"""Doctor Who"", ""Kavanagh QC"" (opposite her husband, John Thaw), ""Gone to the Dogs"", ""Brighton Belles"", ""EastEnders"", ""The Russian Bride"", ""Bedtime"", ""Fortysomething"", ""Feather Boy"", ""Bleak House"", ""New Tricks"", ""Hustle"" and ""The Catherine Tate Show"". In 2008, she played the part of a terminally ill patient who travelled to Switzerland for an assisted suicide in one of ""The Last Word"" monologues for the BBC. In 2009, she played Liz in ""The Rain Has Stopped"", part of the BBC daytime mini-series ""Moving On"". Hancock has also presented several documentaries. In 2010, she presented ""Suffragette City"" (part of ""A History of the World"" series),"
"Alexander, a feminist activist and theatre stage manager, and now professor of history at Goldsmiths, University of London. They divorced four years later. He met actress Sheila Hancock in 1969 on the set of a London comedy ""So What About Love?"" She was married to fellow actor Alexander ""Alec"" Ross, and after Thaw professed his love to Hancock, she told him that she would not have an affair. After the death of her husband (from oesophageal cancer) in 1971, Thaw and Hancock married on 24 December 1973 in Cirencester, and he remained with her until his death in 2002 (also"
"However Howard died in Valencia, California on March 23, 2016 of pneumonia complicated by shingles and prostate cancer at the age of 71.[3] George Clooney, in whose 2007 legal thriller ""Michael Clayton"", Howard appeared, remembered having met him for the first time, in 1983 at 20th Century Fox, as a fan of ""The White Shadow"". Linda Fetters Howard, stuntwoman, was his wife from 1992 to 2016. His previous wives include writer Margo Howard; (m. 1977–91), and American actress Louise Sorel (m. 1973–75). Ken Howard Kenneth Joseph Howard Jr. (March 28, 1944 – March 23, 2016) was an American actor, best"
"senile dementia. In March 2013 in the light of his deteriorating health, Richard Attenborough moved into Denville Hall to be with his wife, confirmed by their son Michael. Her younger brother Gerald likewise lived in Denville Hall until his death in December 2014. Her death was announced on 19 January 2016. Sheila Sim Sheila Beryl Grant Attenborough, Lady Attenborough (née Sim; 5 June 1922 – 19 January 2016), known professionally by her maiden name Sheila Sim, was an English film and theatre actress. She was the wife of the actor, director and peer Lord Attenborough. Sheila Beryl Grant Sim was"
"of 95. Lydia Clarke Lydia Marie Clarke (April 14, 1923 – September 3, 2018) was an American actress and photographer, and the wife of Academy Award-winning actor Charlton Heston. Clarke was born in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. She married Charlton Heston on March 17, 1944, and their marriage lasted for 64 years until his death on April 5, 2008. They had two children: Fraser Clarke Heston and Holly Heston Rochell. She was a breast cancer survivor and had undergone a mastectomy. Clarke died from complications due to pneumonia on September 3, 2018, at UCLA Medical Center, in Santa Monica, California, at"
"Lydia Clarke Lydia Marie Clarke (April 14, 1923 – September 3, 2018) was an American actress and photographer, and the wife of Academy Award-winning actor Charlton Heston. Clarke was born in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. She married Charlton Heston on March 17, 1944, and their marriage lasted for 64 years until his death on April 5, 2008. They had two children: Fraser Clarke Heston and Holly Heston Rochell. She was a breast cancer survivor and had undergone a mastectomy. Clarke died from complications due to pneumonia on September 3, 2018, at UCLA Medical Center, in Santa Monica, California, at the age"
"with entries from Sheila's diaries during the time leading up to and following John's death from cancer of the oesophagus in 2002, with the entries often having relevance to particular parts of the story. Sheila talks openly about their life together, and the various problems that affected them both and almost destroyed their marriage on many occasions. Most prominent among these was John Thaw's depression and his long battle against alcoholism. The Two of Us: My Life with John Thaw The Two of Us: My Life with John Thaw () is a 2004 biography written by British actress Sheila Hancock."
