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Sheila Hancock, one of Britain's 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 Carter's War. She lives in London and France.
The much-loved actor candidly shares the fear, joy and frustration she has found in her ninth decade * GUARDIAN, BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2022 * Sheila Hancock reflects upon her life and career with all the winning candour and warm-heartedness we have come to expect from the legendary actress * WATERSTONES * Sheila Hancock's memoir Old Rage promises to be funny, feisty and honest * IRISH INDEPENDENT, BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2022 * Praise for Sheila Hancock: 'Her writing is starkly honest... she is never less than courageous and often desperately moving * Daily Telegraph * Terrific ... shining through it is the spirit of Sheila herself: brave, indomitable and full of a desire to change the world for the better -- Judy Finnigan * Daily Express * Glorious -- Paul O'Grady Emotionally wrenching ... captures her heartfelt grief as much as it does her bittersweet philosophy that life goes on, and there are adventures to be had yet -- Arifa Akbar * Independent * Heartbreakingly moving wise, funny and deeply touching * Daily Mail * A naturally gifted writer * Sunday Times * Her gift for directly communicating the open-heartedness and spirit of adventure with which she confronts her life ... is the stuff of bestsellers -- Joan Bakewell * Guardian *
