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Variety (1964) / A Trip to the Moon (1902) / The Art of the Moving Picture / Peaks of Japanese Cinema / Variety (1948) / The Mark of Zorro (1920) / A Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture / The French New Wave / Screenland (1947) / The Lost World (1925) / Writing the Photoplay / Silent Cinema & the Avant-Garde / Cine-Mundial (1946) / He Walked by Night (1948) /
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Wanda Ventham
Born
5 August 1935
Place
Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Acting

Wanda Ventham

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

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

2016 · Violet
UFO From Earth to the Moon

UFO From Earth to the Moon

2016 · Self
Run For Your Wife

Run For Your Wife

2012 · Woman on Bus
Asylum

Asylum

2005 · Bridie Straffen
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War

Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War

2003 · Victoria
Out of the Shadows

Out of the Shadows

1988 · Liz Bennett
Doctor Who: Time and the Rani

Doctor Who: Time and the Rani

1987 · Faroon
Invasion: UFO

Invasion: UFO

1980 · Col. Virginia Lake
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy

You're Not Watching Me, Mummy

1979 · Susan
Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl

Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl

1977 · Thea Ransome
That's Carry On!

That's Carry On!

1977 · Pretty Bidder (archive footage) (uncredited)
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter

1973 · Lady Durward
UFO: Take Them Alive

UFO: Take Them Alive

1972 · Colonnello Virginia Lake
UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!

UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!

1971 · Colonel Virginia Lake
Walt, King of the Dumper

Walt, King of the Dumper

1971 · Jasmine
Carry On Up the Khyber

Carry On Up the Khyber

1968 · Khasi's First Wife
The Blood Beast Terror

The Blood Beast Terror

1968 · Clare Mallinger
Mister Ten Per Cent

Mister Ten Per Cent

1967 · Kathy
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones

Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones

1967 · Jean Rock
Death Is a Woman

Death Is a Woman

1966 · Priscilla Blunstone-Smythe
The Spy with a Cold Nose

The Spy with a Cold Nose

1966 · Mrs. Winters
The Eye

The Eye

1966 · Josephine
The Big Job

The Big Job

1965 · Dot Franklin
Joey Boy

Joey Boy

1965 · Italian Girl
The Knack... and How to Get It

The Knack... and How to Get It

1965 · Gym Mistress (uncredited)
The Intelligence Men

The Intelligence Men

1965 · Blonde at Reception Dinner Table (uncredited)
Carry On Cleo

Carry On Cleo

1964 · Pretty Bidder (uncredited)
The Cracksman

The Cracksman

1963 · Sandra
A Stitch in Time

A Stitch in Time

1963 · Nurse (uncredited)
We Joined the Navy

We Joined the Navy

1963 · Dartmouth Girl