Wanda Ventham was born on 5 August 1935 and is an English actress with many roles on British television since beginning her career in the 1950s.
11 Facts About Wanda Ventham
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Wanda Ventham was born in Brighton on 5 August 1935, the daughter of Gladys Frances and Frederick Howard Wanda Ventham.
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Wanda Ventham trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, as a contemporary of Judi Dench, graduating in 1956.
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Wanda Ventham appeared in Carry On Cleo and Carry On Up the Khyber.
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Wanda Ventham starred alongside Mark Burns in the mystery film Death Is a Woman.
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Wanda Ventham played a love interest for Arthur Daley in Minder, Susan's mother in Coupling, and Deborah's mother in Men Behaving Badly.
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Wanda Ventham starred opposite Ian Hendry in the 15-part BBC series The Lotus Eaters, and made a guest appearance in the fifth episode of the first season of the BBC Two sketch show Rutland Weekend Television.
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Wanda Ventham has appeared in Doctor Who on three occasions over three decades; as Jean Rock in The Faceless Ones, as Thea Ransome in Image of the Fendahl and as Faroon in Time and the Rani.
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Wanda Ventham appeared in Holby City as Sheilagh Chiltern, the grandmother of Lofty Chiltern.
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Wanda Ventham married her first husband James Tabernacle in 1957 and they had one daughter, Tracy.
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Wanda Ventham 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.