Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 05, 1935
Place of Birth
Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Credits
85 titles
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
Filmography
Departure
Wendy
UFO From Earth to the Moon
Self
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Violet
Father Brown
Ellen Jennings
Run For Your Wife
Woman on Bus
Sherlock
Mrs. Holmes
Lewis
Eleanor Mallory
Asylum
Bridie Straffen
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
Victoria
Coupling
Edna
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Verdict
Judge Beverley Conran
The Vanishing Man
Mrs Braithwaite
Midsomer Murders
Romany Rose
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Margaret Balshaw
Next of Kin
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
Heartbeat
Fiona Weston
Men Behaving Badly
Capstick's Law
Madge Capstick
Out of the Shadows
Liz Bennett
Doctor Who: Time and the Rani
Faroon
Flying Lady
Lady Manley
Executive Stress
Love and Marriage
Margaret
Union Castle
Only Fools and Horses
Pamela Parry
Invasion: UFO
Col. Virginia Lake
Minder
Beryl
Only When I Laugh
Fiona
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
Susan
Fallen Hero
Dorothy Hopkins
All Creatures Great and Small
Mrs. Ridge
Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl
Thea Ransome
That's Carry On!
Pretty Bidder (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Upchat Line
Gwen
Life and Death of Penelope
The Sweeney
Brenda
Dial M for Murder
Margot Lamasse
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
Lady Durward
UFO: Take Them Alive
Colonnello Virginia Lake
The Lotus Eaters
Ann Shepherd
Walt, King of the Dumper
Jasmine
UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!
Colonel Virginia Lake
UFO
Virginia Lake
Department S
Leila Rankin
The Caesars
Ennia
The Expert
Peggy Kirby
Carry On Up the Khyber
Khasi's First Wife
The Blood Beast Terror
Clare Mallinger