| Biography 
Lalla Ward born Lady Sarah Ward, daughter of Lord  Bangor  -  Edward
  Ward  -  and  his  writer wife, Marjorie Banks. She always wanted to
  act, paint and draw, and so joined the Central School of Speech  and
  Drama  in  1967.  When she left in 1970, it was straight into a part
  in the Hammer film "Vampire Circus",  released  in  1971.  following
  this   she  worked  extensively  on  stage,  in  films  -  including
  "Matushka, England  Made  Me"  (1972),  "Rosebud"  (1974)  and  "The
  Prince  and  the  Pauper"  (1977)  --  and  on televison - including
  appearances in "Quiller" (1975),  "Hazell"  (1979),  "Who  Pays  the
  Ferryman?"  (1977) and "The Duchess of Duke Street" (1977). She also
  appeared in a film called "Got It Made" in  1974,  which  was  later
  reissued  as  "Sweet  Virgin"  with sex scenes added featuring other
  actors. This  led  to  her  winning  a  libel  action  against  Club
  International  magazine,  which  ran a selection of nude photographs
  from the film purporting to be of her. Her guest appearance  in  the
  Doctor  Who  story  "The Armageddon Factor" in 1979 led to her being
  chosen to play Romana when the original  actress,  Mary  Tamm,  left
  after  one  season. Ward quit Doctor Who in 1980, and in December of
  that year married Tom Baker. The marriage  lasted  16  months.  Ward
  continued  to  act,  with  roles  in  "Schoolgirl  Chums" (1982) and
  "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" (1980) for the BBC and  "The  Jeweller's
  Shop"  and  "The Rehearsal" on stage. She also developed her love of
  painting and wrote  and  illustrated  several  books.  In  1992  she
  married  eminent biologist Dr. Richard Dawkins, author of such books
  as "The Selfish Game"  and  "The  Blind  Watchmaker",  and  gave  up
  acting to concentrate on writing and on her family.
 Biography courtesy of the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com).
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