Mary Tamm

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Mary Tamm

Acting March 22, 1950

Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, UK

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 sc…

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who

7.9 1963 TV Show
Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

8.2 1989 TV Show
Casualty

Casualty

6.2 1986 TV Show
Brookside

Brookside

6.2 1982 TV Show
Doghouse

Doghouse

5.8 2009 Movie
Doctors

Doctors

4.8 2000 TV Show
Heartbeat

Heartbeat

7.2 1992 TV Show
Bergerac

Bergerac

7.0 1981 TV Show
The Odessa File

The Odessa File

6.6 1974 Movie
Wire in the Blood

Wire in the Blood

7.9 2002 TV Show
Return of the Saint

Return of the Saint

7.0 1978 TV Show
Public Eye

Public Eye

8.2 1965 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2017
    The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years

    Movie

  2. 2013
    Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS

    Movie Romana I (archive footage)

  3. 2011
    Tomorrow's Times: The First Doctor

    Movie Self

  4. 2010
    Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2

    Movie Romana I (archive footage)

  5. 2009
    Doghouse

    Movie Meg Nut

  6. 2008
    The Ties That Bind Us

    Movie Romana (archive footage)

  7. 2007
    Parrot Fashion

    Movie

  8. 2007
    A Matter of Time

    Movie

  9. 2007
    Getting Blood from the Stones

    Movie

  10. 2007
    Defining Shadows

    Movie

  11. 2007
    The Humans of Tara

    Movie

  12. 2007
    The Ribos File

    Movie

  13. 2007
    A Class Apart

    Movie Mrs. Fills

  14. 2005
    Diamond Geezer

    TV show

  15. 2005
    Twisted Tales

    TV show Mrs Templeman

  16. 2003
    The Story of Doctor Who

    Movie

More credits
  1. 2003
    Spine Chillers

    TV show

  2. 2002
    Wire in the Blood

    TV show Elektra

  3. 2002
    Rose and Maloney

    TV show Danuta Richmond

  4. 2001
    Amazons and Gladiators

    Movie Zenobia

  5. 2000
    Sorted

    Movie School Mother

  6. 2000
    Doctors

    TV show

  7. 1999
    CI5: The New Professionals

    TV show

  8. 1997
    Crime Traveller

    TV show

  9. 1992
    Heartbeat

    TV show Marilyn

  10. 1990
    Perfect Scoundrels

    TV show Mary Cooper

  11. 1989
    Agatha Christie's Poirot

    TV show Mrs. Farley

  12. 1987
    Three Kinds of Heat

    Movie Piou

  13. 1986
    Worlds Beyond

    TV show Susan Wentworth

  14. 1986
    Casualty

    TV show Virginia Wilson

  15. 1986
    Who's Who

    Movie

  16. 1985
    Doctor Who's Who's Who

    TV show Romana

  17. 1984
    Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

    Movie Romana I (archive footage) (uncredited)

  18. 1984
    The Hello Goodbye Man

    TV show Jennifer Reynoldston

  19. 1983
    Jane Eyre

    TV show Blanche Ingram

  20. 1982
    Brookside

    TV show Penny Crosbie

  21. 1981
    Bergerac

    TV show Leslie West

  22. 1981
    Doctor Who: Logopolis

    Movie Romana (I) (archive footage)

  23. 1981
    The Treachery Game

    TV show Jill Fraser

  24. 1980
    The Assassination Run

    TV show Jill Fraser