Sarah Jill"Lalla"Ward[1](born 28 June 1951)[2]is an English actress, voice artist and author. She is best known for playing the role ofRomana IIin the BBC television seriesDoctor Whofrom 1979 to 1981.
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| Born | Sarah Jill Ward 28 June 1951 London, England |
| Alma mater | Royal Central School of Speech and Drama |
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| Father | Edward Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor |
| Relatives | William Maxwell David Ward,8th Viscount Bangor (half-brother), Edward Ward (brother) |
Career
editEarly career
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Ward's stage name, "Lalla", originates from her attempts as a toddler to pronounce her own name. She left school at age 14 because she "loathed every single minute of it", and took herO-levelson her own. Ward studied at theCentral School of Speech and Dramafrom 1968 to 1971.[4]After spending a few years painting, she auditioned at London drama schools "as a sort of dare" to herself:
It was a 'see if you can do it' sort of thing, because it was the thing I hated most—just like somebody who's scared of heights might go rock climbing, or, I don't know, go potholing if they're claustrophobic.[4]
Ward began her acting career in theHammer horrorfilmVampire Circus(1972), and played Lottie, the teenage daughter of Louisa Trotter (Gemma Jones) inThe Duchess of Duke Street,theBBCdrama series of the mid-1970s.[5]She appeared in the filmsEngland Made Me(1973),Matushka(1973),Rosebud(1975), andCrossed Swords(orThe Prince and the Pauper) (1977). In 1974, she acted in a film calledGot It Made,directed byJames Kenelm Clarke.Club Internationalmagazine ran a set of nude pictures, claiming they were of her but actually featuring images from the 1978 filmSweet Virgin,and Ward successfully sued the magazine. Her television work includedThe Upper Crusts(1973) as the daughter ofMargaret LeightonandCharles Gray,Van der Valk(1973),The Protectors(1973),Quiller(1975),Who Pays the Ferryman?(1977), as Jill Haydon, daughter of theunderworldcrime boss William Henry (Bill) Hayden in an episode of the hard-hitting British police dramaThe Professionals,the episode entitledWhen the Heat Cools Off(1978)[6]andHazell(1979).[7]In 1980, she playedOpheliatoDerek Jacobi'sHamletin the BBC television production.[8]
Doctor Who
editShe was the second actress to play the Time LordRomanainDoctor Who.After a guest appearance as Princess Astra in theDoctor WhostoryThe Armageddon Factorin 1979, Ward was chosen to replaceMary Tamm,who had decided against continuing in the role.[9]She appeared in all ofSeason 17's stories and then her character was written out in the third to last story ofSeason 18in the story entitledWarriors' Gate.[10]
AfterDoctor Who,she appeared in the TV movieSchoolgirl Chums(1982),[11]andThe Jeweller's ShopandThe Rehearsalon stage. Ward decided to end her acting career after marryingRichard Dawkins.[7]However, she has since reprised the character of Romana in the 1993 charity specialDimensions in Time,the 2003 webcast version ofShada,and in severalDoctor WhoandGallifreyaudio plays produced byBig Finish Productions.[12]She also played the 'Mistress' opposite John Leeson's 'K-9' in two audio plays fromBBV.In addition, she has appeared at a number ofDoctor Whoconventions and related special events. In November 2013 she appeared in the one-off 50th anniversary comedy homageThe Five(ish) Doctors Reboot.[13]
Books
editWard has recorded audio books, includingSteven Pinker'sThe Language InstinctandShadabyGareth RobertsandDouglas Adams.She co-narratedThe Selfish Gene,The Ancestor's Tale,The God Delusion,The Blind WatchmakerandThe Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolutionwith her then husband. In the 1980s. She also wrote two books onknittingand one onembroidery.Ward is a keen chef, and she contributed a recipe toThe Doctor Who Cookbookwhich was edited byGary Downie.[14]
She also provided illustrations forClimbing Mount Improbable[15]andAstrology for dogs (and owners)by William Fairchild (1980).[16]
Textiles and ceramics
editWard is a textile artist and ceramicist. Her subjects are rare and endangered animals. She refers to her technique of creating fabric pictures asthread drawing,considering this a more accurate term for her work than the commonly usedthread painting.[17]
In 2009, at the suggestion of the Gerald Durrell Foundation, she prepared an exhibition of textiles and ceramics on the theme of Galapagos wildlife. The auction raised £24,000 for the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust's campaign for the Floreana mockingbird and other wildlife of Galapagos.[18]
She has shown three exhibitions at the National Theatre, London. Her 2010 textiles exhibition,Stranded,was inspired by the evolution of animals on islands.[19]In 2011,Migrationfeatured works which combined textiles and ceramics, the subjects seeming to move across both media.[20]The theme ofVanishing Act,2013, was camouflage. As with previous shows, Ward made available detailed instructions explaining her techniques. She also used one glass case to recreate her workspace, including such sources of inspiration as music, quotes, and a photo of her dog.[21]
Charity work
editWard has served for almost 20 years on the committee of theActors' Charitable Trust(TACT) and 10 years as a trustee.
