Creator / Wanda Ventham

Wanda Ventham (born 5 August 1935) is an English actress, who has enjoyed a long career in British television since the 1950s.

This has included three separate appearances in classic Doctor Who, and roles in many other popular and cult shows such as Danger Man, The Saint, The Avengers, The Prisoner, Z Cars, The Sweeney, Emmerdale Farm, All Creatures Great and Small and Only Fools and Horses.

She is the mother of actor Benedict Cumberbatch, and played his onscreen mother in his most famous role of Sherlock.

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Her roles in works with TV Tropes pages:

Film

• Carry On Cleo (1964) — Pretty Bidder
• The Knack... and How to Get It (1965) — Gym Mistress
• The Blood Beast Terror (1968) — Clare Mallinger
• Carry On Up the Khyber (1968) — Khasi's First Wife
• Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974) — Lady Durward
• Run for Your Wife (2012) — Woman on bus
• Absolutely Fabulous (2016) — Violet

TV

• Danger Man:
  • A Man to Be Trusted (1964) — Stella Dorset
  • The Mirror's New (1965) — Penny
• The Saint:
  • "The Death Penalty" (1964) — Laura Stride
  • "Escape Route" (1966) — Penny
• The Likely Lads: "Last of the Big Spenders" (1965) — Angela
• The Avengers: "The Gravediggers" (1965) — Nurse Spray
• Out of the Unknown: "The Eye" (1966) — Josephine
• Doctor Who:
  • "The Faceless Ones" (1967) — Jean Rock
  • "Image of the Fendahl" (1977) — Thea Ransome
  • "Time and the Rani" (1987) — Faroon
• The Prisoner: "It's Your Funeral" (1967) — Computer Attendant
• Department S: "The Man from 'X'" (1969) — Leila Rankin
• Dixon of Dock Green: "Bobby" (1969) — Debbie Franklin
• Z Cars: "By Bread Alone" (1970) — Mrs. Owen
• UFO: 9 episodes (1970-71) — Colonel Virginia Lake
• The Sweeney: "Abduction" (1975) — Brenda
• Rutland Weekend Television (1975) — Various characters
• Emmerdale: 6 episodes (1976) — Heather Bannerman
• The Two Ronnies: 2 episodes (1980) — Jack
• Minder: "Dreamhouse" (1982) — Beryl
• All Creatures Great And Small: "The Jackpot" (1988) — Mrs. Ridge
• Only Fools and Horses: 4 episodes (1989-92) — Pamela Parry
• Just a Gigolo: 3 episodes (1993) — Marge Payne
• Next of Kin: 12 episodes (1995-97) — Rosie Buckingham
• Heartbeat: 4 episodes (1996-97) — Fiona Weston
• Alas Smith and Jones: 1 episode (1997)
• Men Behaving Badly: "Ten" (1997) — Deborah's Mother
• Hetty Wainthropp Investigates: 2 episodes (1998) — Margaret Balshaw
• CASUAL+Y: "Everlasting Love" (1998) — Mrs. Seabrook
• Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased): "Mental Apparition Disorder" (2000) — Alice Fullcup
• Coupling: "My Dinner in Hell" (2001) — Edna
• Midsomer Murders: "Second Sight" (2005) — Romany Rose
• Lewis: "Expiation" (2007) — Eleanor Mallory
• Sherlock: 3 episodes^{show list}"The Empty Hearse", "His Last Vow", "The Final Problem" (2014-17) — Mrs. Holmes
• Holby City:
  • "Bounce Back" (2014) — Myrtle McKee
  • 11 episodes (2014-18) — Sheilagh Chiltern
• Father Brown: "The Angel of Mercy" (2018) — Ellen Jennings
• Departure: 5 episodes (2019) — Wendy

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