Mary Tamm

Acting

Mary Tamm

Born March 22, 1950 · Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, UK

Died July 26, 2012 · aged 62

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, w…

Known For

The Odessa FileThe Odessa File · 1974
The Odessa File
★ 6.61974
MovieThriller
Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, investigative journalist Peter Miller sets out to hunt down an SS Captain and former concentration camp commander. In doing so he discovers that, despite allegations of war crimes, the former commander has become a man of importance in industry in post-war Germany, protected from prosecution by a powerful organisation of former SS members called Odessa.
Tales That Witness MadnessTales That Witness Madness · 1973
Tales That Witness Madness
★ 5.51973
MovieHorrorComedy
Enigmatic asylum owner Dr Tremayne houses four very special cases. Visited by his colleague Nicholas, Tremayne explains his amazing and controversial theories as to why each patient went mad, be they a ritualistic 'luau', a time-travelling bicycle, a toy tiger, and a tree stump.
DoghouseDoghouse · 2009
Doghouse
★ 5.82009
MovieComedyHorror
A group of men, heading to a remote village to help one of their friends get over his divorce, soon discover that all the women have been infected with a virus that makes them man-hating cannibals.
SortedSorted · 2000
Sorted
★ 5.52000
MovieDramaMystery
A young lawyer gets more than he bargains for while investigating his brother's mysterious death.
Three Kinds of HeatThree Kinds of Heat · 1987
Three Kinds of Heat
★ 5.41987
MovieAction
Three friends persecute a gang of criminals from Harlem to the parties of the High Society of London.
Doctor Who: The Armageddon FactorDoctor Who: The Armageddon Factor · 1979
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor
★ 5.51979
MovieActionAdventure
The final segment of the Key to Time is at the heart of a devastating war between neighbouring planets Atrios and Zeos. The Fourth Doctor discovers that a sinister entity is manipulating events and the cost of obtaining the final segment may be more personal than he imagined.
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2 · 2010
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
★ 6.52010
MovieComedyScience Fiction
Amy tries to flirt with The Doctor but he tries to ignore her advances.
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the DaleksDoctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks · 1984
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
★ 7.91984
MovieScience FictionDrama
Captured in a time corridor, the Doctor and his companions are forced to land on 20th century Earth, diverted by the Doctor's oldest enemy - the Daleks. It is here the true purpose of the time corridor becomes apparent: after ninety years of imprisonment, Davros, the ruthless creator of the Daleks, is to be liberated to assist in the resurrection of his army. Not even the Daleks foresee the poisonous threat of their creator. Indeed, who would suspect Davros of wanting to destroy his own Daleks - and why? Only the Doctor knows the truth. Will he descend to Davros' level of evil to stop him?

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The Likely LadsThe Likely Lads · 1976
The Likely Lads
★ 6.31976
MovieComedy
With the destruction of their previous neighbourhood has inevitably come the destruction of the lads’ favoured watering hole The Fat Ox. Again, it’s Bob rather than Terry who is visibly distressed by this. Upset and much the worse for free alcohol, Bob then storms into the library to seek sympathy from Thelma - who is, predictably, unimpressed. So when Thelma finds out that Terry has been getting semi-serious with glamorous Finnish shop assistant Chris, she takes it upon herself to try and pair them off for good via planning first a dinner party and then that mainstay of 70s comedy, a camping expedition. Of course, things don’t go quite according to plan and before you can say ‘I can see the way this is going’ we are set up for japes, larks and embarrassing incidents aplenty, which culminate in the lads getting rather fed up with their partners’ attempts to inflict the rugged outdoor lifestyle upon them and trying to hitch up and drive off with the girls still asleep in the caravan.

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