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Tanya Roberts — a one-time Bond girl and cult classic ’80s star — has died … TMZ has learned.
Tanya’s rep tells TMZ, she was on a walk with her dog’s on Christmas Eve and when she returned home she collapsed. She was taken to the hospital and put on a ventilator but never got better. We’re told it was NOT COVID related. Tanya died today.
In the days leading up to her collapse, we’re told Tanya appeared perfectly healthy … even doing video chats for her fans.
The legendary model and actress — who was a huge star in B-films throughout the ’80s and ’90s, and later a staple in ‘That 70’s Show — passed away Sunday while hospitalized in California … this according to her rep.
Tanya was a go-to model and actress in her heyday — so much so, she even appeared as one of the Bond girls, Stacey Suttuon, in ‘A View to Kill,’ opposite Roger Moore.
She also starred in campy adventure fantasy flicks like ‘Sheena” and ‘The Beastmaster,’ plus a bunch of raunchy comedies, slashers movies and action/erotica B-films like ‘Sins of Desire,’ ‘Legal Tender,’ ‘Deep Down,’ ‘Inner Sanctum,’ ‘Night Eyes,’ ‘Almost Pregnant,’ ‘Favorite Deadly Sins’ and ‘Tourist Trap, plus several others. All in all, she has 41 acting credits to her name dating back to ’70s.
Speaking of that era, she might best remembered as Donna Pinciotti’s mom, Midge, on ‘That 70’s Show’ — who was always getting ogled by the boys in the neighborhood. Tanya was portrayed as a dumb blonde, who eventually left her TV family and the show entirely to deal with her hubby’s real-life illness.
Tanya also had a year-long stint on the old ‘Charlie’s Angels’ show, in which she played Julie Rogers … a side character who helped the Angels solve crimes. She also helped launch the TV series ‘Mike Hammer’ after starring as a secretary in the made-for-TV movie, but declined a part in the show that followed.
Of course, Tanya was also a successful model. She’d posed for Playboy, as well as for a ton of TV commercials. She did ads for Excedrin, Ultra Brite, Clairol and Cool Ray sunglasses.
She was married to Barry Roberts for several years before his death in 2006. They didn’t have any children. Tanya is survived by her current husband, Lance, and her sister Barbara Chase.
She was 65. RIP