Sheila Hancock's Height
5ft 7 ½ (171.5 cm)
English actress and author known for roles in UK tv shows such as Bedtime, The Rag-Trade and Fortysomething. In film she has appeared in Carry on Cleo, Three Men and a Little Lady, Buster, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and Love and Death on Long Island. Her agency in the 1960's described her as standing 5ft 7.5 inches in height.
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Average Guess (6 Votes)
5ft 7.08in (170.4cm)
5ft 7.08in (170.4cm)
Miss Sandy Cowell said on 5/May/21
How fantastic - Sheila is on QI and she's very funny indeed!
5ft7.5 peak height. 😋💐😂😂😂
How fantastic - Sheila is on QI and she's very funny indeed!
5ft7.5 peak height. 😋💐😂😂😂
Miss Sandy Cowell said on 15/Dec/20
We have Sheila starring in a fantasy special over the Christmas holidays, which is something to look forward to. It'll be great to see her acting again since the untimely passing of her husband, 'Inspector Morse' actor John Thaw.
She wasn't much shorter than John at all. She's talked about the happy times they had together, and it was very enjoyable to watch and listen to their funny antics together. Once she burnt a cake and was most upset, but John soon had her in tears - of laughter!
5ft7.5. 😄👍🥞
We have Sheila starring in a fantasy special over the Christmas holidays, which is something to look forward to. It'll be great to see her acting again since the untimely passing of her husband, 'Inspector Morse' actor John Thaw.
She wasn't much shorter than John at all. She's talked about the happy times they had together, and it was very enjoyable to watch and listen to their funny antics together. Once she burnt a cake and was most upset, but John soon had her in tears - of laughter!
5ft7.5. 😄👍🥞
Paul Wood said on 15/Mar/19
Maybe she's shrunk from her peak height now. I've given her 5ft 6.5in.
Maybe she's shrunk from her peak height now. I've given her 5ft 6.5in.
Sandy Cowell said on 6/Jan/17
I have seen Sheila interviewed many times, mainly in tribute programmes to her husband, the unforgettable John Thaw.
In these, she was, of course, sitting down, so I couldn't take in her height. What I did take in, though, was that she was friendly, charming and humorous.
Then I saw her playing a really controversial part and I thought "Fabulous! This woman's got balls!"
She played a gay woman outcast who befriends another of society's misfits! It is a very enjoyable story and I am going to have to try and find out what it's called because it is worth seeing again.
Now in that play, I was surprised to see how tall she was. I never saw her in her other programmes! She could have been nearly as tall as John, who as 'Inspector Morse', never looked more than 5ft8 - 8.5. I shall go with 5ft7.5 for Sheila.
I have seen Sheila interviewed many times, mainly in tribute programmes to her husband, the unforgettable John Thaw.
In these, she was, of course, sitting down, so I couldn't take in her height. What I did take in, though, was that she was friendly, charming and humorous.
Then I saw her playing a really controversial part and I thought "Fabulous! This woman's got balls!"
She played a gay woman outcast who befriends another of society's misfits! It is a very enjoyable story and I am going to have to try and find out what it's called because it is worth seeing again.
Now in that play, I was surprised to see how tall she was. I never saw her in her other programmes! She could have been nearly as tall as John, who as 'Inspector Morse', never looked more than 5ft8 - 8.5. I shall go with 5ft7.5 for Sheila.
littlesue said on 25/Dec/14
I would say more around 5ft 6 now, always looked taller than her hubby in her heels back in the day
I would say more around 5ft 6 now, always looked taller than her hubby in her heels back in the day
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