Tanya Roberts – a former Bond girl and classic cult star from the 80s – she died … TMZ learned.
Tanya’s representative told TMZ that she was walking her dogs on Christmas Eve and when she returned home she passed out. She was taken to the hospital and put on a respirator, but it never improved. They said it was NOT related to COVID. Tanya died today.
In the days leading up to his breakdown, we were told that Tanya looked perfectly healthy … even doing video chats for her fans.
Tanya was a model and actress in her prime – so much so that she even appeared as one of the Bond girls, Stacey Suttuon, in ‘A View to Kill’, opposite Roger Moore.
She also starred in exaggerated adventure fantasy films like ‘Sheena’ and ‘The Beastmaster’, as well as a lot of obscene comedies, horror films and B action / erotic films like ‘Sins of Desire’, ‘Legal Tender’, ‘ Deep Down, “Inner Sanctum”, “Night Eyes”, “Almost Pregnant”, “Favorite Deadly Sins” and “Tourist Trap, in addition to several others. In all, she has 41 acting credits in her name since the 1970s.
Talking about that time, she can be best remembered as Donna Pinciotti’s mother, Midge, at ‘That 70’s Show’ – who was always being coveted by the boys in the neighborhood. Tanya was portrayed as a dumb blonde, who ended up leaving her TV family and the show entirely to deal with her husband’s illness in real life.
Tanya also had a one-year stint on the old ‘Charlie’s Angels’ show, in which she played Julie Rogers … a minor character who helped the Angels solve crimes. She also helped launch the TV series ‘Mike Hammer’ after starring as a secretary in the TV movie, but declined a role in the program that followed.
Of course, Tanya was also a successful model. She posed for Playboy as well as a ton of TV commercials. She made advertisements for Excedrin, Ultra Brite, Clairol and Cool Ray sunglasses.
She was married to Barry Roberts for several years before her death in 2006. They had no children. Tanya leaves her current husband, Lance, and sister Barbara Chase.
She was 65 years old. RIP