Biography

Pamela Salem was born on January 22, 1944 in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India. She was an actress, known for Never Say Never Again (1983), The Great Train Robbery (1978) and Gods and Monsters (1998). She was married to Michael O'Hagan. She died on February 21, 2024 in Surfside, Florida, USA.

She attended Heidelberg University in Germany and the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, England.

She auditioned for the role of the new companion, Leela, in The Face of Evil: Part One (1977). The role went to Louise Jameson, but Salem was given a major guest role in the next story, The Robots of Death: Part One (1977). She later appeared in another of the series' most popular stories, Remembrance of the Daleks: Part One (1988), and was voted Best Supporting Actress of the year by readers of the Doctor Who (1963) Magazine.

She was born in India to a Jewish father and Sri Lankan mother.

She converted to Catholicism.

A move to Los Angeles in the 1990s, then Miami, led to a number of guest appearances in popular US drama series such as ER (1994) and The West Wing (1999), and a new career as a co-writer and producer of radio and theatre productions with her husband Michael O'Hagan.