- Born
- Birth name(The Honourable) Sarah Ward
- Height5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Lalla Ward born 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 (1972).
Following this she worked extensively on stage, in films - including England Made Me (1973), Rosebud (1975) and Crossed Swords (1977) (aka The Prince and the Pauper) - and on television - including appearances in Thundersky (1975), Hazell Meets the First Eleven (1978), Thundersky (1975) and several episodes of The Duchess of Duke Street (1976). She also appeared in a film called Got It Made (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 story The Armageddon Factor: Part One (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 Gene" and "The Blind Watchmaker", and gave up acting to concentrate on writing and on her family.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- SpousesRichard Dawkins(September 1992 - present) (separated)Tom Baker(December 13, 1980 - April 1982) (divorced)
- Natural pouty lips
- Long mousy blonde hair
- Was introduced to her husband Richard Dawkins by Douglas Adams at his 40th birthday party. Richard and Lalla were the only ones to turn up on time.
- Was Douglas Adams's date to a screening of Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) in the early 1980s
- Wrote the knitting pattern book "Beastly Knits" which was published in December 1985 Her second was Fowl Knits (Bird designs) which was published in November 1987.
- For almost 20 years, Ward has served on the committee of the Actors' Charitable Trust, TACT, and as a trustee for 10 years. Alongside Richard and Sheila Attenborough, she led a successful £7.5 million redevelopment of the actors' care home, Denville Hall.
- Is an artist; has illustrated for the evolutionary biology books written by her husband, Richard Dawkins.
- I had an awful lot to say in what I wore as Romana.
- I enjoyed the promotion with K9 on my introduction day.
- I can't bear it that Douglas isn't still here.
- Don't ask me who my favourite monster was because I'm sick of saying Tom Baker.
- (On filming City of Death in Paris) Although the French were very friendly and helpful. On one location we were to film at the top of the Eiffel Tower but we couldn't, as it was so misty with four inches of snow on the ground. We couldn't see a thing but we finally got it done.
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