Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 22, 1950
Place of Birth:
Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, UK
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Mary Tamm
Biography
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
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Diamond Geezer | |
| 2005 | Twisted Tales | Mrs Templeman |
| 2003 | Spine Chillers | |
| 2000 | Doctors | |
| 1999 | CI5: The New Professionals | |
| 1997 | Crime Traveller | |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Marilyn |
| 1990 | Perfect Scoundrels | Mary Cooper |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Mrs. Farley |
| 1986 | Casualty | Virginia Wilson |
| 1985 | Doctor Who's Who's Who | Romana |
| 1984 | The Hello Goodbye Man | |
| 1983 | Jane Eyre | Blanche Ingram |
| 1982 | Brookside | |
| 1981 | Bergerac | Leslie West |
| 1979 | Only When I Laugh | Leonora |
| 1978 | Return of the Saint | Gerri Hanson |
| 1975 | The Girls of Slender Means | Selina Redwood |
| 1974 | The Inheritors | Liz Fisher |
| 1973 | Warship | |
| 1973 | The Donati Conspiracy | Sally Ross |
| 1965 | Public Eye | Jenny |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Romana |