Mary Tamm
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 22, 1950
- Died
- July 26, 2012 (aged 62)
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
Movie
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
Movie · as Romana I (archive footage)
Tomorrow's Times: The First Doctor
Movie · as Self
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
Movie · as Romana I (archive footage)
Doghouse
Movie · as Meg Nut
The Ties That Bind Us
Movie · as Romana (archive footage)
A Class Apart
Movie · as Mrs. Fills
A Matter of Time
Movie
The Ribos File
Movie
Parrot Fashion
Movie
Getting Blood from the Stones
Movie
The Humans of Tara
Movie
Defining Shadows
Movie
Diamond Geezer
TV · 3 eps
Twisted Tales
TV · as Mrs Templeman · 1 ep
The Story of Doctor Who
Movie
Spine Chillers
TV · as Mrs Templeton · 1 ep
Wire in the Blood
TV · as Elektra · 1 ep
Rose and Maloney
TV · as Danuta Richmond · 1 ep
Amazons and Gladiators
Movie · as Zenobia
Sorted
Movie · as School Mother
Doctors
TV · 1 ep
CI5: The New Professionals
TV · 1 ep
Crime Traveller
TV · 1 ep
Heartbeat
TV · as Marilyn · 1 ep
Perfect Scoundrels
TV · as Mary Cooper · 1 ep
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV · as Mrs. Farley · 1 ep
Three Kinds of Heat
Movie · as Piou
Who's Who
Movie
Casualty
TV · as Virginia Wilson · 1 ep
Worlds Beyond
TV · as Susan Wentworth · 1 ep
Doctor Who's Who's Who
TV · as Romana · 1 ep
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Movie · as Romana I (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Hello Goodbye Man
TV · as Jennifer Reynoldston · 6 eps
Jane Eyre
TV · as Blanche Ingram · 2 eps
Brookside
TV · as Penny Crosbie · 473 eps
Doctor Who: Logopolis
Movie · as Romana (I) (archive footage)
Bergerac
TV · as Leslie West · 1 ep
The Treachery Game
TV · as Jill Fraser · 3 eps
The Assassination Run
TV · as Jill Fraser · 3 eps
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
Movie · as Romana
Doctor Who: The Power of Kroll
Movie · as Romana
Only When I Laugh
TV · as Leonora · 1 ep
Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation
Movie · as Romana
Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood
Movie · as Romana
Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet
Movie · as Romana
Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara
Movie · as Romana
Merry Christmas Doctor Who
Movie · as Romana
Return of the Saint
TV · as Gerri Hanson · 1 ep
The Likely Lads
Movie · as Christina
The Girls of Slender Means
TV · as Selina Redwood · 3 eps
Hassan Terro's Escape
Movie
The Odessa File
Movie · as Sigi
The Inheritors
TV · as Liz Fisher · 1 ep
Tales That Witness Madness
Movie · as Ginny (segment "Luau")
Warship
TV · 1 ep
The Donati Conspiracy
TV · as Sally Ross · 3 eps
Public Eye
TV · as Jenny · 1 ep
Doctor Who
TV · as Romana