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词条 Tanya Roberts
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Acting career

     Early career  Charlie's Angels  1980s  1990s–present 

  3. Personal life

  4. Filmography

     Film  Television 

  5. References

  6. External links

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2018}}{{Infobox person
|name = Tanya Roberts
|image = Tanya Roberts 1982.jpg
|caption = Roberts in ca. 1982
|birth_name = Victoria Leigh Blum
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|10|15}}
|birth_place = The Bronx, New York City,
New York, U.S.
|years_active = 1975-present
|occupation = Actress, producer
|residence = Hollywood Hills, California
|spouse = Barry Roberts (m. 1974, d. 2006; his death)
}}

Victoria Leigh Blum (born October 15, 1955),[1] known by the stage name Tanya Roberts, is an American actress and producer. She initially rose to prominence as Julie Rogers in the final season of Charlie's Angels in 1980.[2] She is known for her role as Kiri in The Beastmaster (1982), Stacey Sutton in the James Bond film A View to a Kill (1985), and as Midge Pinciotti on That '70s Show (1998–2004).

Early life

Roberts was born in 1955 in the Bronx, New York City, the second child of her father, of Irish descent, and a Jewish mother. She has one older sister, Barbara.[3] Roberts' father supported their family on a modest income, working as a fountain pen salesman in Manhattan.[4] Roberts and her sister were raised in the central Bronx.[5]

She relocated from New York with her mother to live in Toronto for several years, where she started formulating a photo portfolio and laying plans for a career. At age 15, she left high school and lived for a while hitchhiking across the United States. She eventually returned to New York City and became a fashion and cover model. After meeting psychology student Barry Roberts (while waiting in line for a movie), she proposed to him in a subway station and they were soon married.[4] While Barry pursued a career as a screenwriter, she began to study at the Actors Studio with Lee Strasberg and Uta Hagen under the name Tanya Roberts.

Acting career

Early career

Her career began as a model in TV ads for Excedrin, Ultra Brite, Clairol, and Cool Ray sunglasses. She played serious roles in the off-Broadway productions Picnic and Antigone. She also supported herself as an Arthur Murray dance instructor. Her film debut was the horror film Forced Entry (1975). This was followed by the comedy film The Yum-Yum Girls (1976).

In 1977, as her husband was securing his own screenwriting career, the couple moved to Hollywood. The following year, Roberts participated in the drama Fingers. In 1979 Roberts appeared in the cult movie Tourist Trap, and also in Racquet, and California Dreaming. Roberts was featured in several television pilots that were not picked up: Zuma Beach (a 1978 comedy), Pleasure Cove (1979), and Waikiki (1980).

Charlie's Angels

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Roberts was chosen in the summer of 1980 from some 2000 candidates to replace Shelley Hack in the fifth season of the detective television series, Charlie's Angels on ABC. Roberts played Julie Rogers, a streetwise fighter who used her fists more than her gun. Producers hoped Roberts' presence would revitalize the series' declining ratings and regenerate media interest in the series. Before the season's premiere, Roberts was featured on the cover of People magazine with a headline asking if Roberts would be able to save the declining series from cancellation.

Despite the hype Roberts's debut had received, her premiere episode in November 1980 drew dismal ratings. The series was thereafter moved to several different timeslots on the broadcast schedule, causing viewership to drop as the season progressed. After just 16 episodes of a fifth season, the series had drastically slipped to 59th in the ratings out of just 65 shows and was cancelled in June 1981.[6]

1980s

Roberts played Kiri in the adventure fantasy film The Beastmaster (1982). She was featured in a nude pictorial in Playboy to help promote the movie, appearing on that issue's October 1982 cover. In 1983, Roberts filmed the Italian-made adventure fantasy film Hearts and Armour (also known as Paladini-storia d'armi e d'amori and Paladins — The Story of Love and Arms), based on the medieval novel Orlando Furioso. She portrayed Velda, a buxom secretary to private detective Mike Hammer in the television movie Murder Me, Murder You (1983). The two-part pilot spawned the syndicated television series, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer. She declined to continue the role in the Mike Hammer series to work on her next project, Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (1984). The movie was a box office and critical disaster, garnering her a nomination for "Worst Actress" at the Razzie Awards.

Roberts subsequently appeared as Bond girl Stacey Sutton, a geologist, in A View to a Kill (1985). She again found herself nominated by the critics for a Razzie Award.[7] Other 1980s films include Night Eyes, an erotic thriller; Body Slam (1987), an action movie set in the professional wrestling world; and Purgatory, a movie about a woman wrongfully imprisoned in Africa.

1990s–present

Roberts starred in the erotic thriller, Inner Sanctum (1991) alongside Margaux Hemingway. In 1992, she played Kay Egan in Sins of Desire. She appeared on the cable series, Hot Line in 1994; and in the video game The Pandora Directive in 1996.

