Wanda Ventham (born 5 August 1935) is an English actress, known primarily for her role as Colonel Virginia Lake in the 1970s science-fiction television series UFO, and for her recurring role as Cassandra Trotter's mother Pamela Parry in the sitcom Only Fools and Horses from 1989–92. She has also appeared in two episodes of The Saint alongside Roger Moore.

In April 2014, People magazine featured her in its "Most Beautiful People in the World" edition.

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Ventham married her first husband James Tabernacle in 1957 and they had one daughter, Tracy Tabernacle. They were divorced on 12 November 1974. She 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. The couple appeared together in Series 2 of BBC drama The Lotus Eaters in 1973 and Series 3 of BBC series Sherlock in 2014 as the parents of the title character, played by their son, actor Benedict Cumberbatch.

She is the mother-in-law of theatre and opera director Sophie Hunter, the wife of son Benedict.