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Ванда Вентхам
واندا ونتهام
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.
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
as Violet
UFO From Earth to the Moon
as Self
Run For Your Wife
as Woman on Bus
Asylum
as Bridie Straffen
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
as Victoria
Out of the Shadows
as Liz Bennett
Doctor Who: Time and the Rani
as Faroon
Invasion: UFO
as Col. Virginia Lake
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
as Susan
That's Carry On!
as Pretty Bidder (archive footage) (uncredited)
TV Shows
Departure
as Wendy · 5 ep.
Father Brown
as Ellen Jennings · 1 ep.
Sherlock
as Mrs. Holmes · 3 ep.
Coupling
as Edna · 1 ep.
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
1 ep.
Midsomer Murders
as Romany Rose · 1 ep.
The Vanishing Man
as Mrs Braithwaite · 1 ep.
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Margaret Balshaw · 2 ep.
Next of Kin
22 ep.
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep.
