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Tanya Roberts
played the last joined Angel, Julie Rogers.
As Tiffany
decides to stay back East for awhile, a glamorous new Angel,
Julie Rogers, joins Kelly, Kris
and Bosley.
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Tanya Roberts Biography
Tanya Roberts
was born on 15 October 1955 as Victoria Leigh Blum in The
Bronx, New York, USA. Tanya Roberts came from modest
beginnings in the Bronx, the daughter of a pen salesman (Irish)
and a Jewish mother (who were divorced before she reached high
school). She dropped out of high school at age 15, got married,
and hitchhiked around the country until her husband's mother
had the marriage annulled.
 She met psychology student, Barry
Roberts, in a New York movie line. A few months later she
proposed to him in a subway station, and they were married.
She studied acting under Lee
Strasberg and Uta
Hagen. In her early years in New York she supported
herself as an Arthur Murray dance instructor and then modeling.
She appeared in off-Broadway
productions of 'Picnic' and 'Antigone' and in television
commercials for Ultra Brite, Clairol, and Cool Ray sunglasses.
In 1977 Tanya and her husband (who took up scriptwriting)
moved to Hollywood. She began appearing in TV pilots such as Pleasure
Cove (1979) (TV), Zuma
Beach (1978) (TV) and Waikiki
(1980) (TV). Her first film appearance is evidently Forced
Entry (1975) [made in 1975]. After roles in several minor
films, her first big break came when she was selected as an
angel (the last) for Charlie's
Angels (1976) (TV) in the final season. She was featured
on the cover of People magazine (2/9/81).
The attention at
this time helped secure her most significant film parts - The Beastmaster (1982), Sheena
(1984) [the lead role], and A View
to a Kill (1985). Tanya was featured on the cover and
inside of the Oct. 1982 issue of Playboy to promote The Beastmaster (1982). Tanya continues to appear in films, which
primarily go directly to video and cable release. Most
recently she is featured in the CD computer game The Pandora
Directive (1996) (VG).
 Trivia
Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Sister of Barbara
Leigh. Barbara was married to Timothy
Leary for 15 years.
Tanya took 5
years of voice training to get the Bronx out of her voice.
Measurements:
34-21-34 (on "Charlie's Angels"), 36-21-34 (shooting
"Sheena"). Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine.
Roberts has
the unique distinction of having been both a Bond Girl and
the last of the original Charlie's Angels.
Spouse: Barry
Roberts (1974 - present)
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