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Wanda Ventham (born 1939) is a British actress, whose face may be known though she had never achieved star status. She is well known for her role as Col. Virginia Lake in the 1970 science fiction TV series UFO and for her recurring role in Only Fools and Horses as Pamela Parry (Cassandra's mother) (1989-1992), alongside Denis Lill. Her son is the acclaimed actor Benedict Cumberbatch.

Her first appearance on film was in a British drama called My Teenage Daughter with Anna Neagle and Sylvia Syms. She also appeared in the films Carry On Cleo
(1964) and Carry On Up the Khyber (1968).

Her numerous television credits included regular roles in Heartbeat as Fiona Weston (1996 - 1997); Hetty Wainthropp Investigates as Margaret Balshaw; and The Rag Trade as Shirley (1962-1963). She also played a love interest for Arthur Daley in Minder, and Susan's mother in Coupling.

She has appeared in Doctor Who on three occasions over three decades: playing Jean Rock in The Faceless Ones (1967); Thea Ransome in Image of the Fendahl (1977); and Faroon in Time and the Rani (1987); and had a small role in the science fiction drama The Prisoner.

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