Tanya Roberts (born Victoria Leigh Blum on October 15, 1954) is an American actress best known for her roles in Charlie’s Angels, The Beastmaster, Sheena , A View to a Kill, and That ’70s Show. Reportedly 5′ 8″ (1.73 m) tall and with measurements of 36-21-34, Roberts was regarded as one of Hollywood’s most popular sex symbols during the early 1980s.

Tanya Roberts in ‘The Beastmaster’.

In 1982, she played Kiri in the sword and sorcery film The Beastmaster. She also appeared in Playboy to help promote the film, appearing on that issue’s cover (November 1982).

In 1980, Roberts was chosen among other 2,000 candidates to replace Shelley Hack in Charlie’s Angels in what later turned out to be the last season of the series. In the show, Roberts interpreted her character Julie Rogers as a streetwise fighter who used her fists more than her gun. After this, her popularity exploded. She was the cover of People magazine (September 9, 1981) and was offered more ambitious projects, though it could be argued that this was due to her good looks rather than her acting talent.

She appeared as a Bond girl the James Bond film A View to a Kill (1985) alongside Roger Moore as the superspy. Roberts played Stacey Sutton, the daughter of an oil baron, opposing the evil plans of villain Max Zorin to destroy Silicon Valley. Although the film was Moore’s last turn at playing Bond, the film was only marginally successful and is thought by fans to be one of the lesser films in the series.