Her latest role sees her playing a bad-tempered old woman who has a fractious relationship with her daughter, but thankfully Dame Sheila Hancock gets on far better with her own three grown-up girls.
That doesn’t, however, mean she’ll be leaving them everything in her will. Sheila, 88, who was married to Inspector Morse actor John Thaw until his death in 2002, plans to leave a considerable chunk of her fortune to a charity she set up in his name. “A huge amount,” she emphasises. “The bulk of what I leave will probably go to charity. “I set up the John Thaw Foundation in John’s memory after he died.
It gives money to small things that are going to make a difference. “I want them to have a big lump sum for the work to continue after I’ve
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