Viviane Ventura is a British actress.[1] She was born on December 5, 1947, in London, but spent her childhood in Bogotá, Colombia. In 1958, she returned to the UK, where she started her film career. Ventura has made films for 20th Century Fox including High Wind in Jamaica and Lord Jim. She has worked with actors who include Anthony Quinn, Cliff Richard, Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Victor Lownes, and Julio Iglesias. She now lives in London in the UK. Her youngest daughter is the British environmentalist Sheherazade Goldsmith. She also the author of two books April Fool, a novel, and Guide to Social Climbing (1983)