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Mary Tamm
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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 1…
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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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Mary Tamm's Filmography
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The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
as Romana I (archive footage)
Tomorrow's Times: The First Doctor
as Self
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
as Romana I (archive footage)
Doghouse
as Meg Nut
The Ties That Bind Us
as Romana (archive footage)
Parrot Fashion
A Matter of Time
The Humans of Tara
Defining Shadows
Getting Blood from the Stones
The Ribos File
A Class Apart
as Mrs. Fills
The Story of Doctor Who
Amazons and Gladiators
as Zenobia
Sorted
as School Mother
Three Kinds of Heat
as Piou
Who's Who
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
as Romana I (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doctor Who: Logopolis
as Romana (I) (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
as Romana
Doctor Who: The Power of Kroll
as Romana
Merry Christmas Doctor Who
as Romana
Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara
as Romana
Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood
as Romana
Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet
as Romana
Doctor Who: The Ribos Operation
as Romana
The Likely Lads
as Christina
The Odessa File
as Sigi
Hassan Terro's Escape
Tales That Witness Madness
as Ginny (segment "Luau")