Guest
2023	The Sixth Commandment	Elizabeth Zettl
2019	Celebrity Gogglebox	Self
2018	A Discovery of Witches	Goody Alsop
2017	Urban Myths	Gala Dali
2016	Delicious	Mimi Vincent
2015	Unforgotten	Eileen Baildon
2014	Great Canal Journeys	Self
2014	Remember Me	Loveday Hutton
2013	Toast of London
2013	Endeavour	Dowsable Chattox
2012	Playhouse Presents
2011	Celebrity Antiques Road Trip	Self - Participant
2011	Perspectives
2009	Kate Garraway's Life Stories	Self
2009	Moving On	Liz
2008	The Last Word Monologues
2007	The Alan Titchmarsh Show	Self
2007	Fallen Angel	Lady Youlgreave
2007	Would I Lie to You?	Self
2006	The One Show	Self - Guest
2006	The One Show	Self - Interviewed Guest
2005	Bleak House	Mrs. Guppy
2004	The Paul O'Grady Show
2004	Who Do You Think You Are?	Self
2004	Grumpy Old Women
2004	New Tricks
2004	Feather Boy	Edith Sorrel
2004	Hustle	Dolly Hammond
2004	The Catherine Tate Show	Auntie June
2003	Fortysomething	Gwendolen Hartley
2003	QI	Self
2001	Friday Night with Jonathan Ross	Self
2001	Bedtime	Alice Oldfield
1998	Close Relations	Dorothy Hammond
1995	Kavanagh Q.C.	Sarah Meadows
1995	The Buccaneers	Duchess of Trevenick
1994	Room 101	Self
1993	Brighton Belles	Frances
1992	The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends	Anna Maria (voice)
1992	Terry Wogan's Friday Night	Self
1992	Gone to Seed	Mag Plant
1991	Gone to the Dogs	Jean
1988	This Morning	Self
1985	Bulman
1985	Home to Roost	Sue
1984	Playing Shakespeare
1981	Six Fifty-Five Special	Self
1971	Now Take My Wife
1970	Play for Today	Ellen
1970	Menace
1970	Shadows of Fear	Anne Brand
1969	Mr Digby, Darling
1967	Omnibus	Self
1965	The Bed-Sit Girl
1963	Doctor Who	Helen A.
1961	The Rag Trade
1949	The BAFTA Awards	Self
	My Life In Verse