"Law"". He was working with Susan Dey on the CBS sitcom ""Love & War"" as the bartender ""Ike Johnson"" in 1992, when he died of a heart attack at his home in Los Angeles. Hancock's character's death was subsequently written into the series and he was replaced by actor Charlie Robinson. Hancock was interred in the Devotion section, at Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. John Hancock (actor) John Hancock (March 4, 1941 – October 12, 1992) was an American film and television actor. Born in Hazen, Arkansas, Hancock is possibly best remembered for his role as"
"Sheila Hancock Sheila Cameron Hancock, (born 22 February 1933) is an English actress and author. Hancock trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before starting her career in repertory theatre. Hancock went on to perform in plays and musicals in London, and her Broadway debut in ""Entertaining Mr Sloane"" (1966) earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Lead Actress in Play. She won a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical for her role in ""Cabaret"" (2007) and was nominated at the Laurence Olivier Awards four other times for her work in"
"production), and ""Guys and Dolls"" (as Miss Adelaide, a character that she took to Broadway in the 1965 revival). They were the parents of two daughters, actresses Heather and Meredith MacRae, and two sons, William Gordon MacRae and Robert Bruce MacRae. Two of Sheila's four children, Meredith and Robert, predeceased her. She later married Ronald Wayne, a television producer. MacRae became a naturalized United States citizen on 20 March 1959, in California. MacRae, a devout Christian Scientist, died suddenly on 6 March 2014, in Englewood, New Jersey, aged 92, at the Lillian Booth Actor's Home. She had suffered from dementia,"
"of $86,952.88 in 2016 dollars. Stafford was married to radio actress and singer Veola Vonn on April 12, 1940 after his second wife Bernice failed to get a divorce decree granted the previous April set aside. He died of a heart attack at his home in Los Angeles on September 9, 1968. He had one son by his marriage to his first wife, Doris. Hanley Stafford Hanley Stafford (born Alfred John Austin 22 September 1899 in Hanley, England, United Kingdom; died 9 September 1968, Los Angeles, California, USA) was an actor principally on radio. He is remembered best for playing"
"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"
"death. She also served as a producer on the 2002 television remake of ""The Time Tunnel"" and as Executive Producer of the film ""Poseidon"". She died on November 15, 2013 at her home in Malibu, California, after an extended battle with pulmonary fibrosis. Sheila Matthews Allen Sheila Mathews Allen (February 2, 1929 – November 15, 2013) was an American actress. Born Sheila Marie Mathews in New York City to Christopher Joseph and Elizabeth (née McCloskey) Mathews, both immigrants from Ireland. She was married to producer Irwin Allen until his death in 1991. She appeared in several of her husband's TV"
"he married Jewish American singer Georgia Gibbs. They had first met in Paris in the 1930s, but lost touch with one another for twelve years. The marriage lasted until his death in 1992. His grandson is screenwriter and film director Sacha Gervasi, who wrote ""The Terminal"" for Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks and directed the documentary ""Anvil! The Story of Anvil"". Gervasi died at the age of 81 on January 21, 1990 of a stroke in Manhattan. Frank Gervasi Frank Gervasi (1908 – January 21, 1990) was an American foreign correspondent and author. Gervasi, was born in 1908 in Baltimore,"
""""" (1980), ""The Winter's Tale"" (1982), ""Prin"" (1989) and ""Sister Act"" (2010). Sheila Hancock was born in Blackgang on the Isle of Wight, the daughter of Ivy Louise (née Woodward) and Enrico Cameron Hancock, who was a publican. Her sister Billie is nine years older and worked as a variety artist until retiring to Antibes in 2003 at the age of 79. After wartime evacuation, Hancock attended the Dartford County Grammar School and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Hancock worked in repertory during the 1950s and made her West End debut in 1958, replacing Joan Sims in the play"
"""Frasier"", ""Columbo: Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health"", ""JAG"", ""The Closer"", ""MacGyver"" and ""Cold Case"". Haskell was married to Annie Compton from 1960 until their 1974 divorce. In 1974, he married Dianne Tolmich. His daughter Audra reported his death the day of his death but did not specify the cause of death. Haskell reportedly died of a heart attack. Peter Haskell Peter Abraham Haskell (October 15, 1934 – April 12, 2010) was an American actor who worked primarily in television. Haskell was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Rose Veronica (née Golden) and geophysicist Norman Haskell. He"
"facilitator in the appointment of film mogul Harvey Weinstein as a CBE for Weinstein's services to the British film industry. Hancock also arranged the investiture ceremony held in Manhattan in November 2004. She was appointed Vice-Chairman of the US wing of the Royal Television Society. In 1969 she wrote ""Hancock"", a biography of her then recently deceased estranged husband, Tony Hancock, with the journalist David Nathan. In a 1991 BBC television dramatisation of the life of Tony Hancock, she is played by the British actress Frances Barber. Freddie Ross Hancock Freda ""Freddie"" Ross Hancock MBE (born Freda Ross, 7 April"
