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.
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Movies (18)
UFO From Earth to the Moon
as Self
2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
as Violet
2016
Run For Your Wife
as Woman on Bus
2012
Asylum
as Bridie Straffen
2005
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
as Victoria
2003
Out of the Shadows
as Liz Bennett
1988
Doctor Who: Time and the Rani
as Faroon
1987
Invasion: UFO
as Col. Virginia Lake
1980
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
as Susan
1979
Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl
as Thea Ransome
1977
That's Carry On!
as Pretty Bidder (archive footage) (uncredited)
1977
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
as Lady Durward
1973
UFO: Take them Alive
as Colonnello Virginia Lake
1972
Walt, King of the Dumper
as Jasmine
1971
UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!
as Coronel Virginia Lake
1971
Carry On Up the Khyber
as Khasi's First Wife
1968
The Blood Beast Terror
as Clare Mallinger
1968
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
as Jean Rock
1967
TV Shows (32)
Departure
as Wendy
2019
Father Brown
as Ellen Jennings
2013
Sherlock
as Mrs. Holmes
2010
Coupling
as Edna
2000
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
The Vanishing Man
as Mrs Braithwaite
1997
Midsomer Murders
as Romany Rose
1997
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Margaret Balshaw
1996
Next of Kin
1995
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage)
1994
Heartbeat
as Fiona Weston
1992
Men Behaving Badly
1992
Capstick's Law
as Madge Capstick
1989
Flying Lady
as Lady Manley
1987
Executive Stress
1986
Love and Marriage
as Margaret
1984
Union Castle
1982
Only Fools and Horses
as Pamela Parry
1981
The Gentle Touch
1980
Minder
as Beryl
1979
Only When I Laugh
as Fiona
1979
Fallen Hero
as Dorothy Hopkins
1978
All Creatures Great and Small
as Mrs. Ridge
1978
The Upchat Line
as Gwen
1977
Life and Death of Penelope
1976
The Sweeney
as Brenda
1975
The Lotus Eaters
as Ann Shepherd
1972
UFO
as Virginia Lake
1970
Department S
as Leila Rankin
1969
The Caesars
as Ennia
1968
The Expert
as Peggy Kirby
1968
The Prisoner
as Computer Attendant
1967