Mary Tamm
Acting
Born: 1950-03-22 in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, UK
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
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mrs. Farley
Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Romana
Casualty
Virginia Wilson
Brookside
Penny Crosbie
Doctors
Heartbeat
Marilyn
Bergerac
Leslie West
Wire in the Blood
Elektra
Rose and Maloney
Danuta Richmond
Public Eye
Jenny
Return of the Saint
Gerri Hanson
Jane Eyre
Blanche Ingram
Warship
Only When I Laugh
Leonora
The Odessa File
Sigi
CI5: The New Professionals
Twisted Tales
Mrs Templeman
Worlds Beyond
Susan Wentworth
Spine Chillers
Perfect Scoundrels
Mary Cooper
Tales That Witness Madness
Ginny (segment "Luau")
Crime Traveller
Sorted
School Mother
Doghouse
Meg Nut
Parrot Fashion
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Romana I (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Donati Conspiracy
Sally Ross
Who's Who
Diamond Geezer
Amazons and Gladiators
Zenobia
The Assassination Run
Jill Fraser
The Girls of Slender Means
Selina Redwood
Doctor Who: Logopolis
Romana (I) (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
Romana I (archive footage)
The Ties That Bind Us
Romana (archive footage)
Three Kinds of Heat
Piou