Personal life
editWard was in a relationship with her co-starTom Bakerwhile working onDoctor Who,and they lived together in a flat inDeptford.The couple married in December 1980; however, the marriage lasted only 16 months. Ward attributed the separation to work commitments, different lifestyles and conflicts of interest. Regarding her marriage to Baker, Ward is quoted as saying:
It's something I still feel sad about. I loved – and, in many ways, still love – Tom very much. The trouble is, our careers came to be just as important as each other, and we grew apart. I was angry at suggestions that it didn't work because I was too young, or that Tom was unreasonable to me. We just irritated each other occasionally – we weren't close enough, I suppose. It was a decision we discussed and felt was for the best.[22]
Ward said in 2004 that her long friendship withDouglas Adams,with whom she worked onDoctor Who,meant more to her and was "more valuable and more enduring" than her marriage to Baker.[7]
In 1992, at his 40th birthday party, Adams introduced her to his friendRichard Dawkins,the biologist and author of books includingThe Selfish Gene,The Blind WatchmakerandThe God Delusion.[7][23]Ward and Dawkins married later that year. In 2016, in a joint statement, the couple announced their amicable separation after 24 years of marriage.[24]
In 2020, she married her third husband,Nicholas Rawlins.
Family
editSarah Ward is the daughter ofEdward Ward, 7th Viscount Bangor,and his fourth wife, Marjorie Alice Banks, Lady Bangor; as such, she is entitled to use the courtesy title "The Honourable".[25]Her father was theBBC's war correspondent inFinlandat the beginning of theSecond World War,while her mother was a writer and BBC producer specialising in dramatised documentaries.[4]Her mother killed herself in July 1991.[26]
She has a younger brother, Edward and an older half-brother, William, who is The 8thViscount Bangor.Through her father, she is descended fromThe 1st Duke of Clarence,brother ofEdward IVandRichard III,and fromThe 1st Earl of Peterborough,fromThe 1st Viscount Mordaunt,and fromThe 1st Viscount Bangor.
Her great-grandmotherMary Wardwas an Anglo-Irish illustrator and amateur scientist, documented as the first person in the world to die in a motor vehicle accident.[27][28][29]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1972 | Vampire Circus | Helga | |
| 1973 | England Made Me | Young Kate | |
| Matushka | Matushka | ||
| 1974 | Got It Made | Tessa Carmichael | |
| 1975 | Rosebud | Margaret Carter | |
| 1977 | The Prince and the Pauper | Princess Elizabeth |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1969 | Dr. Finlay's Casebook | Lesley | Episode: "The Visitation" |
| 1972 | Crime of Passion | Madeleine | Episode: "Janine" |
| 1972 | Shelley | Harriet Shelley | TV film |
| 1972 | Armchair Theatre | Lady Margaret | Episode: "High Summer" |
| 1973 | The Upper Crusts | Davina Seacroft | All 6 episodes |
| 1973 | The Protectors | Eva Anderson | Episode: "Bagman" |
| 1973 | Van der Valk | Judith Stolle | Episode: "The Rainbow Ends Here" |
| 1974 | Late Night Drama | Georgie | Episode: "Handle with Care: Anna" |
| 1975 | Ten from the Twenties | Kay Wargrave | Episode: "An Adventure in Bed" |
| 1975 | Quiller | Tracy Fischer | Episode: "Thundersky" |
| 1975 | Centre Play | Gemma | 2 episodes |
| 1975 | The Ash Tree | Lady Augusta | TV film |
| 1977 | Leap in the Dark | Antonie | Episode: "The Fetch" |
| 1977 | Jubilee | Gilly Hamilton | Episode: "Almost Tomorrow" |
| 1977 | Who Pays the Ferryman? | Jo Hebden | Episode: "Some Talk of Alexander" |
| 1977 | The Duchess of Duke Street | Lottie | 5 episodes |
| 1978 | Hazell | Sarah Courtney | Episode: "Hazell Meets the First Eleven" |
| 1978 | The Professionals | Jill Haydon | Episode: "When the Heat Cools Off" |
| 1979 | Doctor Who | Princess Astra | 6 episodes; serialThe Armageddon Factor |
| 1979–1981 | Romana II | 40 episodes | |
| 1980 | Hamlet, Prince of Denmark | Ophelia | TV film |
| 1982 | Schoolgirl Chums | Anastasia Devine | TV film |
| 1987 | Riviera | Laura Grayson | TV film |
| 1992 | Doctor Who: Shada | Romana | 6 episodes |
| 1993 | Dimensions in Time | Romana | Charity special |
| 2013 | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Lalla Ward | TV film |
| 2017 | Doctor Who: Shada | Romana | 6 episodes |
See also
edit- Asteroid8347 Lallaward– named after her
References
edit- ^"Denville Hall 2012".Retrieved22 December2019.
