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Mary Tamm
Actor
Born March 22, 1950Died July 26, 2012 (62 years)
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.
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.
Mary Tamm Filmography
| 2017 | |
| 2013 | Doctor Who: Clara and the Tardis · as Romana I (archive Footage) |
| 2013 | Being a Girl · as Romana |
| 2009 | Doghouse · as Meg Nut |
| 2008 | The Ties That Bind Us · as Romana (archive Footage) |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | Directing 'Who': Michael Hayes · as Romana |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | Philip Madoc: A Villain for All Seasons · as Romana |
| 2007 | A Class Apart · as Mrs. Fills |
| 2005 | Diamond Geezer (TV Series) |
| 2005 | Twisted Tales (UK) (TV Series) · as Mrs Templeman |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | Spine Chillers (TV Series) |
| 2002 | Rose and Maloney (TV Series) · as Danuta Richmond |
| 2002 | Wire in the Blood (TV Series) · as Elektra |
| 2001 | Amazons and Gladiators · as Zenobia |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | Doctors (TV Series) |
| 2000 | Up Rising (TV Series) · as House Buyer |
| 1999 | Holby City (TV Series) · as Fliss Robson |
| 1998 | CI5: The New Professionals (TV Series) |
| 1997 | Jonathan Creek (TV Series) · as Vivian Brodie |
| 1997 | Crime Traveller (TV Series) |
| 1997 | The New Adventures of Robin Hood (TV Series) · as Alice |
| 1993 | Doctor Who: Thirty Years in the TARDIS · as Romana |
| 1992 | Doctor Who: The Tom Baker Years · as Romana |
| 1992 | |
| 1990 | Perfect Scoundrels (TV Series) · as Mary Cooper |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) · as Mrs. Farley |
| 1987 | Three Kinds of Heat · as Piou |
| 1986 | Worlds Beyond (TV Series) · as Susan Wentworth |
| 1986 | Casualty (TV Series) · as Virginia Wilson |
| 1985 | |
| 1985 | EastEnders (TV Series) · as Orlenda |
| 1984 | The Bill (TV Series) · as Moira Sutherland |
| 1984 | Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks · as Romana I (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1983 | Jane Eyre (1983) (TV Series) · as Blanche Ingram |
| 1982 | Brookside (TV Series) |
| 1981 | Bergerac (TV Series) · as Leslie West |
| 1981 | Doctor Who: Logopolis · as Romana (i) (archive Footage) |
| 1979 | Only When I Laugh (TV Series) · as Leonora |
| 1979 | Not the Nine O'Clock News (TV Series) · as Mrs. Bindleson-Chilton |
| 1978 | Merry Christmas Doctor Who · as Romana |
| 1978 | Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara · as Romana |
| 1978 | Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet · as Romana |
| 1978 | Return of the Saint (TV Series) · as Gerri Hanson |
| 1976 | The Likely Lads · as Christina |
| 1974 | The Odessa File · as Sigi |
| 1973 | Tales That Witness Madness · as Ginny (segment "luau") |
| 1973 | Warship (1973) (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Whodunnit? (UK) (TV Series) · as Valerie Austin |
| 1965 | Public Eye (TV Series) · as Jenny |
| 1963 | Doctor Who (TV Series) · as Romana |
| 1960 | Coronation Street (TV Series) · as Pauline Ogden |
| 2019 | Showman: The Life of John Nathan-Turner · as Self |
| 2011 | Tomorrow's Times: The First Doctor · as Self - Presenter |
| 2011 | Tomorrow's Times: The First Doctor · as Self |
| 2007 | A New Body at Last · as Self |
| 1986 | The Story of English (TV Series) · as Self - Chaucer Reader |
| 1972 | Pebble Mill at One (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1955 | This is Your Life (UK) (TV Series) · as Self |