Wanda Ventham

Actor Aug 5 (age 90) Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK 1956–2019 (63 year career)

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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

Film

Carry On Cleo

Pretty Bidder (uncredited)

Film

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter

Lady Durward

Film

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Violet

Film

Carry On Up the Khyber

Khasi's First Wife

Film

Asylum

Bridie Straffen

Film

On the Beat

Outraged Hairdressers Customer (uncredited)

Film

A Stitch in Time

Nurse (uncredited)

Film

The Knack... and How to Get It

Gym Mistress (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (82)

Movies (34)

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

2016

as Violet

5.3

UFO From Earth to the Moon

as Self

Run For Your Wife

as Woman on Bus

Asylum

as Bridie Straffen

Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War

as Victoria

Out of the Shadows

as Liz Bennett

Doctor Who: Time and the Rani

1987

as Faroon

5.5

Invasion: UFO

1980

as Col. Virginia Lake

5.6

You're Not Watching Me, Mummy

1979

as Susan

That's Carry On!

1977

as Pretty Bidder (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.7

Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl

1977

as Thea Ransome

7.2

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter

1973

as Lady Durward

6.1

UFO: Take them Alive

1972

as Colonnello Virginia Lake

Walt, King of the Dumper

1971

as Jasmine

UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!

1971

as Coronel Virginia Lake

6.0

The Blood Beast Terror

1968

as Clare Mallinger

5.5

Carry On Up the Khyber

1968

as Khasi's First Wife

6.4

Mister Ten Per Cent

1967

as Kathy

4.2

Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones

1967

as Jean Rock

7.8

The Spy with a Cold Nose

1966

as Mrs. Winters

2.8

Death Is a Woman

1966

as Priscilla Blunstone-Smythe

3.4

The Eye

1966

as Josephine

The Intelligence Men

1965

as Blonde at Reception Dinner Table (uncredited)

6.2

The Knack... and How to Get It

1965

as Gym Mistress (uncredited)

The Big Job

as Dot Franklin

Joey Boy

as Italian Girl

Carry On Cleo

as Pretty Bidder (uncredited)

We Joined the Navy

as Dartmouth Girl

A Stitch in Time

as Nurse (uncredited)

The Cracksman

as Sandra

On the Beat

as Outraged Hairdressers Customer (uncredited)

7.7

Solo for Sparrow

1962

as Waitress

The Navy Lark

as Mabel

My Teenage Daughter

as Gina

Television (48)

Departure

as Wendy

Father Brown

as Ellen Jennings

Sherlock

as Mrs. Holmes

Coupling

as Edna

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

Midsomer Murders

as Romany Rose

The Vanishing Man

as Mrs Braithwaite

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

as Margaret Balshaw

Next of Kin

The World of Hammer

as Self (archive footage)

Heartbeat

as Fiona Weston

Men Behaving Badly

Capstick's Law

as Madge Capstick

Flying Lady

1987

as Lady Manley

Executive Stress

1986

5.7

Love and Marriage

1984

as Margaret

Union Castle

1982

5.0

Only Fools and Horses

as Pam

The Gentle Touch

Minder

as Beryl

Only When I Laugh

as Fiona

All Creatures Great and Small

1978

as Mrs. Ridge

7.7

Fallen Hero

1978

as Dorothy Hopkins

The Upchat Line

1977

as Gwen

6.0

Life and Death of Penelope

The Sweeney

as Brenda

The Lotus Eaters

as Ann Shepherd

UFO

as Virginia Lake

Department S

as Leila Rankin

The Expert

as Peggy Kirby

The Caesars

as Ennia

The Prisoner

as Computer Attendant

7.7

The World of Wodehouse

1967

as Jane

Softly, Softly

1966

5.0

The Liars

1966

as Gladys

The Troubleshooters

as Moira Hart

Out of the Unknown

as Josephine

Story Parade

as Mary

The Likely Lads

as Angela

Doctor Who

as Jean Rock

The Human Jungle

as Nurse

Z-Cars

The Saint

as Laura Stride

The Avengers

The Rag Trade

Danger Man

as Penny

No Hiding Place

Armchair Theatre

as Julie