"of loving. In my sons' youth, their promise, their possibilities, my stake in immortality is invested."" Wyatt Cooper died in Manhattan, New York City on January 5, 1978, at age 50, during open heart surgery, after having a heart attack the previous December. Wyatt Emory Cooper Wyatt Emory Cooper (September 1, 1927 – January 5, 1978) was an American author, screenwriter, and actor, known for being the fourth husband of Vanderbilt heiress and socialite Gloria Vanderbilt and the father of CNN anchor Anderson Cooper. As an actor, he was usually billed as Wyatt Cooper. Cooper was born in the small"
"in her husband's television series ""Medical Center"", in which he portrayed Dr. Joe Gannon from 1969 to 1976. She and her husband, actor Chad Everett, had two daughters, Katherine Thorp and Shannon Everett. Grant largely left acting to focus on philanthropy during her later life. She and her husband sponsored more than twenty heart surgeries for children. Grant died of a brain aneurysm in Westlake Village, California on June 25, 2011 at the age of 74. Chad died from lung cancer on July 24, 2012 at the age of 75, a little over a year after Shelby's death. Shelby Grant"
"Sheila Hancock), appear in all three series. Their neighbours in the first series are a young couple (Claire Skinner and Stephen Tompkinson) with a new baby, and an aspiring actress (Emma Pierson) targeted by a reporter (Meera Syal) hoping to write an exposé on her boyfriend (David Gillespie). The Oldfields are worried about their daughter in America whose husband may be abusive. In the second series, Andrew Oldfield is annoyed by the noise made by Kurdish men from a nearby hostel. His wife writes a letter to the local paper in support of the hostel, causing her to be ostracised"
"Christopher Hancock Christopher Anthony Arthur Hancock (5 June 1928 – 29 September 2004) was a British television and theatre actor. He was born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England. His brother was actor Stephen Hancock. He and his brother trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He was married to Ann Walford; the couple had two daughters before divorcing. Hancock began acting in the theatre in the 1960s and he had roles in plays such as ""Richard II"" and ""Measure for Measure"" (both 1965) and the musical ""Billy"" (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 1974). He was then best known for"
"a number of made-for-TV movies, mostly in smaller supporting roles. Powers married Julia Harper (1950–2012) on May 4, 1981. They had four daughters: twins Maleah Cameron and Raleah Cameron, Augusta Valeria, and Simone Emerson. Powers died of liver cancer on April 6, 2015, at the age of 64 and was cremated. Ben Powers Alton Adelbert Powers (July 5, 1950 – April 6, 2015), known professionally as Ben Powers, was an American actor. Powers was best known for his role as Thelma Evans's (portrayed by Bern Nadette Stanis) husband, Keith Albert Anderson, during the sixth and final season of the CBS"
"section of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was dedicated on February 8, 1960. In 1942, Denning married 1940s horror film queen Evelyn Ankers (co-star of ""The Wolf Man"", ""Ghost of Frankenstein"" and ""Son of Dracula""), who retired from films at the age of 32 after they were married. He and Ankers had a daughter, Diana Denning (later Dwyer). After Ankers' death from cancer in 1985, Denning remarried, to Patricia Leffingwell. Denning died of a heart attack at the age of 84 on October 11, 1998 while visiting relatives in Southern California. Denning and Ankers are buried at Maui Veterans"
"by the Nazis. Because he spoke fluent Italian, Hancock was recruited into Army intelligence, where he wrote a handbook for soldiers serving in Italy. He won the national competition to design the Air Medal (1942), established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, to honor ""any person who, while serving in any capacity in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps or Coast Guard of the United States subsequent to September 8, 1939, distinguishes, or has distinguished, himself by meritorious achievement while participating in an aerial flight."" On December 4, 1943, three weeks before being shipped overseas, he married Saima Natti (1905–1984) in a"
"clean it"", she had added quickly. In March 1992 Hancock died, aged 82 years, while living in the guesthouse of the Prix D'Amour, the palatial home he had built for his third wife, Rose. According to his daughter, the death was ""unexpected"" and came ""despite strong will to live"". An autopsy showed that he had died of arteriosclerotic heart disease and police investigation revealed no evidence to contradict that. However, Hancock's daughter insisted that her stepmother had unnaturally hastened his death. Two successive state coroners refused to allow an inquest, but one was eventually granted in 1999 under the direction"
"David Ford (actor) David Ford (born David Conant Ford; October 30, 1925 – August 7, 1983) was a TV, film and stage actor. He was known for roles on TV's ""Dark Shadows"" (1966–71) and ""Search for Tomorrow"" (1951), and as John Hancock in both the ""1776"" Broadway musical and its film adaptation. He appeared in the role of Sam Evans, the alcoholic widower, artist, and father of Maggie Evans (Kathryn Leigh Scott) on the ABC-TV serial ""Dark Shadows"" from 1966 to 1968. He assumed the role when the Mark Allen, who originated the role, departed following episode 22 of the"
"Sheila Sim Sheila Beryl Grant Attenborough, Lady Attenborough (née Sim; 5 June 1922 – 19 January 2016), known professionally by her maiden name Sheila Sim, was an English film and theatre actress. She was the wife of the actor, director and peer Lord Attenborough. Sheila Beryl Grant Sim was born in Liverpool, Lancashire. Sim was mainly active as an actress in the 1940s and 1950s. She appeared in the Powell and Pressburger film, ""A Canterbury Tale"" (1944); she acted alongside her husband in the Boulting brothers' ""The Guinea Pig"" (1948); and starred opposite Anthony Steel in ""West of Zanzibar"" (1954)."
