
Cast
Wanda Ventham
Acting
Cast
Wanda Ventham
Known for
Acting
Born
1935-08-05
From
Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Also known as Ванда Вентхам, واندا ونتهام
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.

Asylum
as Bridie Straffen

Carry On Cleo
as Pretty Bidder (uncredited)

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
as Violet

The Knack... and How to Get It
as Gym Mistress (uncredited)

We Joined the Navy
as Dartmouth Girl

Carry On Up the Khyber
as Khasi's First Wife

That's Carry On!
as Pretty Bidder (archive footage) (uncredited)

UFO: Take them Alive
as Colonnello Virginia Lake

Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
as Victoria

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
as Lady Durward

A Stitch in Time
as Nurse (uncredited)

Invasion: UFO
as Col. Virginia Lake

Run For Your Wife
as Woman on Bus

On the Beat
as Outraged Hairdressers Customer (uncredited)

The Intelligence Men
as Blonde at Reception Dinner Table (uncredited)

The Blood Beast Terror
as Clare Mallinger

The Spy with a Cold Nose
as Mrs. Winters

Out of the Shadows
as Liz Bennett

The Big Job
as Dot Franklin

Doctor Who: Time and the Rani
as Faroon

The Cracksman
as Sandra

UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!
as Coronel Virginia Lake

Mister Ten Per Cent
as Kathy

UFO From Earth to the Moon
as Self

The Navy Lark
as Mabel

My Teenage Daughter
as Gina

Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
as Jean Rock

Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl
as Thea Ransome

Solo for Sparrow
as Waitress

Joey Boy
as Italian Girl

Death Is a Woman
as Priscilla Blunstone-Smythe

The Eye
as Josephine

You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
as Susan

Walt, King of the Dumper
as Jasmine