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sandensea

(22,850 posts)
Mon Jan 4, 2021, 01:02 PM Jan 2021

Tanya Roberts, known for her role in 'That 70s Show' and 'View to a Kill,' has died at 65

Actress Tanya Roberts, who is best known for her role as a Bond girl in "A View to a Kill" and Midge Pinciotti on "That '70s Show," has died. She was 65.

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" (1982) and "Sheena: Queen of the Jungle" (1984). 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 (1998-2004) as Midge, Donna Pinciotti's dimwitted mom, in "That 70s Show."

At: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/04/entertainment/tanya-roberts-death-trnd/index.html



Tanya Roberts, with co-star Roger Moore in A View to a Kill.
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Tanya Roberts, known for her role in 'That 70s Show' and 'View to a Kill,' has died at 65 (Original Post) sandensea Jan 2021 OP
RIP MakeTXBlue2020 Jan 2021 #1
There's another thread that says she's still alive AmyStrange Jan 2021 #2
She has since passed TexasBushwhacker Jan 2021 #3
I was quite a fan of the Sheena movie. Dagstead Bumwood Jan 2021 #4
Well said. sandensea Jan 2021 #5

Dagstead Bumwood

(5,044 posts)
4. I was quite a fan of the Sheena movie.
Wed Jan 13, 2021, 07:48 PM
Jan 2021

It came out when I was a teen, but even though it was PG, it had a good quantity of nudity in it. Scripts a little thin, though

Sad to hear of her passing.

sandensea

(22,850 posts)
5. Well said.
Wed Jan 13, 2021, 10:22 PM
Jan 2021

I remember her best for her role as the feisty Stacy Sutton in View to a Kill.

Hers was arguably the last of the 'damsels in distress' roles in the Bond series - given that in every Bond movie since, the female lead has been expected to be just as capable in combat as Bond himself.

And while that change toward more heroic female leads was certainly a welcome one, there's something to be said for the quaint feminine charm of a role like Roberts' as Stacy Sutton.

But she was no pushover.



Tanya Roberts as Stacy Sutton, fending off Max Zorin's goons in A View of a Kill.

The shotgun was filled with rock salt - but packed a wallop.
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