
Mary Tamm
Born: 1950-03-22
Place of birth: 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.
Filmography

Who's Who
1986

Merry Christmas Doctor Who
1978

Diamond Geezer
2005

Hassan Terro's Escape
1974

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989

Public Eye
1965

The Story of Doctor Who
2003

The Donati Conspiracy
1973

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984

Doctor Who
1963

Wire in the Blood
2002

Doctor Who: The Stones of Blood
1978

Twisted Tales
2005

Crime Traveller
1997

Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara
1978

Heartbeat
1992

Jane Eyre
1983

Doctor Who: Clara and the TARDIS
2013