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Screen legend Sheila Hancock, 87, to be made Dame in the New Year Honours list

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SHEILA Hancock will be made a Dame in the New Year Honours list. The actress, 87, is set to be recognised for services to drama after a glittering stage and screen career.

Her accolade follows an OBE in 1974 and CBE in 2011. Sheila burst on to the scene in the 1960s BBC sitcom The Rag Trade before going on to hit shows including Doctor Who and EastEnders.

She wrote a best-selling book The Two of Us about her marriage to Inspector Morse actor John Thaw. They were wed for 29 years before his death from cancer in 2002.

Sheila, who herself fought breast cancer, says: “I was desolate after John died. “For about a year I could barely move. “But then I picked myself up and said, “I’m lucky enough to have my life. “He was younger than me and he.

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