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Wanda Ventham

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Wanda Ventham

Born August 5, 1935 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK32 films

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.

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In April 2014, People magazine featured her in its "Most Beautiful People in the World" edition.

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Carry On Cleo posterFirst watchCarry On Cleo19646.7as Pretty Bidder (uncredited)Two Britons—inventor Hengist Pod, and Horse, a brave and cunning fighter—are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome.View film

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Filmography

32 films as actor
  1. 2016Absolutely Fabulous: The MovieViolet
  2. 2012Run For Your WifeWoman on Bus
  3. 2005AsylumBridie Straffen
  4. 2002Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage WarVictoria
  5. 1988Out of the ShadowsLiz Bennett
  6. 1987Doctor Who: Time and the RaniFaroon
  7. 1980Invasion: UFOCol. Virginia Lake
  8. 1979You're Not Watching Me, MummySusan
  9. 1977Doctor Who: Image of the FendahlThea Ransome
  10. 1973Captain Kronos: Vampire HunterLady Durward
  11. 1972UFO: Take Them AliveColonnello Virginia Lake
  12. 1971Walt, King of the DumperJasmine
  13. 1971UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!Colonel Virginia Lake
  14. 1968Carry On Up the KhyberKhasi's First Wife
  15. 1968The Blood Beast TerrorClare Mallinger
  16. 1967Doctor Who: The Faceless OnesJean Rock
  17. 1967Mister Ten Per CentKathy
  18. 1966The Spy with a Cold NoseMrs. Winters
  19. 1966The EyeJosephine
  20. 1966Death Is a WomanPriscilla Blunstone-Smythe
  21. 1965The Big JobDot Franklin
  22. 1965The Knack... and How to Get ItGym Mistress (uncredited)
  23. 1965The Intelligence MenBlonde at Reception Dinner Table (uncredited)
  24. 1965Joey BoyItalian Girl
  25. 1964Carry On CleoPretty Bidder (uncredited)
  26. 1963A Stitch in TimeNurse (uncredited)
  27. 1963We Joined the NavyDartmouth Girl
  28. 1963The CracksmanSandra
  29. 1962On the BeatOutraged Hairdressers Customer (uncredited)
  30. 1962Solo for SparrowWaitress
  31. 1959The Navy LarkMabel
  32. 1956My Teenage DaughterGina