Mary Tamm
Acting
Mary Tamm (22 March 1950 – 26 July 2012) was a British actress who appeared in many British TV drama series and serials. She is best known for her role as Romana I in the BBC's science fiction television series Doctor Who, appearing opposite Tom Baker in the 1978–1979 story arc The Key to Time. Tamm was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, to an Estonian father and a half-Russian mother, who was an opera singer. Her parents had fled Estonia after four of her father's brothers had died in Stalin's gulag labour camps. Tamm spoke only Estonian at home and attended Estonian-language school on Saturdays. She did not begin learning English until she was enrolled in primary school. At age 11, she won a scholarship to attend Bradford Girls' Grammar School and joined the city's Civic Theatre. She was a graduate and an associate member of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where she studied from 1969 to 1971.
Known for
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movieDoctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
2013
Romana I (archive footage)
movieDoctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
2010
Romana I (archive footage)
movieDoghouse
2009
Meg Nut
movieThe Ties That Bind Us
2008
Romana (archive footage)
movieA Class Apart
2007
Mrs. Fills
tvTwisted Tales
2005
Mrs Templeman
tvWire in the Blood
2002
Elektra
tvRose and Maloney
2002
Danuta Richmond
movieSorted
2000
School Mother
tvHeartbeat
1992
Marilyn
tvPerfect Scoundrels
1990
Mary Cooper
tvAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Mrs. Farley
tvWorlds Beyond
1986
Susan Wentworth
tvCasualty
1986
Virginia Wilson
movieDoctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984
Romana I (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Hello Goodbye Man
1984
Jennifer Reynoldston
tvJane Eyre
1983
Blanche Ingram
tvBergerac
1981
Leslie West
movieDoctor Who: Logopolis
1981
Romana (I) (archive footage)
The Treachery Game
1981
Jill Fraser
tvThe Assassination Run
1980
Jill Fraser
tvOnly When I Laugh
1979
Leonora
tvReturn of the Saint
1978
Gerri Hanson
movieThe Likely Lads
1976
Christina
tvThe Girls of Slender Means
1975
Selina Redwood
The Inheritors
1974
Liz Fisher
movieTales That Witness Madness
1973
Ginny (segment "Luau")
tvThe Donati Conspiracy
1973
Sally Ross
tvPublic Eye
1965
Jenny
tvDoctor Who
1963
Romana