Pamela Salem | |
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Born |
Bombay, India |
22 January 1950
Occupation | Film, television actress |
Spouse(s) | Michael O'Hagan |
Pamela Salem (born 22 January 1950) is a British film and television actress of Anglo-Indian descent. She was born in Bombay, India, and educated at Heidelberg University in Germany and later at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, England.
She is best-remembered on television for her co-starring role in the early 1980s ITV children's fantasy series Into the Labyrinth as the evil witch Belor and her late 1980s guest role in the BBC soap opera EastEnders as shady mafia affiliate Joanne Francis. She has also been seen in two adventures of Doctor Who: as Toos in The Robots of Death (1977) and as Professor Rachel Jensen in Remembrance of the Daleks (1988), a role she reprised for Big Finish Productions' officially-licensed audio drama spin-off series Counter Measures. She was also heard as one of the many voices of Xoanon in The Face of Evil (1977). She had auditioned for the role of the Fourth Doctor's companion Leela but the role went to Louise Jameson. Salem also had a recurring role in the British sitcom French Fields from 1989–91.