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 studied from 1969 to 1971.
Known for
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mrs. Farley
Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Romana
Casualty
Virginia Wilson
Heartbeat
Marilyn
Doghouse
Meg Nut
Bergerac
Leslie West
Doctors
Brookside
Public Eye
Jenny
The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
Return of the Saint
Gerri Hanson
Warship
The Humans of Tara
Spine Chillers
A Class Apart
Mrs. Fills
Tales That Witness Madness
Ginny (segment "Luau")
The Story of Doctor Who
Getting Blood from the Stones
Only When I Laugh
Leonora
Parrot Fashion
Jane Eyre
Blanche Ingram
CI5: The New Professionals
Amazons and Gladiators
Zenobia
Twisted Tales
Mrs Templeman
Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation
Romana
Perfect Scoundrels
Mary Cooper
Sorted
School Mother
Tomorrow's Times: The First Doctor
Self
A Matter of Time
Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara
Romana
Crime Traveller
The Ties That Bind Us
Romana (archive footage)
The Inheritors
Liz Fisher
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
Romana I (archive footage)
The Odessa File
Sigi
Merry Christmas Doctor Who
Romana
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
Romana I (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Logopolis
Romana (I) (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Power of Kroll
Romana
The Girls of Slender Means
Selina Redwood
Diamond Geezer
Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood
Romana
Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet
Romana
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Romana I (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
Romana
The Hello Goodbye Man
Hassan Terro's Escape
The Donati Conspiracy
Sally Ross
The Ribos File
Who's Who
Doctor Who's Who's Who
Romana
The Likely Lads
Christina
Defining Shadows
Three Kinds of Heat
Piou
Myth Makers 21: Mary Tamm
Self