Actor profile

Wanda Ventham

5th August 1935 Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK Acting

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.

34 Movies 42 TV Shows 89 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

UFO From Earth to the Moon poster

UFO From Earth to the Moon 14th November 2016 as Self

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie poster

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie 1st July 2016 as Violet

Run For Your Wife poster

Run For Your Wife 16th May 2012 as Woman on Bus

Asylum poster

Asylum 9th September 2005 as Bridie Straffen

Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War poster

Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War 30th January 2003 as Victoria

Out of the Shadows poster

Out of the Shadows 2nd September 1988 as Liz Bennett

Doctor Who: Time and the Rani poster

Doctor Who: Time and the Rani 28th September 1987 as Faroon

Invasion: UFO poster

Invasion: UFO 1st January 1980 as Col. Virginia Lake

You're Not Watching Me, Mummy poster

You're Not Watching Me, Mummy 2nd January 1979 as Susan

Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl poster

Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl 19th November 1977 as Thea Ransome

That's Carry On! poster

That's Carry On! 10th November 1977 as Pretty Bidder (archive footage) (uncredited)

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter poster

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter 7th April 1973 as Lady Durward

UFO: Take Them Alive poster

UFO: Take Them Alive 15th August 1972 as Colonnello Virginia Lake

Walt, King of the Dumper poster

Walt, King of the Dumper 20th September 1971 as Jasmine

UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth! poster

UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth! 6th September 1971 as Colonel Virginia Lake

Carry On Up the Khyber poster

Carry On Up the Khyber 12th February 1968 as Khasi's First Wife

The Blood Beast Terror poster

The Blood Beast Terror 1st February 1968 as Clare Mallinger

Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones poster

Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones 13th May 1967 as Jean Rock

Mister Ten Per Cent poster

Mister Ten Per Cent 1st March 1967 as Kathy

The Spy with a Cold Nose poster

The Spy with a Cold Nose 19th December 1966 as Mrs. Winters

The Eye poster

The Eye 24th November 1966 as Josephine

Death Is a Woman poster

Death Is a Woman 1st February 1966 as Priscilla Blunstone-Smythe

The Big Job poster

The Big Job 5th October 1965 as Dot Franklin

The Knack... and How to Get It poster

The Knack... and How to Get It 3rd June 1965 as Gym Mistress (uncredited)

The Intelligence Men poster

The Intelligence Men 13th April 1965 as Blonde at Reception Dinner Table (uncredited)

Joey Boy poster

Joey Boy 1st January 1965 as Italian Girl

Carry On Cleo poster

Carry On Cleo 8th November 1964 as Pretty Bidder (uncredited)

A Stitch in Time poster

A Stitch in Time 1st December 1963 as Nurse (uncredited)

We Joined the Navy poster

We Joined the Navy 17th May 1963 as Dartmouth Girl

The Cracksman poster

The Cracksman 1st January 1963 as Sandra

On the Beat poster

On the Beat 11th December 1962 as Outraged Hairdressers Customer (uncredited)

Solo for Sparrow poster

Solo for Sparrow 1st September 1962 as Waitress

The Navy Lark poster

The Navy Lark 1st January 1959 as Mabel

My Teenage Daughter poster

My Teenage Daughter 20th June 1956 as Gina

Departure poster

Departure 10th July 2019 as Wendy

Father Brown poster

Father Brown 14th January 2013 as Ellen Jennings

Sherlock poster

Sherlock 25th July 2010 as Mrs. Holmes

Lewis poster

Lewis 18th February 2007 as Eleanor Mallory

Coupling poster

Coupling 12th May 2000 as Edna

The Vanishing Man poster

The Vanishing Man 22nd April 1997 as Mrs Braithwaite

Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders 23rd March 1997 as Romany Rose

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates poster

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates 3rd January 1996 as Margaret Balshaw

Next of Kin poster

Next of Kin 15th May 1995

The World of Hammer poster

The World of Hammer 12th August 1994 as Self (archive footage)

Heartbeat poster

Heartbeat 10th April 1992 as Fiona Weston

Men Behaving Badly poster

Men Behaving Badly 18th February 1992

Executive Stress poster

Executive Stress 20th October 1986

Only Fools and Horses poster

Only Fools and Horses 8th September 1981 as Pamela Parry

Minder poster

Minder 29th October 1979 as Beryl

Only When I Laugh poster

Only When I Laugh 29th October 1979 as Fiona

All Creatures Great and Small poster

All Creatures Great and Small 8th January 1978 as Mrs. Ridge

The Sweeney poster

The Sweeney 2nd January 1975 as Brenda

The Lotus Eaters poster

The Lotus Eaters 23rd April 1972 as Ann Shepherd

UFO poster

UFO 16th September 1970 as Virginia Lake

Department S poster

Department S 9th September 1969 as Leila Rankin

The Caesars poster

The Caesars 22nd September 1968 as Ennia

The Expert poster

The Expert 5th July 1968 as Peggy Kirby

The Prisoner poster

The Prisoner 29th September 1967 as Computer Attendant

Softly, Softly poster

Softly, Softly 5th January 1966

Thirty-Minute Theatre poster

Thirty-Minute Theatre 7th October 1965 as Jasmine

Out of the Unknown poster

Out of the Unknown 4th October 1965 as Josephine

The Troubleshooters poster

The Troubleshooters 7th July 1965 as Moira Hart

The Likely Lads poster

The Likely Lads 16th December 1964 as Angela

Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who 23rd November 1963 as Jean Rock

Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who 23rd November 1963 as Thea Ransome

Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who 23rd November 1963 as Faroon

The Human Jungle poster

The Human Jungle 30th March 1963 as Nurse

The Saint poster

The Saint 4th October 1962 as Penny

The Saint poster

The Saint 4th October 1962 as Laura Stride

Z-Cars poster

Z-Cars 2nd January 1962

The Rag Trade poster

The Rag Trade 6th October 1961

The Avengers poster

The Avengers 7th January 1961

Danger Man poster

Danger Man 11th September 1960 as Penny

No Hiding Place poster

No Hiding Place 16th September 1959

Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre 8th July 1956 as Milly Craddock

Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre 8th July 1956 as Julie