In 1998, Roberts took the role of Midge Pinciotti on the television sitcom That '70s Show. Roberts revealed on E! True Hollywood Story that she left the series in 2001 because her husband had become terminally ill. She wrote the foreword to the book, The Q Guide to Charlie's Angels (2008).{{Citation needed|date=March 2012}}

Personal life

Roberts was married to husband Barry Roberts from 1974 until his death in 2006. They had no children.[8] Roberts resides in Hollywood Hills, California.[8]

Filmography

Film

Year Title RoleNotes
1975Forced EntryNancy Ulman{{N/A}}
1976The Yum Yum GirlsApril{{N/A}}
1978FingersJulie{{N/A}}
1979Tourist TrapBecky{{N/A}}
California DreamingStephanie{{N/A}}
RacquetBambi{{N/A}}
1982The BeastmasterKiri{{N/A}}
1983Hearts and ArmourAngelica (Isabella){{N/A}}
1984SheenaSheena{{N/A}}
1985A View to a KillStacey Sutton{{N/A}}
1986Body SlamCandace Vandervagen{{N/A}}
1988PurgatoryCarly Arnold{{N/A}}
1990Night EyesNikki{{N/A}}
1991Inner SanctumLynn Foster{{N/A}}
Legal TenderRikki Rennick{{N/A}}
1992Almost PregnantLinda AldersonVideo
1993Sins of DesireKay Egan{{N/A}}
1994Deep DownCharlotte{{N/A}}

Television

Year Title RoleNotes
1978Zuma BeachDeniseTV movie
1979Pleasure CoveSallyTV movie
Greatest Heroes of the BibleBachemath"Jacob's Challenge"
1980Vega$Off. Britt Blackwell"Golden Gate Cop Killer: Parts 1 & 2"
WaikikiCarolTV movie
1980-1981Charlie's AngelsJulie RogersMain role
1982The Love BoatDiane Dayton"Green, But Not Jolly/Past Perfect Love/Instant Family"
Fantasy IslandAmanda Parsons"The Ghost's Story"
1983Murder Me, Murder YouVeldaTV movie
1994Burke's LawJulie Reardon"Who Killed Nick Hazard?"
1994-1996Hot LineRebeccaTV series
1995Silk StalkingsCallie Callahan"Till Death Do Us Part"
1996The Pandora DirectiveRegan MadsenVideo game
1997The Blues Brothers Animated SeriesToni G. (voice)TV series
High TideRhonda Fogel"Girl on the Run"
1998The Angry BeaversMarsha (voice)"Same Time Last Week/Beaver Fever"
1998-2004That '70s ShowMidge PinciottiRecurring role
2002Off CentreGretchen"Mike & Liz & Chau & Jordan"
2003Fillmore!Author (voice)"The Unseen Reflection"
2005EveRebecca"Kung Fu Divas"
BarbershopEllie Palmer"Family Business", "Debates and Dead People"

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Tanya Roberts Biography|date=|publisher=CultCelebrities.com|accessdate=December 31, 2018|url=https://www.cultcelebrities.com/tanya-roberts/}}
2. ^{{cite book|page=184|title=Mickey Spillane on Screen: A Complete Study of the Television and Film Adaptations|author=Collins, Max Allan|isbn= 978-0786465781|publisher=McFarland}}
3. ^{{cite book|title=Timothy Leary: A Biography|author=Greenfield, Robert|page=534|isbn=978-0151005000|date=2006|publisher=Harcourt}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20088624,00.html|title=Critics Call Her Sheena, Shame of the Jungle, but Tanya Roberts Won't Take It Lying Down|author=Lague, Louise|date=1984-09-10|accessdate=2015-07-29|volume=22|work=People}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/52/Tanya-Roberts.html |title=Profile at |publisher=Filmreference.com |date= |accessdate=2013-04-18}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20078580,00.html|title=Is the Jiggle Up?|work=People|date=1981-02-09|accessdate=2015-07-29|author=Reilly, Sue|volume=15}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.superiorpics.com/tanya_roberts/ |title=Tanya Roberts profile |publisher=Superiorpics.com |date= |accessdate=2013-04-18}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.closerweekly.com/posts/tanya-roberts-gets-back-to-nature-in-her-beautiful-hollywood-hills-home-52985|work=Closer Weekly|title=Tanya Roberts Gets Back to Nature in Her Beautiful Hollywood Hills Home|author=Staff|date=2015-03-08|accessdate=2015-08-02}}

External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.tanyaroberts.biz/}}
  • {{IMDb name|617}}
  • {{Tcmdb name|162932}}
  • {{Amg name|60666}}
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