TANYA ROBERTS BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Tanya Roberts was born on October 15th, 1955 in the Bronx, New York with the birth name Victoria Leigh Blum. Her parents divorced when she was a teenager and at the age of fifteen she left high school early and actually got married and hitchhiked around the country until her mother-in-law got the marriage annulled.
She returned to New York and began studying acting under Lee Strasberg. She also worked as a dance instructor and model to support herself. It did not take her too long to find work as a stage actress in a number of off-Broadway productions as well as some commercial work for products such as Ultra Brite, Cool Ray Sunglasses and Clairol.
After relocating to Los Angeles, California with her husband, Barry Roberts whom she married in 1974 she began finding more work in television. She soon appeared on such television movies as, "Pleasure Cove" (1979), "Zuma Beach" (1978) and "Waikiki" (1980). Some of her early on acting experiences were in the film, "Forced entry" (1975) and in 1980 on the television series, "Charlie's Angels"".
As her career progressed she was seen in such features as, "The Beastmaster" (1982), "Sheena: Queen of the Jungle" (1984), "A View to Kill" (1985), "Inner Sanctum" (1991) and on the television series, "Hot Line" (1994).
Roberts continues to work in the industry with her latest appearances on the television series, "That 70's Show" (1998-2006) and "Barbershop" (2005). In 2008 she also wrote the book, "The Q Guide to Charlie's Angels".
Filmography
1998-2006 That '70s Show
2005 Barbershop
2005 Eve
2003 Fillmore!
2002 Off Centre
1998 The Angry Beavers
1997 High Tide
1997 The Blues Brothers Animated Series
1994-1996 Hot Line
1996 The Pandora Directive
1995 Silk Stalkings
1995 Deep Down
1994 Burke's Law
1993 Sins of Desire
1992 Almost Pregnant
1991 Inner Sanctum
1991 Legal Tender
1990 Night Eyes
1990 Twisted Justice
1988 Purgatory
1986 Body Slam
1985 A View to a Kill
1984 Sheena: Queen of the Jungle
1983 Hearts and Armour
1983 Murder Me, Murder You
1982 The Beastmaster
1982 Fantasy Island
1982 The Love Boat
1980-1981 Charlie's Angels
1981 The Yum-Yum Girls
1980 Waikiki
1980 Vega$
1979 Racquet
1979 California Dreaming
1979 Greatest Heroes of the Bible
1979 Pleasure Cove
1979 Tourist Trap
1978 Zuma Beach
1978 Fingers
1977 The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1975 Forced Entry