Wanda Ventham
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 5 August 1935 · Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
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
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- 2016UFO From Earth to the Moon as Self
- 2016Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie as Violet
- 2012Run For Your Wife as Woman on Bus
- 2005Asylum as Bridie Straffen
- 2002Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War as Victoria
- 1988Out of the Shadows as Liz Bennett
- 1987Doctor Who: Time and the Rani as Faroon
- 1980Invasion: UFO as Col. Virginia Lake
- 1979You're Not Watching Me, Mummy as Susan
- 1977Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl as Thea Ransome
- 1977That's Carry On! as Pretty Bidder (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1973Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter as Lady Durward
- 1972UFO: Take Them Alive as Colonnello Virginia Lake
- 1971Walt, King of the Dumper as Jasmine
- 1971UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth! as Colonel Virginia Lake
- 1968Carry On Up the Khyber as Khasi's First Wife
- 1968The Blood Beast Terror as Clare Mallinger
- 1967Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones as Jean Rock
- 1967Mister Ten Per Cent as Kathy
- 1966The Spy with a Cold Nose as Mrs. Winters
- 1966The Eye as Josephine
- 1966Death Is a Woman as Priscilla Blunstone-Smythe
- 1965The Big Job as Dot Franklin
- 1965The Knack... and How to Get It as Gym Mistress (uncredited)
- 1965The Intelligence Men as Blonde at Reception Dinner Table (uncredited)
- 1965Joey Boy as Italian Girl
- 1964Carry On Cleo as Pretty Bidder (uncredited)
- 1963A Stitch in Time as Nurse (uncredited)
- 1963We Joined the Navy as Dartmouth Girl
- 1963The Cracksman as Sandra
- 1962On the Beat as Outraged Hairdressers Customer (uncredited)
- 1962Solo for Sparrow as Waitress
- 1959The Navy Lark as Mabel
- 1956My Teenage Daughter as Gina