Tanya Roberts
Bond girl and Charlie's Angels star is dead
Tanya Roberts starred alongside Roger Moore in "James Bond 007 – In the Face of Death".
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She became famous at the side of "James Bond" Roger Moore. Now actress Tanya Roberts has died at the age of 65.
US actress Tanya Roberts died last Sunday (January 3rd). Her spokesman Mike Pingel announced this to the "Hollywood Reporter". According to Pingel, the actress collapsed after a walk with her dog on December 24th and was then admitted to the Cedar Sinar Hospital in Los Angeles. The cause of death is still unknown.
Roberts became world famous in particular through her role as Bond girl Stacey Sutton in "James Bond 007 – In the Face of Death" (original title: "A View to a Kill"). It was the last Bond film for lead actor Roger Moore (1927-2017).
Tanya Roberts was born in New York City in 1955. In 1977 she moved to Hollywood with her husband, screenwriter Barry Roberts. She fulfilled her dream of an acting career. Roberts had her breakthrough in 1980 with her role as one of "Charlie's Angels" (in the original: "Charlie's Angels") in the last season of the successful TV series. The high point of her career was her appearance as Bond Girl 1985. From the end of the 90s she appeared several times in the series "The Wild Seventies" (in the original: "That '70s Show") in the role of Midge Pinciotti. In 2005 she made her last appearance as an actress.