- ^Scott, Cavan; Wright, Mark (2013).Who-Ology: The Official Miscellany.BBC Books. p. 119.ISBN978-1-84990-619-7.
- ^"Preminger's Starlets".The Atlanta Journal.14 August 1974. p. 24.Retrieved7 November2024– via Newspapers.com.
- ^abcCook, Benjamin (3 March 2004). "Across the Universe...".Doctor Who Magazine.No. 340.Tunbridge Wells.pp. 14–19.
- ^"LEV1. Doctor Who: Novel Adaptations Volume 01: The Romance of Crime/The English Way of Death (Limited Edition)".bigfinish.com.Retrieved22 December2019.
- ^"The Professionals" When the Heat Cools Off (TV Episode 1978) – IMDb,retrieved31 August2021
- ^abcdCook, Benjamin (31 March 2004). "Here comes the Sun".Doctor Who Magazine.No. 341.Tunbridge Wells.pp. 14–18.
- ^"Shakespeare and sci fi".BBC. 24 September 2014.Retrieved22 December2019.
- ^"Lalla Ward (1985)".30 September 2009.
- ^"Interview – Lalla Ward (Romana II)".eyeofhorus.org.uk.Retrieved22 December2019.
- ^"Schoolgirl Chums (1982)".British Film Institute. Archived fromthe originalon 11 March 2016.Retrieved22 December2019.
- ^"EXCLUSIVE Interview With Lalla Ward".26 November 2014.Retrieved22 December2019.
- ^"The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot".BBC. 23 November 2013.Retrieved22 December2019.
- ^Downie, Gary(1985). "E.T.T. (Extra Terrestrial Terrine)".The Doctor Who Cookbook.London, U.K.: W.H. Allen. p. 36.ISBN0-491-03214-5.
- ^"Climbing Mount Improbable".Publishers Weekly.15 September 1997.Retrieved22 December2019.
- ^"Astrology for dogs (and owners) / William Fairchild; illustrated by Lalla Ward".nla.gov.au.Retrieved22 December2019.
- ^"Vanishing Act"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 22 February 2015.Retrieved22 December2019.
- ^"Gerald Durrell's Jersey wildlife conservation trust celebrates 50th anniversary".The Daily Telegraph.10 April 2009.Retrieved22 December2019.
- ^"From Television to Textiles: An interview with artist and actress Lalla Ward".5 February 2010. Archived fromthe originalon 2 September 2013.Retrieved22 December2019.
- ^"NT Free Exhibitions running into the New Year".Retrieved22 December2019.
- ^"Lalla Ward Vanishing Act".Archived fromthe originalon 26 August 2017.Retrieved22 December2019.
- ^Maynard, Carson."Lalla Ward Biography".Retrieved22 December2019.
- ^Dawkins, Richard(17 September 2001)."Lament for Douglas".Edge Foundation.Retrieved22 December2019.
- ^Leake, Jonathan (17 July 2016)."Dawkins evolves into single man after 'amicable' split with Time Lady".The Sunday Times.Retrieved22 December2019.
- ^Mosley, Charles(1999).Burke's Peerage and Baronetage(106th ed.). Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd.
- ^Drinkwater, Ros (19 June 1994)."How We Met: Richard Dawkins and Lalla Ward".The Independent.Retrieved22 December2019.
- ^"Mary Ward, the first person to be killed in a car accident – 31 August 1869".The British Newspaper Archive.30 August 2013.Retrieved22 December2019.
- ^"Appalling Accident: Sudden Death of the Hon. Mrs. Ward".King's County Chronicle.1 September 1869. p. 3.
- ^"Mary Ward 1827–1869".Offaly Historical & Archaeological Society. 9 February 2007. Archived fromthe originalon 29 October 2013.Retrieved22 December2019.
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