Sheila Hancock was the wife of which deceased actor?
Sheila Hancock surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the curtain call of the play "The Bed Before Yesterday" at the Lyric Theatre, London. Hancock was married to actor Alec Ross from 1955 until his death from oesophageal cancer in 1971. They had one daughter, Melanie, born in 1964. In 1973, Hancock married actor John Thaw. He adopted Melanie and they had another daughter, Joanna. Thaw's daughter Abigail, from his first marriage, also joined their family. All three of their daughters have become actresses. Hancock was married to Thaw until his death (also from oesophageal cancer) on 21 February 2002. Hancock herself was diagnosed
Sheila Hancock on the 5th of August 2015. Hancock was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1974 Birthday Honours and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours. Hancock is a friend of Sandi Toksvig and read Maya Angelou's poem "Touched by an Angel" at the "I Do To Equal Marriage" event which celebrated the introduction of same-sex marriage in England and Wales. In 2016, during the filming of the British 2017 film "Edie", Hancock became the oldest person to climb Mt. Suilven. Sheila Hancock Sheila Cameron Hancock, (born