Mary Tamm
Acting
1950-03-22 · 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 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.
movieThe Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
as · 2017 · 0.0
movieDoctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
as Romana I (archive footage) · 2013 · 7.1
movieTomorrow's Times: The First Doctor
as Self · 2011 · 0.0
movieDoctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
as Romana I (archive footage) · 2010 · 6.5
movieDoghouse
as Meg Nut · 2009 · 5.8
movieThe Ties That Bind Us
as Romana (archive footage) · 2008 · 0.0
movieA Matter of Time
as · 2007 · 0.0
movieThe Ribos File
as · 2007 · 0.0
movieParrot Fashion
as · 2007 · 0.0
movieGetting Blood from the Stones
as · 2007 · 0.0
movieThe Humans of Tara
as · 2007 · 0.0
movieDefining Shadows
as · 2007 · 0.0
movieA Class Apart
as Mrs. Fills · 2007 · 0.0
movieThe Story of Doctor Who
as · 2003 · 8.0
movieAmazons and Gladiators
as Zenobia · 2001 · 3.2
movieSorted
as School Mother · 2000 · 5.4
movieThree Kinds of Heat
as Piou · 1987 · 5.4
movieWho's Who
as · 1986 · 10.0
movieDoctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
as Romana I (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1984 · 7.9
movieDoctor Who: Logopolis
as Romana (I) (archive footage) · 1981 · 7.0
movieDoctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
as Romana · 1979 · 5.5
movieDoctor Who: The Power of Kroll
as Romana · 1979 · 4.7
movieMerry Christmas Doctor Who
as Romana · 1978 · 10.0
movieDoctor Who: The Androids of Tara
as Romana · 1978 · 7.2