Tanya Roberts - wikipedia Tanya Roberts Tanya Roberts Roberts in ca. 1982 Victoria Leigh Blum ( 1955 - 10 - 15 ) October 15, 1955 ( age 61 ) The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S. Residence Hollywood Hills, California Occupation Actress, producer Years active 1975 -- 2005 Spouse ( s ) Barry Roberts ( 1974 -- 2006 ; his death ) Victoria Leigh Blum ( born October 15, 1955 ), known by the stage name Tanya Roberts, is an American actress and producer. She is known for her role as Stacey Sutton in the James Bond film A View to a Kill ( 1985 ), and as Midge Pinciotti on That ' 70s Show ( 1998 -- 2004 ). Contents 1 Early life 2 Acting career 2.1 Early career 2.1. 1 Charlie 's Angels 2.2 1980s 2.3 1990s -- present 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 5 References 6 External links 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. Roberts ' father supported their family on a modest income, working as a fountain pen salesman in Manhattan. Roberts and her sister were raised in the central Bronx. 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 hitch - hiking 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. 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 This section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( July 2013 ) 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. 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. 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 ). Personal life Roberts was married to husband Barry Roberts from 1974 until his death in 2006. They had no children. Roberts resides in Hollywood Hills, California. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes Forced Entry Nancy Ulman 1976 The Yum Yum Girls April 1978 Fingers Julie 1979 Tourist Trap Becky 1979 California Dreaming Stephanie 1979 Racquet Bambi 1982 The Beastmaster Kiri Hearts and Armour Angelica ( Isabella ) 1984 Sheena Sheena 1985 A View to a Kill Stacey Sutton 1986 Body Slam Candace Vandervagen Purgatory Carly Arnold Night Eyes Nikki 1991 Inner Sanctum Lynn Foster 1991 Legal Tender Rikki Rennick Almost Pregnant Linda Alderson Video Sins of Desire Kay Egan 1994 Deep Down Charlotte Television Year Title Role Notes 1978 Zuma Beach Denise TV movie 1979 Pleasure Cove Sally TV movie 1979 Greatest Heroes of the Bible Bachemath `` Jacob 's Challenge '' 1980 Vega $ Off. Britt Blackwell `` Golden Gate Cop Killer : Parts 1 & 2 '' 1980 Waikiki Carol TV movie 1980 - 81 Charlie 's Angels Julie Rogers Main role 1982 The Love Boat Diane Dayton `` Green, But Not Jolly / Past Perfect Love / Instant Family '' 1982 Fantasy Island Amanda Parsons `` The Ghost 's Story '' Murder Me, Murder You Velda TV movie 1994 Burke 's Law Julie Reardon `` Who Killed Nick Hazard ? '' 1994 - 96 Hot Line Rebecca TV series 1995 Silk Stalkings Callie Callahan `` Till Death Do Us Part '' The Pandora Directive Regan Madsen ( voice ) Video game 1997 The Blues Brothers Animated Series Toni G. ( voice ) TV series 1997 High Tide Rhonda Fogel `` Girl on the Run '' 1998 The Angry Beavers Marsha ( voice ) `` Same Time Last Week / Beaver Fever '' 1998 - 2004 That ' 70s Show Midge Pinciotti Recurring role 2002 Off Centre Gretchen `` Mike & Liz & Chau & Jordan '' 2003 Fillmore ! Author ( voice ) `` The Unseen Reflection '' 2005 Eve Rebecca `` Kung Fu Divas '' 2005 Barbershop Ellie Palmer `` Family Business '', `` Debates and Dead People '' References Jump up ^ Collins, Max Allan. Mickey Spillane on Screen : A Complete Study of the Television and Film Adaptations. McFarland. p. 184. ISBN 978 - 0786465781. Jump up ^ Greenfield, Robert ( 2006 ). Timothy Leary : A Biography. Harcourt. p. 534. ISBN 978 - 0151005000. ^ Jump up to : Lague, Louise ( 1984 - 09 - 10 ). `` Critics Call Her Sheena, Shame of the Jungle, but Tanya Roberts Wo n't Take It Lying Down ''. People. Retrieved 2015 - 07 - 29. Jump up ^ `` Profile at ''. Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2013 - 04 - 18. Jump up ^ Reilly, Sue ( 1981 - 02 - 09 ). `` Is the Jiggle Up ? ''. People. Retrieved 2015 - 07 - 29. Jump up ^ `` Tanya Roberts profile ''. Superiorpics.com. Retrieved 2013 - 04 - 18. ^ Jump up to : Staff ( 2015 - 03 - 08 ). `` Tanya Roberts Gets Back to Nature in Her Beautiful Hollywood Hills Home ''. Closer Weekly. Retrieved 2015 - 08 - 02. External links Official website Tanya Roberts on IMDb Tanya Roberts at the TCM Movie Database Tanya Roberts at AllMovie VIAF : 80751473 LCCN : no2002050644 ISNI : 0000 0001 1449 6367 GND : 13640149X BNF : cb13978840z ( data ) BNE : XX1279088 IATH : w6hb2jh1 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tanya_Roberts&oldid=802632137 '' Categories : 1955 births Living people American film actresses American television actresses American people of Irish descent American people of Jewish descent Jewish American actresses 20th - century American actresses 21st - century American actresses Actresses from New York City Actors Studio alumni People from the Bronx Hidden categories : Articles with hCards BLP articles lacking sources from July 2013 All BLP articles lacking sources All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from March 2012 Turner Classic Movies person ID not in Wikidata Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with SNAC - ID identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Asturianu Čeština Deutsch Español فارسی Français Frysk 한국어 Հայերեն Bahasa Indonesia Italiano Lietuvių Magyar മലയാളം Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Português Русский Simple English Српски / srpski Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Svenska ไทย اردو 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 27 September 2017, at 12 : 49. 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