Talk:Sheila Hancock

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the link to her first husband (ross) needs to be disambiguated —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tim bates (talk • contribs) 20:53, August 28, 2007 (UTC)

Done Rojomoke (talk) 14:11, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

TV Credits, omission?
Does anyone recall a UK TV series (1960s) called The Secretary Bird, in which she starred? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.143.181.18 (talk) 21:49, 25 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes, I remember it well. (I was adolescent and she wore the very short skirts that were fashionable at the time).  I haven't found many references to it.  I can't believe it's forgotten, given how many other things are remembered.  It's almost as if someone has tried to expunge traces of it.  This, being the web, makes success at such a venture unlikely!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.179.2.19 (talk) 11:48, 20 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Yes! I, too, was adolescent and remember the mini-/micro-skirts she wore very well.  I've tried to find information about the series and it is, indeed, as if it has been deliberately removed from the internet and, presumably, other biographical information.  I can understand a motive as the series didn't fit particularly well with her later, persistent association with 'serious' acting and she might not have wanted people to know about that particular 'bimbo' role.  Nevertheless it was, presumably, a significant role in bringing her to wide public attention and enabling her to move on to other roles.  Everyone does things they regret in their youth, but not to acknowledge such a part of her career would seem, almost, a little 'dishonest'.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.176.209.171 (talk) 21:16, 25 April 2012 (UTC)


 * You may be thinking of The Bed-Sit Girl, created by Chesney and Wolfe (who later wrote On The Buses) as a vehicle for her. Her character was indeed a typist. The Secretary Bird was a 1968 stage play by William Douglas Home. The West End production with Kenneth More was televised in 1969 (putting West End shows on TV was, oddly enough, a thing back then), but Hancock wasn't in that. Khamba Tendal (talk) 10:49, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Sister
"Her sister Billie is seven years older... retiring to Antibes in 2003 at the age of 79." Those numbers don't add up, if she's seven years older she wouldn't have been 79 in 2003. Can someone source and correct this please? EJBH (talk) 16:21, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Edward Woodward
As her mother's maiden name is Woodward, is she related to Edward Woodward? 87.228.255.201 (talk) 18:51, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
 * They were friends, but I haven't seen evidence that they were related. Ghmyrtle (talk) 19:17, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

First/only woman to present Just a Minute?
I have a memory of a special episode of JAM where Nicholas Parsons was a contestant and Sheila Hancock was the host - this would have been around 1968. Can anyone confirm it? It is noteworthy? Assuming there's a reliable citation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Apepper (talk • contribs) 20:24, 31 December 2020 (UTC)