Wanda Ventham
Actor
Born August 5, 1935 in 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
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
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
Out of the Shadows
Liz Bennett
Doctor Who: Time and the Rani
Faroon
Executive Stress
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
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 Sweeney
Brenda
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
The Prisoner
Computer Attendant
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
Jean Rock
Mister Ten Per Cent
Kathy
The Spy with a Cold Nose
Mrs. Winters
The Eye
Josephine
Death Is a Woman
Priscilla Blunstone-Smythe
Softly, Softly
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Jasmine
The Big Job
Dot Franklin
Out of the Unknown
Josephine
The Troubleshooters
Moira Hart
The Knack... and How to Get It
Gym Mistress (uncredited)
The Intelligence Men
Blonde at Reception Dinner Table (uncredited)
Joey Boy
Italian Girl
The Likely Lads
Angela
Carry On Cleo
Pretty Bidder (uncredited)
A Stitch in Time
Nurse (uncredited)
Doctor Who
Jean Rock
We Joined the Navy
Dartmouth Girl
The Human Jungle
Nurse
The Cracksman
Sandra
On the Beat
Outraged Hairdressers Customer (uncredited)
The Saint
Penny
Solo for Sparrow
Waitress
Z-Cars
The Rag Trade
The Avengers
Danger Man
Penny
No Hiding Place
The Navy Lark
Mabel
Armchair Theatre
Milly Craddock
My Teenage Daughter
Gina