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
All Movies (31)
- The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years2017
- Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS2013 · as Romana I (archive footage)
- Tomorrow's Times: The First Doctor2011 · as Self
- Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 22010 · as Romana I (archive footage)
- Doghouse2009 · as Meg Nut
- The Ties That Bind Us2008 · as Romana (archive footage)
- A Matter of Time2007
- The Ribos File2007
- Parrot Fashion2007
- Getting Blood from the Stones2007
- The Humans of Tara2007
- Defining Shadows2007
- A Class Apart2007 · as Mrs. Fills
- The Story of Doctor Who2003
- Amazons and Gladiators2001 · as Zenobia
- Sorted2000 · as School Mother
- Three Kinds of Heat1987 · as Piou
- Who's Who1986
- Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks1984 · as Romana I (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Doctor Who: Logopolis1981 · as Romana (I) (archive footage)
- Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor1979 · as Romana
- Doctor Who: The Power of Kroll1979 · as Romana
- Merry Christmas Doctor Who1978 · as Romana
- Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara1978 · as Romana
- Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood1978 · as Romana
- Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet1978 · as Romana
- Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation1978 · as Romana
- The Likely Lads1976 · as Christina
- The Odessa File1974 · as Sigi
- Hassan Terro's Escape1974
- Tales That Witness Madness1973 · as Ginny (segment "Luau")
All TV Shows (27)
- Diamond Geezer2005
- Twisted Tales2005 · as Mrs Templeman
- Spine Chillers2003
- Wire in the Blood2002 · as Elektra
- Rose and Maloney2002 · as Danuta Richmond
- Doctors2000
- CI5: The New Professionals1999
- Crime Traveller1997
- Heartbeat1992 · as Marilyn
- Perfect Scoundrels1990 · as Mary Cooper
- Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Mrs. Farley
- Worlds Beyond1986 · as Susan Wentworth
- Casualty1986 · as Virginia Wilson
- Doctor Who's Who's Who1985 · as Romana
- The Hello Goodbye Man1984 · as Jennifer Reynoldston
- Jane Eyre1983 · as Blanche Ingram
- Brookside1982
- Bergerac1981 · as Leslie West
- Only When I Laugh1979 · as Leonora
- Return of the Saint1978 · as Gerri Hanson
- The Girls of Slender Means1975 · as Selina Redwood
- The Inheritors1974 · as Liz Fisher
- The Donati Conspiracy1973 · as Sally Ross
- Warship1973
- Public Eye1965 · as Jenny
- Doctor Who1963
- Doctor Who1963 · as Romana