Farewell, Tanya Roberts

Farewell, Tanya Roberts

Not just a sex symbol: for a time, she was practically an institution.

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From (Charlie's) Angel to Bond girl to That '70s Show, Tanya Roberts left her mark across the decades. After premature media reports a couple days ago, we were sorry to learn of her passing on January 4 at age 65, and we're paying our respects with fresh edits of a handful of her most memorable DiD scenes.

The crown jewel (and the only set of scenes in which Ms. Roberts was ever gagged) has to be The Last Victim from 1976, aka Forced Entry. She delivers some solid emoting while bound and gagged in a nice dress on a sofa and briefly on a bed. (Lest you wonder if we also included the rather gratuitous shots of her showering and strutting about in her undies, the answer is, "Of course.")

Next up is 1990's Night Eyes, in which our lovely damsel is tied on a bed in her lingerie for some consensual sex. And while she isn't the primary focus of a certain grim scene from 1979's Tourist Trap, you have to admit she's looking good.

Completists will note that we haven't gotten to her hands-in-front scenes from Sheena and The Beastmaster yet. (That's two movies, not one, though it does make us long for the wacky eighties crossovers that might have been.) Give us time...

Farewell, Tanya Roberts

  • The Last Victim (1976)
    Tanya Roberts
  • Night Eyes (1990)
    Tanya Roberts
  • Tourist Trap (1979)
    Dawn Jeffory, Tanya Roberts

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