Acting · Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, UK · Born March 22, 1950
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
2017
MovieDoctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
2013
as Romana I (archive footage)
MovieTomorrow's Times: The First Doctor
2011
as Self
MovieDoctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
2010
as Romana I (archive footage)
MovieDoghouse
2009
as Meg Nut
MovieThe Ties That Bind Us
2008
as Romana (archive footage)
MovieA Matter of Time
2007
MovieThe Ribos File
2007
MovieParrot Fashion
2007
MovieGetting Blood from the Stones
2007
MovieThe Humans of Tara
2007
MovieDefining Shadows
2007
MovieA Class Apart
2007
as Mrs. Fills
TVDiamond Geezer
2005
TVTwisted Tales
2005
as Mrs Templeman
MovieThe Story of Doctor Who
2003
TVSpine Chillers
2003
TVWire in the Blood
2002
as Elektra
TVRose and Maloney
2002
as Danuta Richmond
MovieAmazons and Gladiators
2001
as Zenobia
MovieSorted
2000
as School Mother
TVDoctors
2000
TVCI5: The New Professionals
1999
TVCrime Traveller
1997
TVHeartbeat
1992
as Marilyn
TVPerfect Scoundrels
1990
as Mary Cooper
TVAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Mrs. Farley
MovieThree Kinds of Heat
1987
as Piou
TVWorlds Beyond
1986
as Susan Wentworth
TVCasualty
1986
as Virginia Wilson
MovieWho's Who
1986
TVDoctor Who's Who's Who
1985
as Romana
MovieDoctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984
as Romana I (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Hello Goodbye Man
1984
as Jennifer Reynoldston
TVJane Eyre
1983
as Blanche Ingram
TVBrookside
1982
TVBergerac
1981
as Leslie West
MovieDoctor Who: Logopolis
1981
as Romana (I) (archive footage)
The Treachery Game
1981
as Jill Fraser
TVThe Assassination Run
1980
as Jill Fraser
TVOnly When I Laugh
1979
as Leonora
MovieDoctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
1979
as Romana
MovieDoctor Who: The Power of Kroll
1979
as Romana
MovieMerry Christmas Doctor Who
1978
as Romana
MovieDoctor Who: The Androids of Tara
1978
as Romana
MovieDoctor Who: The Stones of Blood
1978
as Romana
MovieDoctor Who: The Pirate Planet
1978
as Romana
MovieDoctor Who: The Ribos Operation
1978
as Romana
TVReturn of the Saint
1978
as Gerri Hanson
MovieThe Likely Lads
1976
as Christina
TVThe Girls of Slender Means
1975
as Selina Redwood
MovieThe Odessa File
1974
as Sigi
The Inheritors
1974
as Liz Fisher
MovieHassan Terro's Escape
1974
MovieTales That Witness Madness
1973
as Ginny (segment "Luau")
TVThe Donati Conspiracy
1973
as Sally Ross
TVWarship
1973
TVPublic Eye
1965
as Jenny
TVDoctor Who
1963
