Actress Tanya Roberts known for the James Bond film “A View to a Kill” and the hit TV comedy “That ’70s Show,” has died at the age of 65.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the actress collapsed while taking her dogs for a walk on December 24 and was admitted to Cedar-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, before dying on Sunday January 3.
Though the cause of death has not been revealed, her team however said she was hospitalized and placed on a ventilator, but did not recover from the health issue that was not related to the Coronavirus.
Roberts’ representative and long-time friend Mike Pingel told THR;
“I’m devastated. She was brilliant and beautiful and I feel like a light has been taken away. To say she was an angel would be at the top of the list. She was the sweetest person you’d ever meet and had a huge heart. She loved her fans, and I don’t think she realized how much she meant to them.”
Making her screen debut in the 1976 horror film The Last Victim, originally titled Forced Entry, Roberts is best known for her turns as Julie Rogers on ABC’s Charlie’s Angels, joining the show in its fifth season to replace an exiting Shelley Hack, and as a Bond girl, portraying geologist Stacey Sutton, in 1985’s A View to a Kill across from Roger Moore’s James Bond.
Roberts also appeared in films such as The Beastmaster, Sheena: Queen of the Jungle, and Body Slam. In 1998, the actress was cast as ditzy Midge Pinciotti, mother to Laura Prepon’s sardonic teenager Donna, in Fox’sThat ‘70s Show. She later left the series in 2001 to care for her terminally ill husband, Barry Roberts, who passed away in 2006. Roberts last appeared on in an episode of Showtime’s TV adaptation of Barbershop in 2005.
Tanya Roberts Career
Born Victoria Leigh Blum, Roberts began her career as a model before breaking into films. A 30-year career in movies and TV followed.
She had starring roles in the cult favorites “The Beastmaster” and “Sheena: Queen of the Jungle.” And she appeared in several well-known TV shows of the time, including “Fantasy Island,” “The Love Boat,” and one season of “Charlie’s Angels” as one of the three principal characters.
Then came her most iconic role until that point. In 1985, she played geologist Stacey Sutton in ‘A View to a Kill,’ opposite Roger Moore in his final outing as 007.
She then earned a new legion of fans during her turn as Midge, Donna Pinciotti’s dimwitted mom, in “That 70s Show.” But she suddenly left the sitcom in its fourth season to tend to her now-late husband who had been diagnosed with an illness. (
Tanya Roberts Height and Weight
Roberts is perfect with stunning great looks, desirous breathtaking physical make-up, and attractive appearance. She gets an eye-getting stunning physical make-up. The ideal mix of good looks and ability, Roberts is a flat out charmer with entrancing looks, grand appearance, and fortifying person. Great to watch both onscreen and off, she guarantees to draw the consideration of crowd with her super-rich looks, magnificent mien, and trademark class.
Roberts also has an ideal facial element with an ever-brilliant skin composition, expressive brown-colored eyes, and a boggling grin that makes her unmistakable of all. She is a woman of tall stature. Roberts stands at a height of 5 feet 8.11 inches (1.73 meters) and weighs 125 lbs (57 kg).
Tanya Roberts Husband
Roberts began relationships with the opposite sex at an early stage of her life and even got into a juvenile marriage at the age of 15 with a Bohemian guy. However, her mother-in-law annulled the marriage.
Roberts met Barry Roberts, a psychology student while waiting to see a movie. Roberts herself proposed to Barry Roberts in a subway station and they got married in 1974. Their union lasted till Robert’s death which occurred on the 15th of June 2006. The couple had no children.
Tanya Roberts Salary
Details about Roberts’s salary are not yet disclosed. However, information about how much she makes will be updated as soon as it is available.
Tanya Roberts Net Worth
Over the course of her long career spanning over 30 years, Roberts has earned quite a decent income to live a comfortable life. She has an estimated net worth of $5 million dollars even though the actual components of her wealth may still be under review.