
Wanda Ventham
Biography
Wanda Ventham (born 5 August 1935) is an English television actress. She appeared in the third and fourth series of BBC's Sherlock in 2014 and 2017, where she played the title character's mum, with her son, actor Benedict Cumberbatch starring in the title role of Holmes. In April 2014, People magazine featured her in its "Most Beautiful People in the World" edition.
Known For
Carry On Cleo
Pretty Bidder (uncredited)
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
Lady Durward
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Violet
Carry On Up the Khyber
Khasi's First Wife
Asylum
Bridie Straffen
On the Beat
Outraged Hairdressers Customer (uncredited)
A Stitch in Time
Nurse (uncredited)
The Knack... and How to Get It
Gym Mistress (uncredited)
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Filmography
Acting (82)
Movies (34)
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016as Violet
UFO From Earth to the Moon
2016as Self
Run For Your Wife
2012as Woman on Bus
Asylum
2005as Bridie Straffen
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
2003as Victoria
Out of the Shadows
1988as Liz Bennett
Doctor Who: Time and the Rani
1987as Faroon
Invasion: UFO
1980as Col. Virginia Lake
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
1979as Susan
That's Carry On!
1977as Pretty Bidder (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl
1977as Thea Ransome
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
1973as Lady Durward
UFO: Take them Alive
1972as Colonnello Virginia Lake
Walt, King of the Dumper
1971as Jasmine
UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!
1971as Coronel Virginia Lake
The Blood Beast Terror
1968as Clare Mallinger
Carry On Up the Khyber
1968as Khasi's First Wife
Mister Ten Per Cent
1967as Kathy
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
1967as Jean Rock
The Spy with a Cold Nose
1966as Mrs. Winters
Death Is a Woman
1966as Priscilla Blunstone-Smythe
The Eye
1966as Josephine
The Intelligence Men
1965as Blonde at Reception Dinner Table (uncredited)
The Knack... and How to Get It
1965as Gym Mistress (uncredited)
The Big Job
1965as Dot Franklin
Joey Boy
1965as Italian Girl
Carry On Cleo
1964as Pretty Bidder (uncredited)
We Joined the Navy
1963as Dartmouth Girl
A Stitch in Time
1963as Nurse (uncredited)
The Cracksman
1963as Sandra
On the Beat
1962as Outraged Hairdressers Customer (uncredited)
Solo for Sparrow
1962as Waitress
The Navy Lark
1959as Mabel
My Teenage Daughter
1956as Gina
Television (48)
Departure
2019as Wendy
Father Brown
2013as Ellen Jennings
Sherlock
2010as Mrs. Holmes
Coupling
2000as Edna
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
Midsomer Murders
1997as Romany Rose
The Vanishing Man
1997as Mrs Braithwaite
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996as Margaret Balshaw
Next of Kin
1995
The World of Hammer
1994as Self (archive footage)
Heartbeat
1992as Fiona Weston
Men Behaving Badly
1992Capstick's Law
1989as Madge Capstick
Flying Lady
1987as Lady Manley
Executive Stress
1986Love and Marriage
1984as Margaret
Union Castle
1982
Only Fools and Horses
1981as Pam
The Gentle Touch
1980
Minder
1979as Beryl
Only When I Laugh
1979as Fiona
All Creatures Great and Small
1978as Mrs. Ridge
Fallen Hero
1978as Dorothy Hopkins
The Upchat Line
1977as Gwen
Life and Death of Penelope
1976
The Sweeney
1975as Brenda
The Lotus Eaters
1972as Ann Shepherd
UFO
1970as Virginia Lake
Department S
1969as Leila Rankin
The Expert
1968as Peggy Kirby
The Caesars
1968as Ennia
The Prisoner
1967as Computer Attendant
The World of Wodehouse
1967as Jane
Softly, Softly
1966The Liars
1966as Gladys
The Troubleshooters
1965as Moira Hart
Out of the Unknown
1965as Josephine
Story Parade
1964as Mary
The Likely Lads
1964as Angela
Doctor Who
1963as Jean Rock
The Human Jungle
1963as Nurse
Z-Cars
1962
The Saint
1962as Laura Stride
The Avengers
1961
The Rag Trade
1961
Danger Man
1960as Penny
No Hiding Place
1959
Armchair Theatre
1956as Julie
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