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 and Heidelberg University in Germany, and later at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, England.
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, and her late 1980s guest role in the BBC soap opera EastEnders as shady mafia affiliate Joanne Francis. She was also seen in two highly celebrated 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 to 1991. First broadcast 5 September 1989 She had one of the lead roles in the airline drama series Buccaneer in 1980. 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.
Film In film, Salem played the role of Miss Moneypenny in the 'unofficial' 1983 James Bond film Never Say Never Again, starring Sean Connery. 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). She can also be heard as the Queen in the English dub of "Hellsing Ultimate OVA IV" (2008).
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, where she died on 21 February 2024, at the age of 80.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1976No Longer AloneActress In TV Studio1978The First Great Train RobberyEmily Trent1979The BitchLynn1982The Secret of Seagull IslandCarol1983Never Say Never AgainMiss Moneypenny1986SalomèHerodias1986God's OutlawLady Anne Walsh1997River Made to Drown InLady in Gallery 41998Gods and MonstersSarah Whale1998Suicide, the ComedyWinnie2002QuicksandPeggy2002The Book of EveGoldie2003April's ShowerAnna2007Wide AwakeMrs. Burns2008A Necessary DeathMatt's Mother2011PigNarrator2019Down's RevengeMrs. McBride
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1969Happy Ever AfterMiss GrimbleEpisode: "Feeling the Pinch"1971Out of the UnknownJeanetteEpisode: "The Sons and Daughters of Tomorrow"1971Jason KingAlexandra LanovaEpisode: "To Russia with... Panache"1972The Onedin LineEmma Callon2 episodes1972Man at the TopJane Wilson1972The AdventurerMicheleEpisode: "Return to Sender"1972New Scotland YardAnn DenburyEpisode: "Two Into One Will Go"1974The Carnforth PracticeDr. Helen Rheinman5 episodes1974The Early Life of Stephen HindSarah Bernard2 episodes1977Van der ValkMillie SangerEpisode: "Dead on Arrival"1977, 1988Doctor WhoXoanon / Toos / Rachel9 episodes (Serials: The Face of Evil, The Robots of Death, Remembrance of the Daleks)1978Blake's 7KaraEpisode: "Cygnus Alpha"1978Scorpion TalesUrsulaEpisode: "The Great Albert"1978TycoonMarjorie ReynoldsEpisode: "Personal Account"1978The ProfessionalsMarikka Schuman / Ann Seaford2 episodes1978–1988All Creatures Great and SmallZoe Bennett5 episodes1979General Hospital (British TV series)Angela WildingEpisode: "Technical Hitch"1980Flesh and BloodJill CornforthEpisode: "Time of Life"1980BuccaneerMonica Burton13 episodes1981Seagull IslandCarol3 episodes1981–1982Into the LabyrinthBelor21 episodes1981–1984Crown CourtJuliet Parkinson4 episodes1982StrangersHelena RussellEpisode: "A Much Underestimated Man"1983The ConsultantJennifer3 episodes1984The TripodsCountess4 episodes1984Ever Decreasing CirclesSueEpisode: "A Married Man"1984Night Train to MurderCousin ZeldaTelevision film1985Magnum, P.I.AlyceEpisode: "Deja Vu"1985Thirteen at DinnerMrs. WildburnTelevision film1985Lytton's DiaryIsabelle de MontfortEpisode: "The Lady in the Mask"1986Chance in a MillionCousin MaryEpisode: "Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner"1986Howards' WayMrs. Travis3 episodes1987BoonDavida DuffEpisode: "Credit Where It's Due"1987SuccubusJoyTelevision film1988–1989EastEndersJoanne Francis37 episodes1989–1991French FieldsChantal Moriac18 episodes1990El C.I.D.LisaEpisode: "A Proper Copper"1990ChainVivienne LyntonEpisode: "David Lynton"1990The Paradise ClubDelia RichEpisode: "Dead Dogs Don't Bark"1992Perfect ScoundrelsJulia JonesEpisode: "The Goodbye Look"1993Then Churchill Said to MeBaroness Hannah von ThumpEpisode: "The Goose Has Landed"1993Don't Leave Me This WaySandra NeilTelevision film1996ERMarian VucelichEpisode: "True Lies"2000Party of FiveMs. Shaw3 episodes2003L/R: Licensed by RoyaltyMrs. ButterfieldEpisode: "Gyakuten no hosoku"2005The West WingP.M. Maureen GratyEpisode: "The Wake Up Call"2008HellsingThe QueenEpisode: "Hellsing Ultimate, Vol. 4"2010Big LoveEpisode: "Under the Roof"
References
External links
Audio interview at BBC Wiltshire, September 2005