
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

Joey Boy

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Asylum

The Knack... and How to Get It

Carry On Cleo

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter

Carry On Up the Khyber

We Joined the Navy

That's Carry On!

The Blood Beast Terror

A Stitch in Time

UFO: Take Them Alive

Run For Your Wife

Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl

Doctor Who: Time and the Rani

The Spy with a Cold Nose

On the Beat

Mister Ten Per Cent

My Teenage Daughter

The Eye

Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War

The Big Job

Invasion: UFO

Walt, King of the Dumper

Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones

The Intelligence Men

You're Not Watching Me, Mummy

UFO From Earth to the Moon

The Navy Lark

Solo for Sparrow

UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!

The Cracksman

Out of the Shadows

Death Is a Woman
TV Shows

Father Brown

Heartbeat

Z-Cars

The Saint

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Minder

No Hiding Place

All Creatures Great and Small

Lewis

Danger Man

The Sweeney

Only Fools and Horses

Softly, Softly

The Troubleshooters

UFO

The Expert

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

The Prisoner

Departure

Out of the Unknown

Softly Softly: Task Force

Coupling

Department S

Men Behaving Badly

The World of Hammer

The Human Jungle

Only When I Laugh

The Likely Lads

The Rag Trade

The Lotus Eaters

Executive Stress

Armchair Theatre

The Vanishing Man





