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Wanda Ventham is a Actor British born on 5 august 1935 at Brighton (United-kingdom)

Wanda Ventham

Wanda Ventham
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 5 august 1935 (88 years) at Brighton (United-kingdom)

Wanda Ventham (born 5 August 1935) is an English actress, known primarily for her role as Colonel Virginia Lake in the 1970s science-fiction television series UFO, and for her recurring role as Cassandra Trotter's mother Pamela Parry in the sitcom Only Fools and Horses from 1989–92. She has also appeared in two episodes of The Saint alongside Roger Moore.

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

Biography

Ventham married her first husband James Tabernacle in 1957 and they had one daughter, Tracy Tabernacle. They were divorced on 12 November 1974. She met actor Timothy Carlton in 1970 while filming sequences for the drama series A Family at War and they have been married since April 1976. The couple appeared together in Series 2 of BBC drama The Lotus Eaters in 1973 and Series 3 of BBC series Sherlock in 2014 as the parents of the title character, played by their son, actor Benedict Cumberbatch.

She is the mother-in-law of theatre and opera director Sophie Hunter, the wife of son Benedict.

Usually with

Norman Wisdom
Norman Wisdom
(2 films)
Percy Herbert
Percy Herbert
(4 films)
Sid James
Sid James
(4 films)
Peter Rogers
Peter Rogers
(3 films)
Gerald Thomas
Gerald Thomas
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Wanda Ventham (20 films)

