Tanya Roberts, daughter of James Bond and star of That 70s Show, dies at 65 years old
The acting community is mourning the passing of beloved actress Tanya Roberts, best known as the daughter of Bond and star of that 70s Show, at the age of 65.
The actress went out for a walk with her dog on Christmas Eve and came home and suddenly collapsed, according to TMZ.
Roberts was then taken to a local hospital and airlifted, but she ‘never recovered’ and died on Sunday, although her death was not related to COVID-19.
RIP: The acting community is mourning the passing of beloved actress Tanya Roberts, best known as the daughter of Bond and the star of that 70s Show, at the age of 65.
Fall: The actress went out for a walk with her dog on Christmas Eve and came home and suddenly collapsed, according to TMZ
Mike Pingel, who was a live Q&A session moderator with Roberts for his fans, went to her official page on Sunday to confirm she had died.
‘I’m very sorry to post this. Tanya died today. I am heartbroken. Mike Pringel, ‘he said.
Before she fell, sources told TMZ that she looked ‘completely healthy’ and engaged in video chats with her fans.
Confirmed: Mike Pringel, who was a live Q&A session moderator with Roberts for his fans, took to her official page on Sunday to confirm her death
Roberts Victoria Leigh Blum was born in October 1955 in the Bronx, beginning her career as a fashion model in her late teens.
She married Barry Roberts when she was just 19, and began learning to be an actress at The Actors Studio alongside Lee Strasberg and Uta Hagen, where she began using her stage name Tanya Roberts.
Roberts made her film debut in 1975’s Forced Entry and then The Yum Yum Girls in 1976 and J. Edgar Hoover’s The Private Files in 1977.
Early Days: Roberts Victoria Leigh Blum was born in October 1955 in the Bronx, beginning her career as a fashion model in her late teens
As Roberts ’screenwriting course began to unfold, the couple moved to Los Angeles in 1977, which paid off handsomely three years later.
Roberts was chosen over 2,000 other actresses to replace Shelley Hack in the fifth season of Charlie’s Angels, starring Julie Rogers.
She would then play the title character in Sheena before being promoted to the status of ‘Bond girl’ in 1985, A View To A Kill.
New Angel: Roberts was chosen over 2,000 other actresses to replace Shelley Hack in the fifth season of Charlie’s Angels, starring Julie Rogers
Sheena: She would go on to play the title character in Sheena before being promoted to Bond girl status in 1985, A View To A Kill
She played geologist Stacey Sutton alongside Roger Moore in his last seventh film and James Bond.
Roberts continued to work regularly with roles in films such as Body Slam, Twisted Justice, Purgatory and Legal Tender, written by her husband Barry Roberts, who died in 2006.
She returned to the small screen in the late 1990s, starring Rebecca in Hot Line and Midge Pinciotti in the famous Fox series, That 70s Show.
Bond Girl: She played the geologist Stacey Sutton with Roger Moore in his last seventh film with James Bond
Midge: She returned to the small screen in the late 1990s, starring Rebecca in Hot Line and Midge Pinciotti in the famous Fox That 70s Show