"of Poker. In 1991, Hitchcock divorced William Mellon Hitchcock and later married Jim Hoagland in 1995. Hoagland is a two-time Pulitzer prize-winning journalist. He was also a columnist and contributing editor at ""The Washington Post"". They live in Washington, D.C. Hitchcock was a close friend of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and read Psalm 23 at the former First Lady's funeral in 1994. At the time of his death in 1987, Hitchcock's step-father, Arthur Stanton, had left his wife and Hitchcock's mother Joan Alexander Stanton, an inheritance estimated at about $70–80 million. The estate was to be overseen by Kenneth Ira Starr"
"Hancock and Joan Hancock and Joan is a 2008 British biographical television film based on the affair between the comedian Tony Hancock and Joan Le Mesurier, the third wife of actor John Le Mesurier. It was first transmitted on BBC Four on 26 March 2008 as part of the ""Curse of Comedy"" season. It features Ken Stott and Maxine Peake as the title characters, and Alex Jennings as John. Written by Richard Cottan, directed by Richard Laxton and produced by Simon Heath, it was made by World Productions for the BBC. The drama's first broadcast was watched by 709,000 viewers,"
"22, 1988, aged 96, at his home in Peekskill, New York. He was survived by his wife, two daughters, four grandsons, and one great-grandson. His widow, Catherine Fennelly (1892—1988), died five months later, aged 95. Their remains were interred in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York. Parker Fennelly Parker Fennelly (October 22, 1891 – January 22, 1988) was an American actor and playwright who appeared in ten films, numerous television episodes and hundreds of radio programs. The son of gardener Nathan Fennelly and Estelle Dolliver Fennelly, he was born and raised in Northeast Harbor, Maine, and studied classical"
"Tony Hancock Anthony John Hancock (12 May 1924 – 25 June 1968) was an English comedian and actor. High-profile during the 1950s and early 1960s, he had a major success with his BBC series ""Hancock's Half Hour"", first broadcast on radio from 1954, then on television from 1956, in which he soon formed a strong professional and personal bond with comic actor Sid James. Although Hancock's decision to cease working with James, when it became known in early 1960, disappointed many at the time, his last BBC series in 1961 contains some of his best remembered work (""The Blood Donor"")."
"married to Hikaru Shiki, a Japanese chef in New York City. They ran a Japanese restaurant for over 10 years and Michaels changed her name during the marriage. They later divorced. Michaels died from leukemia on June 22, 2017, aged 78. Sheila Michaels Sheila Babs Michaels, also known as Sheila Shiki-y-Michaels (May 8, 1939 – June 22, 2017), was an American feminist and civil rights activist credited with popularizing Ms. as a default form of address for women regardless of their marital status. Michaels was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Alma Weil Michaels (née Weil), a playwright and theatrical"
"mansion, which was modelled after Tara, the plantation mansion from the movie ""Gone with the Wind"", was the setting for many large parties at which Hancock and Porteous would ""dance into the night"". As the marriage wore on, however, the relationship between Lang and Rose began to break down. Rinehart would later claim that Hancock's bride had paid little attention to his worsening health, but had instead ""screeched at him for money"". Although there were many quarrels, the Hancocks remained married until Lang's death in 1992. On 25 June 1992, less than three months after Hancock's death, Porteous married for"