Old Rage: ''One of our best-loved actor''s powerful riposte to a world driving her mad - DAILY MAIL

About Sheila Hancock

Sheila Hancock one of Britains most highly regarded and popular actors received a Damehood for services to drama and charity in 2021. Since the 1950s she has enjoyed a career across film television theatre and radio. Her first big television role was in the BBC sitcom The Rag Trade in the early 1960s. She has directed and acted for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. Following the death of her husband John Thaw she wrote a memoir of their marriage The Two of Us which was a number one bestseller and won the British Book Award for Author of the Year. Her memoir of her widowhood Just Me also a bestseller was published in 2007 followed by her bestselling novel Miss Carters War. She lives in London and France.