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Wanda Ventham Biography

Birth Name:Wanda Ventham

Profession Actress

Fast Facts

  • Best known for performing the character of Colonel Virginia Lake in the science-fiction television series “UFO” in 1970 and 1971 and in the movies “UFO: Prendeteli vivi” and “Invasion: UFO” in 1974
  • She is the wife of English actor Timothy Carlton and the mother of English actor and producer Benedict Cumberbatch
  • She performed the character of Pamela Parry, Cassandra Trotter's mother, in the comedy television series “Only Fools and Horses” from 1989 to 1992
  • In the British crime television series “Sherlock,” created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, they perform the parents of Sherlock Holmes, who is played by their real son Benedict Cumberbatch