Wanda Ventham (born 5 August 1935) is an English actress, mainly on television. She is a familiar face in many television series in Britain, although she has 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). She also appeared in TV series The Saint with Roger Moore in multi...
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Wanda Ventham (born 5 August 1935) is an English actress, mainly on television. She is a familiar face in many television series in Britain, although she has 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). She also appeared in TV series The Saint with Roger Moore in multiple episodes.
Ventham was born in Brighton, Sussex, England. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
Her first appearance on film was in a British drama called My Teenage Daughter with Anna Neagle and Sylvia Syms in 1956. 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...
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