Belinda Mayne
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Belinda Mayne is a British
actress.
Belinda is the daughter of German actor Ferdy Mayne
and Deirdre De Peyer.
She has appeared in Films and TV and Theatre shows in Germany, UK, and the US since 1974 when she made her first appearance in Strangers.
Belinda was one of 6 actors shortlisted to play the role of Doctor Who
companion, Romana
, in Season 16. Despite losing out on the role to Mary Tamm
, she did appear in Doctor Who later on in the series in the 1987 story Delta and the Bannermen
(as Delta).
Since the early 1990s she has mainly concentrated on working in Germany. She has taken some time out and will be returning to the stage shortly.
United Kingdom
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actress.
Belinda is the daughter of German actor Ferdy Mayne
Ferdy Mayne
-Early life:He was born Ferdinand Philip Mayer-Horckel, in Mainz, Germany. His German father was the Judge of Mayence, and his half-English mother gave singing lessons. Because his family was Jewish, he was sent to England to protect him from the Nazis, and he stayed with his aunt, the photographer...
and Deirdre De Peyer.
She has appeared in Films and TV and Theatre shows in Germany, UK, and the US since 1974 when she made her first appearance in Strangers.
Belinda was one of 6 actors shortlisted to play the role of Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
companion, Romana
Romana
Romana, short for Romanadvoratrelundar, is a fictional character in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
, in Season 16. Despite losing out on the role to Mary Tamm
Mary Tamm
Mary Tamm is an English actress. She is best known for being the first actress to play the character of Romana in the science fiction television series Doctor Who, opposite Tom Baker as the Doctor, from the 1978–1979 season known collectively as The Key to Time.-Early life:Mary Tamm was born in...
, she did appear in Doctor Who later on in the series in the 1987 story Delta and the Bannermen
Delta and the Bannermen
-Preproduction:*This was the first three-part story since Planet of Giants , not counting the 3 x 45 minute episodes of The Two Doctors, which had been broadcast two years previously, and the first intended to be this length....
(as Delta).
Since the early 1990s she has mainly concentrated on working in Germany. She has taken some time out and will be returning to the stage shortly.