Wanda Ventham
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.
As actor 86
Midsomer Murders
1997
Doctor Who
1963
The Avengers
1961
Sherlock
2010
Father Brown
2013
Lewis
2007
Minder
1979
The Saint
1962
Heartbeat
1992
Z-Cars
1962
Danger Man
1960
No Hiding Place
1959
Only Fools and Horses
1981
The Sweeney
1975
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Departure
2019
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
The Prisoner
1967
UFO
1970
The Troubleshooters
1965
Out of the Unknown
1965
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
Softly, Softly
1966
Coupling
2000
The Expert
1968
The World of Hammer
1994
Department S
1969
Men Behaving Badly
1992
Only When I Laugh
1979
Story Parade
1964
The Human Jungle
1963
Blackmail
1965
Asylum
2005
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
The Lotus Eaters
1972
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016
Fallen Hero
1978
The Likely Lads
1964
Executive Stress
1986
Carry On Cleo
1964
The Rag Trade
1961
Love and Marriage
1984
The Vanishing Man
1997
The World of Wodehouse
1967
The Caesars
1968
Verdict
1998
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
1973
Dial M for Murder
1974
The Eye
1966
Next of Kin
1995
That's Carry On!
1977
Capstick's Law
1989
My Teenage Daughter
1956
The Big Job
1965
Armchair Theatre
1956
The Knack... and How to Get It
1965
We Joined the Navy
1963
Invasion: UFO
1980
The Blood Beast Terror
1968
Run For Your Wife
2012
Flying Lady
1987
Carry On Up the Khyber
1968
Union Castle
1982
The Upchat Line
1977
The Navy Lark
1959
Joey Boy
1965
A Stitch in Time
1963
On the Beat
1962
Life and Death of Penelope
1976
Solo for Sparrow
1962
Watch the Birdies
1966
UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!
1971
The Cracksman
1963
The Spy with a Cold Nose
1966
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
1967
Out of the Shadows
1988
UFO: Take Them Alive
1972
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
2003
UFO From Earth to the Moon
2016
Mister Ten Per Cent
1967
Death Is a Woman
1966
Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl
1977
The Intelligence Men
1965
Walt, King of the Dumper
1971
Doctor Who: Time and the Rani
1987
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
1979