Wanda Ventham
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
Carry On Up the Khyber
1968
Asylum
2005
The Big Job
1965
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
1973
The Blood Beast Terror
1968
Invasion: UFO
1980
Mister Ten Per Cent
1967
Death Is a Woman
1966
UFO: Take them Alive
1972
UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!
1971
Out of the Shadows
1988
Run For Your Wife
2012
Carry On Cleo
1964
My Teenage Daughter
1956
The Spy with a Cold Nose
1966
The Cracksman
1963
Solo for Sparrow
1962
A Stitch in Time
1963
Joey Boy
1965
On the Beat
1962
The Knack... and How to Get It
1965
We Joined the Navy
1963
The Navy Lark
1959
Doctor Who: Time and the Rani
1987
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
2003
Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl
1977
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
1967
UFO From Earth to the Moon
2016
The Intelligence Men
1965
Walt, King of the Dumper
1971
That's Carry On!
1977
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
1979
The Eye
1966
The Sweeney
1975
Midsomer Murders
1997
Men Behaving Badly
1992
The Prisoner
1967
Department S
1969
Executive Stress
1986
Doctor Who
1963
Softly, Softly
1966
The Gentle Touch
1980
Z-Cars
1962
The Avengers
1961
Coupling
2000
Heartbeat
1992
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
The Saint
1962
Next of Kin
1995
The Rag Trade
1961
No Hiding Place
1959
The Expert
1968
Life and Death of Penelope
1976
The Caesars
1968
Union Castle
1982
Doctor Who
1963
Minder
1979
Doctor Who
1963
Father Brown
2013
The Human Jungle
1963
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
Sherlock
2010
Departure
2019
The Upchat Line
1977
Flying Lady
1987
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
The Saint
1962
The Likely Lads
1964
Danger Man
1960
UFO
1970
The Troubleshooters
1965
Armchair Theatre
1956
Fallen Hero
1978
Story Parade
1964
The Lotus Eaters
1972
The World of Wodehouse
1967
Only When I Laugh
1979
Capstick's Law
1989
The World of Hammer
1994
Only Fools and Horses
1981
The Vanishing Man
1997
Armchair Theatre
1956
Out of the Unknown
1965
Love and Marriage
1984