Acting · Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK · Born August 5, 1935
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.
TVDeparture
2019
as Wendy
MovieUFO From Earth to the Moon
2016
as Self
MovieAbsolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
as Violet
TVFather Brown
2013
as Ellen Jennings
MovieRun For Your Wife
2012
as Woman on Bus
TVSherlock
2010
as Mrs. Holmes
TVLewis
2007
as Eleanor Mallory
MovieAsylum
2005
as Bridie Straffen
MovieMrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
2003
as Victoria
TVCoupling
2000
as Edna
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
TVThe Vanishing Man
1997
as Mrs Braithwaite
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Romany Rose
TVHetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
as Margaret Balshaw
TVNext of Kin
1995
TVThe World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)
TVHeartbeat
1992
as Fiona Weston
TVMen Behaving Badly
1992
Capstick's Law
1989
as Madge Capstick
MovieOut of the Shadows
1988
as Liz Bennett
MovieDoctor Who: Time and the Rani
1987
as Faroon
Flying Lady
1987
as Lady Manley
TVExecutive Stress
1986
Love and Marriage
1984
as Margaret
Union Castle
1982
TVOnly Fools and Horses
1981
as Pamela Parry
MovieInvasion: UFO
1980
as Col. Virginia Lake
TVMinder
1979
as Beryl
TVOnly When I Laugh
1979
as Fiona
MovieYou're Not Watching Me, Mummy
1979
as Susan
Fallen Hero
1978
as Dorothy Hopkins
TVAll Creatures Great and Small
1978
as Mrs. Ridge
MovieDoctor Who: Image of the Fendahl
1977
as Thea Ransome
MovieThat's Carry On!
1977
as Pretty Bidder (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Upchat Line
1977
as Gwen
Life and Death of Penelope
1976
TVThe Sweeney
1975
as Brenda
Dial M for Murder
1974
as Margot Lamasse
MovieCaptain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
1973
as Lady Durward
MovieUFO: Take Them Alive
1972
as Colonnello Virginia Lake
TVThe Lotus Eaters
1972
as Ann Shepherd
MovieWalt, King of the Dumper
1971
as Jasmine
MovieUFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!
1971
as Colonel Virginia Lake
TVUFO
1970
as Virginia Lake
TVDepartment S
1969
as Leila Rankin
TVThe Caesars
1968
as Ennia
TVThe Expert
1968
as Peggy Kirby
MovieCarry On Up the Khyber
1968
as Khasi's First Wife
MovieThe Blood Beast Terror
1968
as Clare Mallinger
TVThe Prisoner
1967
as Computer Attendant
MovieDoctor Who: The Faceless Ones
1967
as Jean Rock
The World of Wodehouse
1967
as Jane
MovieMister Ten Per Cent
1967
as Kathy
MovieThe Spy with a Cold Nose
1966
as Mrs. Winters
MovieThe Eye
1966
as Josephine
Watch the Birdies
1966
as Irene Grant
MovieDeath Is a Woman
1966
as Priscilla Blunstone-Smythe
TVSoftly, Softly
1966
TVThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Jasmine
MovieThe Big Job
1965
as Dot Franklin
TVOut of the Unknown
1965
as Josephine
TVThe Troubleshooters
1965
as Moira Hart
MovieThe Knack... and How to Get It
1965
as Gym Mistress (uncredited)
MovieThe Intelligence Men
1965
as Blonde at Reception Dinner Table (uncredited)
MovieJoey Boy
1965
as Italian Girl
TVThe Likely Lads
1964
as Angela
MovieCarry On Cleo
1964
as Pretty Bidder (uncredited)
Story Parade
1964
as Mary
MovieA Stitch in Time
1963
as Nurse (uncredited)
TVDoctor Who
1963
as Jean Rock
MovieWe Joined the Navy
1963
as Dartmouth Girl
TVThe Human Jungle
1963
as Nurse
MovieThe Cracksman
1963
as Sandra
MovieOn the Beat
1962
as Outraged Hairdressers Customer (uncredited)
TVThe Saint
1962
as Penny
MovieSolo for Sparrow
1962
as Waitress
TVZ-Cars
1962
TVThe Rag Trade
1961
TVThe Avengers
1961
TVDanger Man
1960
as Penny
TVNo Hiding Place
1959
MovieThe Navy Lark
1959
as Mabel
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Milly Craddock
MovieMy Teenage Daughter
1956
as Gina
