Mary Tamm
Known for Acting · 59 credits
- Born
- 1950-03-22
- Died
- 2012-07-26
- Place of birth
- 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
TV Shows (28)
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Mrs. Farley
Casualty
1986
as Virginia Wilson
Doctor Who
1963
as Romana
Doctors
2000
Brookside
1982
Heartbeat
1992
as Marilyn
Bergerac
1981
as Leslie West
Wire in the Blood
2002
as Elektra
Public Eye
1965
as Jenny
Return of the Saint
1978
as Gerri Hanson
Worlds Beyond
1986
as Susan Wentworth
Rose and Maloney
2002
as Danuta Richmond
Jane Eyre
1983
as Blanche Ingram
Warship
1973
Only When I Laugh
1979
as Leonora
Twisted Tales
2005
as Mrs Templeman
Spine Chillers
2003
Perfect Scoundrels
1990
as Mary Cooper
CI5: The New Professionals
1999
Crime Traveller
1997
The Donati Conspiracy
1973
as Sally Ross
Diamond Geezer
2005
The Inheritors
1974
as Liz Fisher
The Hello Goodbye Man
1984
as Jennifer Reynoldston
Doctor Who's Who's Who
1985
as Romana
The Assassination Run
1980
as Jill Fraser
The Girls of Slender Means
1975
as Selina Redwood
The Treachery Game
1981
as Jill Fraser
Movies (31)
Parrot Fashion
2007
The Odessa File
1974
as Sigi
Doctor Who: Logopolis
1981
as Romana (I) (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984
as Romana I (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sorted
2000
as School Mother
Doghouse
2009
as Meg Nut
Who's Who
1986
Tales That Witness Madness
1973
as Ginny (segment "Luau")
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
as Romana (archive footage)
The Likely Lads
1976
as Christina
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
2013
as Romana I (archive footage)
Defining Shadows
2007
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
2010
as Romana I (archive footage)
Amazons and Gladiators
2001
as Zenobia
A Matter of Time
2007
Doctor Who: The Power of Kroll
1979
as Romana
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
Merry Christmas Doctor Who
1978
as Romana
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
1979
as Romana
Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara
1978
as Romana
Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation
1978
as Romana
Three Kinds of Heat
1987
as Piou
A Class Apart
2007
as Mrs. Fills
Hassan Terro's Escape
1974
Tomorrow's Times: The First Doctor
2011
as Self
The Humans of Tara
2007
Getting Blood from the Stones
2007
Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood
1978
as Romana
Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet
1978
as Romana
The Ribos File
2007
The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
2017
About Mary Tamm
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 Esto… With 59 credits spanning from 1963 to 2017, Mary Tamm has appeared in 31 films and 28 TV shows.
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Most Popular Mary Tamm Movies
- Parrot Fashion (2007)
- The Odessa File (1974) — as Sigi
- Doctor Who: Logopolis (1981) — as Romana (I) (archive footage)
- Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks (1984) — as Romana I (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Sorted (2000) — as School Mother
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