Acting credits
72
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Wanda Ventham
Acting
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Movies: 34Series: 38
TMDB ID: 100099
IMDb ID: nm0893243
Known for: Acting
Born: August 5, 1935
Age: 90
Place of birth: Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1956 - 2019
Years active: 64
Average TMDB rating: 7.01
Wikidata: Q519165
Also known as
Ванда Вентхам • واندا ونتهام
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Wanda Ventham.
10.0
UFO From Earth to the Moon
as Self
2016 Movie
5.3
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
as Violet
2016 Movie
4.4
Run For Your Wife
as Woman on Bus
2012 Movie
5.9
Asylum
as Bridie Straffen
2005 Movie
7.4
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
as Victoria
2003 Movie
6.0
Out of the Shadows
as Liz Bennett
1988 Movie
5.5
Doctor Who: Time and the Rani
as Faroon
1987 Movie
5.6
Invasion: UFO
as Col. Virginia Lake
1980 Movie
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
as Susan
1979 Movie
7.0
Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl
as Thea Ransome
1977 Movie
5.7
That's Carry On!
as Pretty Bidder (archive footage) (uncredited)
1977 Movie
6.1
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
as Lady Durward
1973 Movie
UFO: Take them Alive
as Colonnello Virginia Lake
1972 Movie
Walt, King of the Dumper
as Jasmine
1971 Movie
6.0
UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!
as Coronel Virginia Lake
1971 Movie
6.4
Carry On Up the Khyber
as Khasi's First Wife
1968 Movie
5.5
The Blood Beast Terror
as Clare Mallinger
1968 Movie
7.9
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
as Jean Rock
1967 Movie
4.2
Mister Ten Per Cent
as Kathy
1967 Movie
2.8
The Spy with a Cold Nose
as Mrs. Winters
1966 Movie
The Eye
as Josephine
1966 Movie
3.4
Death Is a Woman
as Priscilla Blunstone-Smythe
1966 Movie
6.7
The Big Job
as Dot Franklin
1965 Movie
5.9
The Knack... and How to Get It
as Gym Mistress (uncredited)
1965 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Wanda Ventham.
6.6
Departure
as Wendy • 5 eps
2019 Series
7.6
Father Brown
as Ellen Jennings • 1 eps
2013 Series
8.5
Sherlock
as Mrs. Holmes • 3 eps
2010 Series
7.9
Coupling
as Edna • 1 eps
2000 Series
6.5
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
1 eps
2000 Series
The Vanishing Man
as Mrs Braithwaite • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.5
Midsomer Murders
as Romany Rose • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.3
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Margaret Balshaw • 2 eps
1996 Series
7.0
Next of Kin
22 eps
1995 Series
6.5
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.1
Heartbeat
as Fiona Weston • 4 eps
1992 Series
7.1
Men Behaving Badly
1 eps
1992 Series
5.7
Executive Stress
19 eps
1986 Series
8.1
Only Fools and Horses
as Pamela Parry • 1 eps
1981 Series
6.9
The Gentle Touch
1 eps
1980 Series
7.0
Minder
as Beryl • 1 eps
1979 Series
6.7
Only When I Laugh
as Fiona • 1 eps
1979 Series
7.7
All Creatures Great and Small
as Mrs. Ridge • 1 eps
1978 Series
7.9
The Sweeney
as Brenda • 1 eps
1975 Series
7.5
The Lotus Eaters
as Ann Shepherd • 15 eps
1972 Series
7.7
UFO
as Virginia Lake • 9 eps
1970 Series
5.0
Department S
as Leila Rankin • 1 eps
1969 Series
7.8
The Caesars
as Ennia • 1 eps
1968 Series
10.0
The Expert
as Peggy Kirby • 1 eps
1968 Series