- She is the mother of Benedict Cumberbatch.
- She and husband Timothy Carlton portray the mother and father of Sherlock Holmes on Sherlock (2010). Sherlock is portrayed by their son, Benedict Cumberbatch.
- She has a daughter named Tracie Bennett from her first marriage.
- She lost out on the part of Jill Masterson, the character who is painted gold in Goldfinger (1964), to Shirley Eaton. Ventham was later painted gold for her role as Thea Ransome in the television serial Image of the Fendahl: Part One (1977).
- She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
- She was considered for the major guest role of Preston in Warriors of the Deep: Part One (1984), which went to Tara Ward.
- Despite a long and impressive list of film and television credits going back over 60 years she is still frequently recognized by the UK public for a role she only played four times in the late 1980s, that of Pamela Parry (Del Boy's mother-in-law) in legendary British comedy/drama 'Only Fools & Horses' (1981).
- Has gone on record as ridiculing the idea of Michael Caine being as highly regarded an actor as Ian Hendry.
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