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Mary Tamm was born on 22 March, 1950 in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, is a British actress (1950–2012). Discover Mary Tamm's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old?

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Occupation Actress
Age 62 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 22 March 1950
Birthday 22 March
Birthplace Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Date of death 26 July, 2012
Died Place London, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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Her husband is Marcus Ringrose (m. 1978)

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1950

Mary Tamm (22 March 1950 – 26 July 2012) was a British actress, who appeared in many British TV drama series and serials, and 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 Russian mother, who was an opera singer.

Her parents had fled Estonia after of four of her father's brothers had died in Stalin's gulag labour camps.

Tamm only spoke Estonian at home, and attended Estonian-language school on Saturdays.

She didn't 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.

1969

She was a graduate and an associate member of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where she studied from 1969 to 1971.

1971

Tamm began acting on the stage with the Birmingham Repertory Company in 1971.

1972

She moved to London in 1972 and appeared in the musical Mother Earth.

1973

Her first TV role for the BBC was as Sally in The Donati Conspiracy shown in 1973.

Before her association with Doctor Who, Tamm acted in a few films, including Tales That Witness Madness (1973), The Odessa File (1974) and The Likely Lads (1976).

1974

This was followed by an episode of Warship in 1974.

1975

In 1975, she featured in Muriel Spark's The Girls of Slender Means on BBC2.

1979

They had one daughter, Lauren, born November 1979.

Ringrose died from a heart attack just hours after Tamm's funeral on 7 August.

1980

After leaving the series, Tamm took leading roles in two BBC 1 dramas, The Treachery Game (1980) and its sequel The Assassination Run (1981) alongside Malcolm Stoddard.

1981

In 1981, she took the part of Rhoda Dawes in Agatha Christie's Cards on the Table at London's Vaudeville Theatre.

Tamm was not initially interested in playing a companion to the Doctor, believing that the role was merely that of the "damsel in distress".

She changed her mind when assured by the producers that Romana would be a member of the Doctor's own race and therefore as capable as he.

Tamm left the programme after only one season because she felt that the character had reverted to the traditional assistant role and could not be developed further.

1983

She subsequently appeared in Barry Letts' production of Jane Eyre on BBC1 in 1983, opposite Timothy Dalton.

1984

She had a leading role in the sitcom The Hello, Goodbye Man opposite Ian Lavender in 1984 for BBC 2, around the same time as her guest appearance in Bergerac.

1990

In the early 1990s she was a regular guest panellist on the ITV morning quiz show Crosswits.

1993

Subsequently, Tamm played the characters of Penny Crosbie in the soap opera Brookside from 1993 to 1996, and Yvonne Edwards in the BBC drama Paradise Heights (2002), as well as guest roles in many other television programmes, including Crime Traveller on BBC1, another time travel drama.

Tamm returned as Pandora in the second series of the Gallifrey audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions.

2005

Her first such appearance was in Gallifrey: Lies (2005).

2007

In a 2007 interview, she stated that she was willing to shoot a regeneration sequence to allow a smooth transition between her tenure and that of her eventual successor (Lalla Ward), but was not invited to do so.

One source states that pregnancy was the reason that she was not asked to return, which Tamm denied as a false rumour invented by producer John Nathan-Turner.

She also appeared (as herself) in a special feature in the 2007 DVD boxed set release of The Key to Time, discussing her experiences on the programme.

2009

In August 2009, Tamm made a brief one-week appearance as Orlenda in EastEnders.

Her autobiography, entitled First Generation, was published in September 2009 by Fantom Films.

2012

Mary Tamm was married to Marcus Ringrose, an insurance executive, from 1978 until her death from cancer on 26 July 2012.

Tamm had been diagnosed with cancer 18 months prior to her death at her home in Battersea.

2013

Reprising the role of Romana, Tamm recorded seven new Doctor Who audio adventures for Big Finish Productions with Tom Baker shortly before her death, which were released in 2013 as series 2 of the Fourth Doctor Adventures.

2014

Before her death she had been working on a second part of her autobiography, Second Generation, which was published in 2014.