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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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Lalla Ward
