The actress Tanya Roberts has passed away. Best known for her roles as a Bond girl and after a brief hospitalisation on That ’70s Show, Roberts died Sunday. She was sixty-five.
The star reportedly took her dog out for a Christmas Eve walk and, according to TMZ, collapsed upon returning home. After being hospitalised, she was put on a ventilator but never recovered.
The outlet reports that in the days leading up to her collapse, the actress did not appear to be ill and that her death is not connected to COVID-19. Additional information was not available, however.
Before breaking into movies with the 1975 horror flick Forced Entry, Roberts, born Victoria Leigh Blum, started her career as a model.
In her most iconic role, she appeared in the 1985 James Bond film A View to a Kill, playing Stacey Sutton, opposite Roger Moore in his last appearance as the iconic British spy. After a series of pilots on TV and a number of fantasy film roles.
She was also known for her recurring role on That ’70s Show as Midge Pinciotti, and for her role as Julie Rogers in 1980’s Charlie’s Angels’ fifth and final season.
