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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 22, 1950
Died
July 26, 2012
Place of Birth
Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, UK
Mary Tamm
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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
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The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
2017
7.0
Romana I (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
2013
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Self
Tomorrow's Times: The First Doctor
2011
6.4
Romana I (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
2010
5.8
Meg Nut
Doghouse
2009
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Romana (archive footage)
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
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A Matter of Time
2007
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Parrot Fashion
2007
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The Humans of Tara
2007
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Getting Blood from the Stones
2007
Credits
The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
2017
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Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
as Romana I (archive footage)
2013
7.0
Tomorrow's Times: The First Doctor
as Self
2011
0.0
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
as Romana I (archive footage)
2010
6.4
Doghouse
as Meg Nut
2009
5.8
The Ties That Bind Us
as Romana (archive footage)
2008
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A Matter of Time
2007
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Parrot Fashion
2007
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The Humans of Tara
2007
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Getting Blood from the Stones
2007
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Defining Shadows
2007
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The Ribos File
2007
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A Class Apart
as Mrs. Fills
2007
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Diamond Geezer
2005
7.0
Twisted Tales
as Mrs Templeman
2005
7.0
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
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Spine Chillers
2003
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Amazons and Gladiators
as Zenobia
2001
2.8
Sorted
as School Mother
2000
5.4
Doctors
2000
4.7
CI5: The New Professionals
1999
6.5
Crime Traveller
1997
7.4
Heartbeat
as Marilyn
1992
7.1
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Perfect Scoundrels
as Mary Cooper
1990
6.0
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Mrs. Farley
1989
8.2
Three Kinds of Heat
as Piou
1987
4.2
Casualty
as Virginia Wilson
1986
6.1
Who's Who
1986
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Doctor Who's Who's Who
as Romana
1985
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Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
as Romana I (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984
7.8
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The Hello Goodbye Man
1984
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Jane Eyre
as Blanche Ingram
1983
7.1
Brookside
1982
6.1
Bergerac
as Leslie West
1981
6.7
Doctor Who: Logopolis
as Romana (I) (archive footage)
1981
6.8
Only When I Laugh
as Leonora
1979
6.7
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
as Romana
1979
5.0
Doctor Who: The Power of Kroll
as Romana
1979
4.0
Merry Christmas Doctor Who
as Romana
1978
10.0
Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara
as Romana
1978
7.3
Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood
as Romana
1978
8.0
Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet
as Romana
1978
6.8
Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation
as Romana
1978
7.0
Return of the Saint
as Gerri Hanson
1978
7.0
The Likely Lads
as Christina
1976
6.1
The Girls of Slender Means
as Selina Redwood
1975
1.0
The Odessa File
as Sigi
1974
6.6
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The Inheritors
as Liz Fisher
1974
0.0
Hassan Terro's Escape
1974
8.5
Tales That Witness Madness
as Ginny (segment "Luau")
1973
5.4
The Donati Conspiracy
as Sally Ross
1973
7.0
Warship
1973
5.5
Public Eye
as Jenny
1965
7.8
Doctor Who
1963
7.9
Doctor Who
as Romana
1963
7.9