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Tanya Roberts – IMDb: Tanya Roberts, Actress: A View to a Kill. 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 …
Sheena (1984) – IMDb: Directed by John Guillermin. With Tanya Roberts, Ted Wass, Donovan Scott, Elizabeth of Toro. Sheena grew up in the African wild, raised by a mystical witch woman. When her foster mother is framed for a murder Sheena is forced to flee, helped by her ability to talk to animals and her knowledge of the jungle.
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: she rose to prominence as Julie Rogers in the final season of Charlie’s Angels in 1980 . she is known for her roles as Kiri in The Beastmaster (1982), Stacey Sutton in the James Bond film A at age 15, she left high school and hitchhiked across the united states . she met psychology student Barry Roberts while waiting in line for a movie . while Barry pursued a career as a screenwriter, she played serious roles in the off-Broadway productions Picnic and Antigone . her film debut was the horror film Forced Entry (1975) this was followed by the comedy film The Yum-Yum Girls (1976) Roberts played a streetwise fighter who used her fists more than her gun . he was featured in several television pilots that were not picked up . producers hoped his presence would revitalize the series’ declining despite the hype, her premiere episode in November 1980 drew dismal ratings . after just 16 episodes of a fifth season, the series drastically slipped to 59th in the ratings out of just 65 shows . in 1983, Roberts filmed the italian-made adventure fantasy film Hearts and Armour . she portrayed Velda, a buxom secretary to private detective Mike Hammer . the two-part pilot spawn Roberts subsequently appeared as Bond girl Stacey Sutton in A View to a Kill (1985) she again found herself nominated by the critics for a Razzie Award . in 1992, she played Kay E Roberts took the role of Midge Pinciotti on the television sitcom That ’70s Show . in 2001, she left the series because her husband had become terminally ill . she wrote the foreword to
