
Wanda Ventham
Born August 5, 1935 · 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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Asylum

The Knack... and How to Get It

My Teenage Daughter

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter

Carry On Cleo

The Blood Beast Terror

Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War

Carry On Up the Khyber

We Joined the Navy

The Eye

The Spy with a Cold Nose

Run For Your Wife

A Stitch in Time

On the Beat

UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!

The Big Job

UFO: Take Them Alive

Invasion: UFO

Doctor Who: Time and the Rani

Solo for Sparrow

The Navy Lark

You're Not Watching Me, Mummy

That's Carry On!

The Cracksman

The Intelligence Men

Out of the Shadows

Mister Ten Per Cent

Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones

Walt, King of the Dumper

UFO From Earth to the Moon

Death Is a Woman

Joey Boy

Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl
TV Shows

Heartbeat

Sherlock

Minder

The Saint

Lewis

Thirty-Minute Theatre

No Hiding Place

Z-Cars

The Sweeney

All Creatures Great and Small

Departure

Only Fools and Horses

Danger Man

The Troubleshooters

UFO

The Prisoner

Softly, Softly

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

The Expert

Coupling

Out of the Unknown

The World of Hammer

The Human Jungle

Department S

Men Behaving Badly

Only When I Laugh

The Rag Trade

The Likely Lads

The Lotus Eaters

The Vanishing Man

The Caesars

Executive Stress

Next of Kin




