Victoria Leigh Blum (1955-2021) *65

known professionally as Tanya Roberts, was an American actress, producer, and model. She is best known for playing Julie Rogers in the final season of the 1970s television series Charlie's Angels, Stacey Sutton in the James Bond film A View to a Kill, and as Midge Pinciotti on That '70s Show from 1998 to 2004. Roberts was born Victoria Leigh Blum in 1955 in the Bronx, New York City, to Oscar Blum and his wife Dorothy (née Smith). Her father was of Irish descent and her mother was Jewish. She had one older sister, Barbara. Oscar Blum supported the family on a modest income, working as a fountain pen salesman in Manhattan. The sisters were raised in the central Bronx.

She relocated from New York with her mother to live in Mississauga, Ontario, for several years, where she started forming a photo portfolio and laying plans for a modeling career. At age 15, she left high school and lived for a while hitchhiking 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.