Portrait of Wanda Ventham

Acting

Wanda Ventham

Career

Active from 1961 to 2005, busiest in 1966 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
11
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score55/100
Highest rated
Poster for Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
GoodWatch score77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 42 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Wanda Ventham Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Coming of Age
    1.2, average 3.0
  • Catharsis
    4.0, average 5.1
  • Pathos
    4.3, average 5.3
  • Melancholy
    3.8, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Doctor Who 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Mystery 2
  • Futuristic 2
  • Character-Driven Humor 2
  • Classic British Sitcom 2
  • Workplace Comedy 2
  • Nostalgic Television 2
  • Everyday Life 2
  • Investigation 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

86
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

5 titles ยท average score 58
Departure
Departure (2019)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show ยท as Wendy

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)
GoodWatch score 54

as Violet

Father Brown
Father Brown (2013)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Ellen Jennings

Run For Your Wife
Run For Your Wife (2012)
GoodWatch score 16

as Woman on Bus

Sherlock
Sherlock (2010)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Mrs. Holmes

2000s

5 titles ยท average score 68
Lewis
Lewis (2007)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Eleanor Mallory

Asylum
Asylum (2005)
GoodWatch score 45

as Bridie Straffen

Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War (2002)
GoodWatch score 63

as Victoria

Coupling
Coupling (2000)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show ยท as Edna

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show

1990s

7 titles ยท average score 65
Verdict
Verdict (1998)

TV show ยท as Judge Beverley Conran

Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders (1997)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Romany Rose

The Vanishing Man
The Vanishing Man (1997)

TV show ยท as Mrs Braithwaite

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996)
GoodWatch score 49

TV show ยท as Margaret Balshaw

Next of Kin
Next of Kin (1995)

TV show

Heartbeat
Heartbeat (1992)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Fiona Weston

Men Behaving Badly
Men Behaving Badly (1992)
GoodWatch score 49

TV show

1980s

9 titles ยท average score 71
Capstick's Law
Capstick's Law (1989)

TV show ยท as Madge Capstick

Out of the Shadows
Out of the Shadows (1988)

as Liz Bennett

Doctor Who: Time and the Rani
Doctor Who: Time and the Rani (1987)

as Faroon

Flying Lady
Flying Lady (1987)

TV show ยท as Lady Manley

Executive Stress
Executive Stress (1986)

TV show

Love and Marriage
Love and Marriage (1984)

TV show ยท as Margaret

Union Castle
Union Castle (1982)

TV show

Only Fools and Horses
Only Fools and Horses (1981)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show ยท as Pamela Parry

Invasion: UFO
Invasion: UFO (1980)
GoodWatch score 57

as Col. Virginia Lake

1970s

18 titles ยท average score 67
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy (1979)

as Susan

Minder
Minder (1979)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Beryl

Only When I Laugh
Only When I Laugh (1979)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as Fiona

Fallen Hero
Fallen Hero (1978)

TV show ยท as Dorothy Hopkins

All Creatures Great and Small
All Creatures Great and Small (1978)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show ยท as Mrs. Ridge

Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl
Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl (1977)

as Thea Ransome

The Sweeney
The Sweeney (1975)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Brenda

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1973)
GoodWatch score 61

as Lady Durward

The Lotus Eaters
The Lotus Eaters (1972)

TV show ยท as Ann Shepherd

UFO: Take Them Alive
UFO: Take Them Alive (1972)

as Colonnello Virginia Lake

UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!
UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth! (1971)

as Colonel Virginia Lake

UFO
UFO (1970)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Virginia Lake

1960s

38 titles ยท average score 69
The Blood Beast Terror
The Blood Beast Terror (1968)
GoodWatch score 43

as Clare Mallinger

Mister Ten Per Cent
Mister Ten Per Cent (1967)

as Kathy

The Prisoner
The Prisoner (1967)
GoodWatch score 92

TV show ยท as Computer Attendant

Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones (1967)
GoodWatch score 77

as Jean Rock

Death Is a Woman
Death Is a Woman (1966)

as Priscilla Blunstone-Smythe

Joey Boy
Joey Boy (1965)

as Italian Girl

Doctor Who
Doctor Who (1963)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Faroon / Thea Ransome

The Saint
The Saint (1962)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Laura Stride / Penny

Z-Cars
Z-Cars (1962)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show

The Rag Trade
The Rag Trade (1961)

TV show

The Avengers
The Avengers (1961)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show

Danger Man
Danger Man (1960)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Penny

1950s

4 titles ยท average score 68
No Hiding Place
No Hiding Place (1959)

TV show

The Navy Lark
The Navy Lark (1959)

as Mabel

Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Julie / Milly Craddock

My Teenage Daughter
My Teenage Daughter (1956)

as Gina