Mary Tamm

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

58

Gender

Female

Birthday

1950-03-22

Day of death

2012-07-26 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, UK

Mary Tamm

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

  • Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Agatha Christie's Poirot

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Casualty

    Casualty

  • Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

  • Bergerac

    Bergerac

  • Brookside

    Brookside

  • Doctors

    Doctors

  • The Ties That Bind Us

    The Ties That Bind Us

  • The Ribos File

    The Ribos File

  • Public Eye

    Public Eye

  • Return of the Saint

    Return of the Saint

  • Doctor Who: The Power of Kroll

    Doctor Who: The Power of Kroll

  • Sorted

    Sorted

  • Warship

    Warship

  • Parrot Fashion

    Parrot Fashion

  • Doghouse

    Doghouse

  • CI5: The New Professionals

    CI5: The New Professionals

  • Spine Chillers

    Spine Chillers

  • Tales That Witness Madness

    Tales That Witness Madness

  • Only When I Laugh

    Only When I Laugh

  • Jane Eyre

    Jane Eyre

  • The Story of Doctor Who

    The Story of Doctor Who

  • Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2

    Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2

  • Doctor Who: Logopolis

    Doctor Who: Logopolis

  • Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

    Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

  • A Matter of Time

    A Matter of Time

  • Perfect Scoundrels

    Perfect Scoundrels

  • The Odessa File

    The Odessa File

  • Amazons and Gladiators

    Amazons and Gladiators

  • Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara

    Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara

  • A Class Apart

    A Class Apart

  • Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet

    Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet

  • Twisted Tales

    Twisted Tales

  • Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor

    Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor

  • Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood

    Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood

  • Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation

    Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation

  • Hassan Terro's Escape

    Hassan Terro's Escape

  • Tomorrow's Times: The First Doctor

    Tomorrow's Times: The First Doctor

  • Who's Who

    Who's Who

  • The Humans of Tara

    The Humans of Tara

  • Getting Blood from the Stones

    Getting Blood from the Stones

  • Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS

    Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS

  • The Donati Conspiracy

    The Donati Conspiracy

  • The Inheritors

    The Inheritors

  • The Girls of Slender Means

    The Girls of Slender Means

  • Merry Christmas Doctor Who

    Merry Christmas Doctor Who

  • Crime Traveller

    Crime Traveller

  • Doctor Who's Who's Who

    Doctor Who's Who's Who

  • Diamond Geezer

    Diamond Geezer

  • The Hello Goodbye Man

    The Hello Goodbye Man

  • The Likely Lads

    The Likely Lads

  • Three Kinds of Heat

    Three Kinds of Heat

  • Defining Shadows

    Defining Shadows

  • The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years

    The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years

  • Stones Free

    Stones Free

  • There's Something About Mary...

    There's Something About Mary...

  • Myth Makers 21: Mary Tamm

    Myth Makers 21: Mary Tamm