Tanya Roberts – a one-time Bond girl and cult classic star from the 80s – has died … TMZ has learned.
Tanya’s representative tells TMZ that she was on her way with her dogs on Christmas Eve and when she returned, she collapsed. She was taken to the hospital and put on a ventilator, but never got better. We are told that it was NOT COVID related. Tanya passed away today.
In the days before her collapse, we are told that Tanya looked completely healthy … even did video chats for her fans.
Tanya was a leading model and actress in her heyday – so much so, she even appeared as one of the Bond girls, Stacey Sutton, in ‘A View to a Kill’, opposite Roger Moore.
She has also starred in the adventure-fantasy movies like ‘Sheena’ and ‘The Beastmaster’, plus a bunch of funny comedies, slashers movies and action / erotica B-movies like ‘Sins of Desire’, ‘Legal Tender’ , ‘Deep Down’, ” Inner Sanctum ‘,’ Night Eyes’, ‘Almost Pregnant’, ‘Favorite Deadly Sins’ and’ Tourist Trap ‘, plus several others. All in all, she has 41 acting credits in her name dating back to the 70s.
Speaking of that era, she can best be remembered as Donna Pinciotti’s mother, Midge, in ‘That’ 70s Show ‘- which was always veiled by the boys in the area. Tanya was portrayed as a dumb blonde, who eventually left her TV family and the program altogether to deal with her husband’s real illness.
Tanya also had a year-long twist in the old “Charlie’s Angels” show, in which she played Julie Rogers … a side character who helped the Angels solve crimes. She also helped launch the TV series ‘Mike Hammer’ after starring as a secretary in the made-up TV movie, but turned down a role in the subsequent program.
Of course, Tanya was also a successful model. She posed for Playboy, as well as for a ton of TV commercials. She has done commercials for Excedrin, Ultra Brite, Clairol and Cool Ray sunglasses.
She was married to Barry Roberts for a few years before his death in 2006. They had no children. Tanya is survived by her current husband, Lance, and her sister Barbara Chase.
She was 65. RIP