Tanya Roberts

Age: 54
Height: 5' 8"

Birth Place: The Bronx, New York, USA
Born: Oct. 15th, 1955

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Tanya Roberts' Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
That '70s Show	Midge Pinci&hellip
Charlie's Angels	Julie Rogers
Hot Line	Rebecca
Pajama Party	Tanya Roberts

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Tanya Roberts came from modest beginnings in the Bronx, New York, the daughter of a pen salesman (Irish) and a mother (Jewish) who were divorced before she reached high school. Tanya dropped out of high school at age 15, got married and hitchhiked around the country until her mother-in-law had the marriage annulled. She met psychology student Barry Roberts (I) in New York while waiting in line to see a movie. A few months later she proposed to him in a subway station, and they were married. She studied acting under Lee Strasberg and Uta Hagen. In her early years in New York she supported herself as an Arthur Murray (I) dance instructor and by modeling. She appeared in off-Broadway productions of "Picnic" and "Antigone" and in television commercials for Ultra Brite, Clairol and Cool Ray sunglasses. In 1977 Tanya and her husband--now a scriptwriter--moved to Hollywood. She began appearing in such made-for-TV films as Pleasure Cove (1979) (TV), Zuma Beach (1978) (TV) and Waikiki (1980) (TV). Her film debut was in Forced Entry (1975). After appearing in several minor films, her first big break came when she was selected as an angel (the last) for "Charlie's Angels" (1976) in its final season, and was featured on the cover of "People" magazine (2/9/81). The attention she garnered as the newest Charlie's Angel helped secure her most significant film parts: The Beastmaster (1982) (and posed for the cover and an inside spread in "Playboy" to promote the film), the title role in Sheena (1984) and as a "Bond" girl in A View to a Kill (1985). She continues to appear in films, though mainly direct-to-video and direct-to-cable features. She is featured in the CD computer game The Pandora Directive (1996) (VG) and had a recurring lead role in the TV series "That '70s Show" (1998).

TRIVIA:

She auditioned for the role of "Kate Roberts" in the soap opera Days Of Our Lives in 1995 though the role went to Lauren Koslow.
Measurements: 34B-21-34 (on _"Charlie's Angels" (1976)_ (qv)), 36-21-34 (shooting _Sheena (1984)_ (qv)), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Sister of 'Barbara Chase (I)' (qv)
Her sister, Barbara, was married to 'Timothy Leary' (qv) for 15 years.
She took 5 years of voice training to get the Bronx out of her voice.
Has the unique distinction of having been both a Bond Girl and the last of the original Charlie's Angels.

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