Pamela Salem

Pamela Fortunee Salem (22 January 1944 – 21 February 2024) was a British film and television actress. She was born in Bombay, India, and educated at Wispers School<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Heidelberg University in Germany, and later at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, England.<ref name=bfi>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Career

Television

Salem was known for her co-starring role in the early 1980s ITV children's fantasy series Into the Labyrinth as the evil witch Belor,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and her late 1980s guest role in the BBC soap opera EastEnders as shady mafia affiliate Joanne Francis.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She was also seen in two adventures of Doctor Who: as Toos in The Robots of Death (1977)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and as Professor Rachel Jensen in Remembrance of the Daleks (1988),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> a role she reprised for Big Finish Productions' officially licensed audio drama spin-off series Counter Measures.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She was also heard as one of the many voices of Xoanon in The Face of Evil (1977).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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 to 1991.<ref>Template:Cite web First broadcast 5 September 1989</ref> Other television guest appearances included roles in popular British series such as Out of the Unknown, Blake's 7 (as Kara in "Cygnus Alpha", 1978), The Onedin Line, The Professionals (episodes "The Female Factor", 1978, and "Fall Girl", 1978), Howards' Way, Ever Decreasing Circles, Tripods, episodes of All Creatures Great and Small as Zoe Bennett; and later on in American series including Magnum, P.I., Party of Five, ER and The West Wing where she played a British prime minister.<ref name=bfi/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=allmovie>Template:Cite web</ref>

Film

In film, Salem played the role of Miss Moneypenny in the 'unofficial' 1983 James Bond film Never Say Never Again, starring Sean Connery.<ref name=BBC>Template:Cite web</ref> She also appeared in Michael Crichton's The First Great Train Robbery (1979, another film which starred Connery), as well as supporting roles in The Bitch (1979), Night Train to Murder (1983), After Darkness (1985), Thirteen at Dinner (1985), Salome (1986), God's Outlaw (1987), Succubus (1987), Gods and Monsters (1998), Quicksand (2002) and April's Shower (2003).<ref name=allmovie/> She can also be heard as the Queen in the English dub of "Hellsing Ultimate OVA IV" (2008).Template:Citation needed

Personal life and death

Salem was married to the actor Michael O'Hagan until his death on 1 November 2017. They lived in Surfside, Florida,<ref name=BBC/> where she died on 21 February 2024, at the age of 80.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	No Longer Alone	Actress In TV Studio
1978<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	The First Great Train Robbery	Emily Trent
1979	The Bitch	Lynn
1982<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	The Secret of Seagull Island	Carol
1983<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>	Never Say Never Again	Miss Moneypenny
1986<ref name=":0" />	Salomè	Herodias
1986	God's Outlaw	Lady Anne Walsh
1997	River Made to Drown In	Lady in Gallery 4
1998<ref name=":0" />	Gods and Monsters	Sarah Whale
1998	Suicide, the Comedy	Winnie
2002	Quicksand	Peggy
2002	The Book of Eve	Goldie
2003<ref name=":0" />	April's Shower	Anna
2007	Wide Awake	Mrs. Burns
2008<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	A Necessary Death	Matt's Mother
2011	Pig	Narrator
2019<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Down's Revenge	Mrs. McBride

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1969	Happy Ever After	Miss Grimble	Episode: "Feeling the Pinch"
1971<ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref>	Out of the Unknown	Jeanette	Episode: "The Sons and Daughters of Tomorrow"
1971	Jason King	Alexandra Lanova	Episode: "To Russia with... Panache"
1972<ref name=":1" />	The Onedin Line	Emma Callon	2 episodes
1972<ref name=":1" />	Man at the Top	Jane Wilson
1972<ref name=":1" />	The Adventurer	Michele	Episode: "Return to Sender"
1972	New Scotland Yard	Ann Denbury	Episode: "Two Into One Will Go"
1974	The Carnforth Practice	Dr. Helen Rheinman	5 episodes
1974	The Early Life of Stephen Hind	Sarah Bernard	2 episodes
1977	Van der Valk	Millie Sanger	Episode: "Dead on Arrival"
1977, 1988<ref name=":1" />	Doctor Who	Xoanon / Toos / Rachel	9 episodes (Serials: The Face of Evil, The Robots of Death, Remembrance of the Daleks)
1978<ref name=":1" />	Blake's 7	Kara	Episode: "Cygnus Alpha"
1978	Scorpion Tales	Ursula	Episode: "The Great Albert"
1978	Tycoon	Marjorie Reynolds	Episode: "Personal Account"
1978	The Professionals	Marikka Schuman / Ann Seaford	2 episodes
1978–1988<ref name=":1" />	All Creatures Great and Small	Zoe Bennett	5 episodes
1979	General Hospital (British TV series)	Angela Wilding	Episode: "Technical Hitch"
1980	Flesh and Blood	Jill Cornforth	Episode: "Time of Life"
1980<ref name=":0" />	Buccaneer	Monica Burton	13 episodes
1981	Seagull Island	Carol	3 episodes
1981–1982<ref name=":0" />	Into the Labyrinth	Belor	21 episodes
1981–1984	Crown Court	Juliet Parkinson	4 episodes
1982	Strangers	Helena Russell	Episode: "A Much Underestimated Man"
1983	The Consultant	Jennifer	3 episodes
1984<ref name=":1" />	The Tripods	Countess	4 episodes
1984	Ever Decreasing Circles	Sue	Episode: "A Married Man"
1984	Night Train to Murder	Cousin Zelda	Television film
1985<ref name=":1" />	Magnum, P.I.	Alyce	Episode: "Deja Vu"
1985	Thirteen at Dinner	Mrs. Wildburn	Television film
1985	Lytton's Diary	Isabelle de Montfort	Episode: "The Lady in the Mask"
1986	Chance in a Million	Cousin Mary	Episode: "Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner"
1986	Howards' Way	Mrs. Travis	3 episodes
1987	Boon	Davida Duff	Episode: "Credit Where It's Due"
1987	Succubus	Joy	Television film
1988–1989<ref name=":0" />	EastEnders	Joanne Francis	37 episodes
1989–1991<ref name=":0" />	French Fields	Chantal Moriac	18 episodes
1990	El C.I.D.	Lisa	Episode: "A Proper Copper"
1990	Chain	Vivienne Lynton	Episode: "David Lynton"
1990	The Paradise Club	Delia Rich	Episode: "Dead Dogs Don't Bark"
1992	Perfect Scoundrels	Julia Jones	Episode: "The Goodbye Look"
1993	Then Churchill Said to Me	Baroness Hannah von Thump	Episode: "The Goose Has Landed"
1993	Don't Leave Me This Way	Sandra Neil	Television film
1996<ref name=":0" />	ER	Marian Vucelich	Episode: "True Lies"
2000<ref name=":1" />	Party of Five	Ms. Shaw	3 episodes
2003	L/R: Licensed by Royalty	Mrs. Butterfield	Episode: "Gyakuten no hosoku"
2005<ref name=":0" />	The West Wing	P.M. Maureen Graty	Episode: "The Wake Up Call"
2008	Hellsing	The Queen	Episode: "Hellsing Ultimate, Vol. 4"
2010<ref name=":0" />	Big Love	Template:N/a	Episode: "Under the Roof"

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