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Actress

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, June Whitfield, Jennifer Saunders, Jane Horrocks, Celia Imrie
Roles Violet
Rating53% 2.6996652.6996652.6996652.6996652.699665
The ever glamourous and self-indulgent Patsy and Edina find themselves at the center of a media firestorm.
Asylum
Asylum (2005)
, 1h39
Directed by David Mackenzie
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about suicide, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Natasha Richardson, Marton Csokas, Ian McKellen, Sean Harris, Dai Bradley, Hugh Bonneville
Roles Bridie Straffen
Rating60% 3.0469553.0469553.0469553.0469553.046955
Asylum is set in Britain in the early 1950s. It tells the story of Stella Raphael (Natasha Richardson), the bored and unfulfilled wife of Max (Hugh Bonneville), a psychiatrist working at a remote mental asylum. Stella starts a passionate affair with Edgar (Marton Csokas), one of the patients. Edgar is particularly dangerous, having gruesomely murdered his wife in a jealous rage.
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter, 1h31
Directed by Brian Clemens
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Vampires in film
Actors Horst Janson, John Carson, John Cater, Caroline Munro, Shane Briant, Wanda Ventham
Roles Lady Durward
Rating63% 3.196873.196873.196873.196873.19687
When his village is plagued by mysterious deaths marked by highly accelerated aging, Dr. Marcus calls in his army friend, Captain Kronos. Kronos and his companion, the hunchback Hieronymus Grost, are professional vampire hunters. Grost explains to the initially sceptical Marcus that the dead women are victims of a vampire who drains not blood but youth, and that there are "as many species of vampire as there are beasts of prey." The discovery of another victim confirms Grost's explanation. Along the way, Kronos and Grost take in a local girl, Carla, who had been sentenced to the stocks for dancing on the Sabbath. She repays them by helping them hunt the vampire; she later becomes Kronos' lover.
Carry On Up the Khyber, 1h28
Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Political films
Actors Sid James, Charles Hawtrey, Kenneth Williams, Roy Castle, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims
Roles Khasi's First Wife
Rating67% 3.3971553.3971553.3971553.3971553.397155
Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond (Sid James) is Queen Victoria's Governor in the British India province of Khalabar near the Khyber Pass. The province is defended by the feared 3rd Foot and Mouth Regiment (The Devils in Skirts), who are said to not wear anything under their kilts. When Private Widdle (Charles Hawtrey) is found wearing underpants after an encounter with the warlord Bungdit Din (Bernard Bresslaw), chief of the warlike Burpa tribe, the Khasi of Khalabar (Kenneth Williams) plans to use this information to incite an anti-British rebellion. He aims to dispel the "tough" image of the Devils in Skirts by revealing that contrary to popular belief, they do indeed wear underpants under their kilts.
The Blood Beast Terror, 1h20
Directed by Vernon Sewell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Vampires in film
Actors Peter Cushing, Robert Flemyng, Wanda Ventham, David Griffin, Glynn Edwards, Kevin Stoney
Roles Clare Mallinger
Rating51% 2.5593952.5593952.5593952.5593952.559395
A la fin du XIX siècle, une créature assoiffée de sang fait plusieurs victimes. Un policier mène l’enquête.
Mister Ten Per Cent, 1h24
Directed by Peter Graham Scott
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Drake, Derek Nimmo, Wanda Ventham, John Le Mesurier, Anthony Nicholls, Noël Dyson
Roles Kathy
Rating52% 2.619332.619332.619332.619332.61933
Percy Pointer, a construction worker and amateur dramatist, writes a drama 'Oh My Lord' and hopes to have it professionally produced. A dishonest producer agrees to back the play, hoping that it will be a disaster, so that he can claim insurance on its failure. To Percy's distress, the first audience see the play as a slapstick comedy, not the drama he intended it to be.
Death Is a Woman, 1h20
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Trisha Noble, Mark Burns, Wanda Ventham, Terence De Marney, Mark Singleton, Michael Brennan
Roles Priscilla Blunstone-Smythe
Rating46% 2.3021052.3021052.3021052.3021052.302105
A British undercover agent is sent to Malta to identify how a heroin smuggling operation is distributing their product.
The Big Job, 1h25
Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Sid James, Dick Emery, Joan Sims, Sylvia Syms, Jim Dale, Lance Percival
Roles Dot Franklin
Rating63% 3.199413.199413.199413.199413.19941
England, 1950. A gang of robbers led by the self-proclaimed George 'The Great' Brain (Sid James) rob a bank, stealing £50,000. However, due to a mix-up, they are pursued and caught by the police. He manages to stash away the money in the trunk of a hollow tree, before he is collared. The gang are then sentenced to serve fifteen years in Wormwood Scrubs prison.
The Knack... and How to Get It, 1h25
Directed by Richard Lester
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Rita Tushingham, Ray Brooks, Michael Crawford, Jane Birkin, Donal Donnelly, Jacqueline Bisset
Roles Gym Mistress
Rating62% 3.1468053.1468053.1468053.1468053.146805
The film depicts the sexual competition among three roommates — the aggressive, womanizing drummer Tolen (Ray Brooks), the shy, paranoid schoolteacher Colin (Michael Crawford), and the artist Tom (Donal Donnelly) — when a young woman from out of town, Nancy (Rita Tushingham), enters their London world.
Joey Boy
Joey Boy (1965)
, 1h31
Directed by Frank Launder
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Political films
Actors Harry H. Corbett, Stanley Baxter, Bill Fraser, Percy Herbert, Lance Percival, Reg Varney
Roles Italian Girl
Rating49% 2.4557452.4557452.4557452.4557452.455745
After a gang of London Spivs are arrested for running an illegal gambling den during the Second World War they are offered a choice between prison and a tour of duty with the British Army putting their unique talents to work.
Carry On Cleo, 1h32
Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Sid James, Kenneth Connor, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Jim Dale, Charles Hawtrey
Roles Pretty Bidder (uncredited)
Rating66% 3.3473553.3473553.3473553.3473553.347355
The film opens during Caesar's invasions of Britain, with Mark Antony (Sid James) struggling to lead his armies through miserable weather. At a nearby village, cavemen Horsa (Jim Dale) and Hengist Pod (Kenneth Connor) attempt to alert Boadicea of the invasion, but are captured by the Romans.
The Cracksman
Directed by Peter Graham Scott
Actors Charlie Drake, Nyree Dawn Porter, George Sanders, Dennis Price, Percy Herbert, Eddie Byrne
Roles Sandra
Rating58% 2.9055752.9055752.9055752.9055752.905575
Charlie Drake plays honest locksmith Ernest Wright whose problem is that he cannot resist the challenge of a lock. First he is duped by a debonair con man into opening a car. He is caught by the police but is released on probation. Next the same man fools him into breaking into a house, and he lands in jail for a year. When he is released, he gets tricked into opening a safe, for which he receives a three-year jail sentence and an undeserved reputation as a master thief. Upon his release he finds himself as a pawn being manipulated by two gangs into a safe-cracking scheme but, with the help of undercover police woman Muriel played by Nyree Dawn Porter, he helps trap the crooks and clear his name.