Wanda Ventham
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.
Filmography
UFO From Earth to the Moon
2016
as Self
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
as Violet
Run For Your Wife
2012
as Woman on Bus
Asylum
2005
as Bridie Straffen
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
2003
as Victoria
Out of the Shadows
1988
as Liz Bennett
Doctor Who: Time and the Rani
1987
as Faroon
Invasion: UFO
1980
as Col. Virginia Lake
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
1979
as Susan
Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl
1977
as Thea Ransome
That's Carry On!
1977
as Pretty Bidder (archive footage) (uncredited)
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
1973
as Lady Durward
UFO: Take Them Alive
1972
as Colonnello Virginia Lake
Walt, King of the Dumper
1971
as Jasmine
UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!
1971
as Colonel Virginia Lake
Carry On Up the Khyber
1968
as Khasi's First Wife
The Blood Beast Terror
1968
as Clare Mallinger
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
1967
as Jean Rock
Mister Ten Per Cent
1967
as Kathy
The Spy with a Cold Nose
1966
as Mrs. Winters
The Eye
1966
as Josephine
Death Is a Woman
1966
as Priscilla Blunstone-Smythe
The Big Job
1965
as Dot Franklin
The Knack... and How to Get It
1965
as Gym Mistress (uncredited)