Mary Tamm

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.

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Filmography

2017

The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
Movie - Released: 9/18/2017

2013

Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
as Romana I (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 9/24/2013

2011

Tomorrow's Times: The First Doctor
Tomorrow's Times: The First Doctor
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/20/2011

2010

Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
as Romana I (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 11/9/2010

2009

Doghouse
Doghouse
as Meg Nut
Movie - Released: 6/11/2009

2008

The Ties That Bind Us
The Ties That Bind Us
as Romana (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 3/3/2008

2007

A Class Apart
A Class Apart
as Mrs. Fills
Movie - Released: 3/23/2007
A Matter of Time
A Matter of Time
Movie - Released: 9/24/2007
The Ribos File
The Ribos File
Movie - Released: 9/24/2007
Parrot Fashion
Parrot Fashion
Movie - Released: 9/24/2007
Getting Blood from the Stones
Getting Blood from the Stones
Movie - Released: 9/24/2007
The Humans of Tara
The Humans of Tara
Movie - Released: 9/24/2007
Defining Shadows
Defining Shadows
Movie - Released: 9/24/2007

2005

Diamond Geezer
Diamond Geezer
TV - Released: 3/20/2005
Twisted Tales
Twisted Tales
TV - Released: 1/16/2005

2003

The Story of Doctor Who
The Story of Doctor Who
Movie - Released: 12/30/2003
Spine Chillers
Spine Chillers
TV - Released: 6/23/2003

2001

Amazons and Gladiators
Amazons and Gladiators
as Zenobia
Movie - Released: 9/1/2001

2000

Sorted
Sorted
as School Mother
Movie - Released: 10/6/2000
Doctors
Doctors
TV - Released: 3/27/2000

1999

CI5: The New Professionals
CI5: The New Professionals
TV - Released: 9/19/1999

1997

Crime Traveller
Crime Traveller
TV - Released: 3/1/1997

1992

Heartbeat
Heartbeat
as Marilyn
TV - Released: 4/10/1992

1990

Myth Makers 21: Mary Tamm
Myth Makers 21: Mary Tamm
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/1990
TV
Perfect Scoundrels
as Mary Cooper
TV - Released: 4/22/1990

1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Mrs. Farley
TV - Released: 1/8/1989

1987

Three Kinds of Heat
Three Kinds of Heat
as Piou
Movie - Released: 6/1/1987

1986

Who's Who
Who's Who
Movie - Released: 8/13/1986
Casualty
Casualty
as Virginia Wilson
TV - Released: 9/6/1986

1985

Doctor Who's Who's Who
Doctor Who's Who's Who
as Romana
TV - Released: 1/1/1985

1984

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
as Romana I (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 2/15/1984
TV
The Hello Goodbye Man
TV - Released: 1/5/1984

1983

Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
as Blanche Ingram
TV - Released: 10/9/1983

1982

Brookside
Brookside
TV - Released: 11/2/1982

1981

Doctor Who: Logopolis
Doctor Who: Logopolis
as Romana (I) (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 3/21/1981
Bergerac
Bergerac
as Leslie West
TV - Released: 10/18/1981

1979

Doctor Who: The Power of Kroll
Doctor Who: The Power of Kroll
as Romana
Movie - Released: 1/13/1979
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
as Romana
Movie - Released: 2/24/1979
Only When I Laugh
Only When I Laugh
as Leonora
TV - Released: 10/29/1979

1978

Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation
Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation
as Romana
Movie - Released: 9/23/1978
Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet
Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet
as Romana
Movie - Released: 10/21/1978
Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood
Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood
as Romana
Movie - Released: 11/18/1978
Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara
Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara
as Romana
Movie - Released: 12/16/1978
Merry Christmas Doctor Who
Merry Christmas Doctor Who
as Romana
Movie - Released: 12/21/1978
Return of the Saint
Return of the Saint
as Gerri Hanson
TV - Released: 9/10/1978

1976

The Likely Lads
The Likely Lads
as Christina
Movie - Released: 2/1/1976

1975

The Girls of Slender Means
The Girls of Slender Means
as Selina Redwood
TV - Released: 5/3/1975

1974

Hassan Terro's Escape
Hassan Terro's Escape
Movie - Released: 1/2/1974
The Odessa File
The Odessa File
as Sigi
Movie - Released: 10/17/1974
TV
The Inheritors
as Liz Fisher
TV - Released: 8/15/1974

1973

Tales That Witness Madness
Tales That Witness Madness
as Ginny (segment "Luau")
Movie - Released: 10/31/1973
Warship
Warship
TV - Released: 6/7/1973
The Donati Conspiracy
The Donati Conspiracy
as Sally Ross
TV - Released: 9/14/1973

1965

Public Eye
Public Eye
as Jenny
TV - Released: 1/23/1965

1963

Doctor Who
Doctor Who
TV - Released: 11/23/1963
Doctor Who
Doctor Who
as Romana
TV - Released: 11/23/1963