Acting
Wanda Ventham
EN, IT, DE cinema · 34 credits
Born
5 August 1935 (age 91)
Birthplace
Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Also known as Ванда Вентхам · واندا ونتهام
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
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
Invasion: UFO
as Col. Virginia Lake
Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl
as Thea Ransome
That's Carry On!
as Pretty Bidder (archive footage) (uncredited)
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
as Lady Durward
UFO: Take Them Alive
as Colonnello Virginia Lake
UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!
as Colonel Virginia Lake
Carry On Up the Khyber
as Khasi's First Wife
The Blood Beast Terror
as Clare Mallinger
Mister Ten Per Cent
as Kathy
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
as Jean Rock
Death Is a Woman
as Priscilla Blunstone-Smythe
The Spy with a Cold Nose
as Mrs. Winters
The Eye
as Josephine
The Big Job
as Dot Franklin
Joey Boy
as Italian Girl
The Knack... and How to Get It
as Gym Mistress (uncredited)
The Intelligence Men
as Blonde at Reception Dinner Table (uncredited)
Carry On Cleo
as Pretty Bidder (uncredited)
The Cracksman
as Sandra
A Stitch in Time
as Nurse (uncredited)
We Joined the Navy
as Dartmouth Girl
Solo for Sparrow
as Waitress
On the Beat
as Outraged Hairdressers Customer (uncredited)
The Navy Lark
as Mabel
