Wanda Ventham

Actor

Born: August 5, 1935 (age 90)
From: 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.

Filmography (34)

UFO From Earth to the Moon (2016)
Self
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)
Violet
Run For Your Wife (2012)
Woman on Bus
Asylum (2005)
Bridie Straffen
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War (2003)
Victoria
Out of the Shadows (1988)
Liz Bennett
Doctor Who: Time and the Rani (1987)
Faroon
Invasion: UFO (1980)
Col. Virginia Lake
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy (1979)
Susan
Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl (1977)
Thea Ransome
That's Carry On! (1977)
Pretty Bidder (archive footage) (uncredited)
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1973)
Lady Durward
UFO: Take Them Alive (1972)
Colonnello Virginia Lake
Walt, King of the Dumper (1971)
Jasmine
UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth! (1971)
Colonel Virginia Lake
Carry On Up the Khyber (1968)
Khasi's First Wife
The Blood Beast Terror (1968)
Clare Mallinger
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones (1967)
Jean Rock
Mister Ten Per Cent (1967)
Kathy
The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966)
Mrs. Winters
The Eye (1966)
Josephine
Death Is a Woman (1966)
Priscilla Blunstone-Smythe
The Big Job (1965)
Dot Franklin
The Knack... and How to Get It (1965)
Gym Mistress (uncredited)
The Intelligence Men (1965)
Blonde at Reception Dinner Table (uncredited)
Joey Boy (1965)
Italian Girl
Carry On Cleo (1964)
Pretty Bidder (uncredited)
A Stitch in Time (1963)
Nurse (uncredited)
We Joined the Navy (1963)
Dartmouth Girl
The Cracksman (1963)
Sandra