- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 22, 1950
- Place of Birth
- Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Died
- July 26, 2012
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 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 studie…
Filmography
movieThe Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
2017
movieDoctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
2013 · Romana I (archive footage)
movieTomorrow's Times: The First Doctor
2011 · Self
movieDoctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
2010 · Romana I (archive footage)
movieDoghouse
2009 · Meg Nut
movieThe Ties That Bind Us
2008 · Romana (archive footage)
movieA Matter of Time
2007
movieThe Ribos File
2007
movieParrot Fashion
2007
movieGetting Blood from the Stones
2007
movieThe Humans of Tara
2007
movieDefining Shadows
2007
movieA Class Apart
2007 · Mrs. Fills
tvDiamond Geezer
2005
tvTwisted Tales
2005 · Mrs Templeman
movieThe Story of Doctor Who
2003
tvSpine Chillers
2003
tvWire in the Blood
2002 · Elektra
tvRose and Maloney
2002 · Danuta Richmond
movieAmazons and Gladiators
2001 · Zenobia
movieSorted
2000 · School Mother
tvDoctors
2000
tvCI5: The New Professionals
1999
tvCrime Traveller
1997
tvHeartbeat
1992 · Marilyn
tvPerfect Scoundrels
1990 · Mary Cooper
tvAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Mrs. Farley
movieThree Kinds of Heat
1987 · Piou
tvWorlds Beyond
1986 · Susan Wentworth
tvCasualty
1986 · Virginia Wilson
movieWho's Who
1986
tvDoctor Who's Who's Who
1985 · Romana
movieDoctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984 · Romana I (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Hello Goodbye Man
tvThe Hello Goodbye Man
1984 · Jennifer Reynoldston
tvJane Eyre
1983 · Blanche Ingram
tvBrookside
1982
tvBergerac
1981 · Leslie West
movieDoctor Who: Logopolis
1981 · Romana (I) (archive footage)
The Treachery Game
tvThe Treachery Game
1981 · Jill Fraser
tvThe Assassination Run
1980 · Jill Fraser
tvOnly When I Laugh
1979 · Leonora
movieDoctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
1979 · Romana
movieDoctor Who: The Power of Kroll
1979 · Romana
movieMerry Christmas Doctor Who
1978 · Romana
movieDoctor Who: The Androids of Tara
1978 · Romana
movieDoctor Who: The Stones of Blood
1978 · Romana
movieDoctor Who: The Pirate Planet
1978 · Romana
movieDoctor Who: The Ribos Operation
1978 · Romana
tvReturn of the Saint
1978 · Gerri Hanson
movieThe Likely Lads
1976 · Christina
tvThe Girls of Slender Means
1975 · Selina Redwood
movieThe Odessa File
1974 · Sigi
The Inheritors
tvThe Inheritors
1974 · Liz Fisher
movieHassan Terro's Escape
1974
movieTales That Witness Madness
1973 · Ginny (segment "Luau")
tvThe Donati Conspiracy
1973 · Sally Ross
tvWarship
1973
tvPublic Eye
1965 · Jenny
tvDoctor Who
1963 · , Romana