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Tara Buckman | |
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| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1977–1994 |
Tara Buckman is an American retired television and film actress. Her active career was mainly confined to the late 1970s to the mid-1990s. Though never reaching feature status, Buckman was nonetheless a regular guest star on many television series. She also appeared in minor roles in feature films.
Buckman was an Army brat whose longest time living in one house was two years until her family moved to Virginia Beach, Virginia when she was a teenager. Buckman was a drum major, the first in her school’s history, and attended and graduated from Princess Anne High School in 1974. While she was a waitress in a hotel dining room in Norfolk, Virginia, producer James Goldstone saw her, and he later offered her a part in the film Rollercoaster . Three months later, she moved to Los Angeles. After arriving there, she gained a contract with Universal Studios with Goldstone's assistance. [1]
Buckman portrayed Officer Brandy Ames in The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo [2] and Cat Hellman in The Master . [2] : 664 She is also remembered for her guest appearances in episodes of such 1970s and 1980s television fare as The Rockford Files , Kojak , CHiPs , The Hardy Boys Mysteries , Quincy, M.E. , Buck Rogers in the 25th Century and Brave New World . She also appeared in the 1979 television movies Death Car on the Freeway and The Man in the Santa Claus Suit , and portrayed Norma Kirkland on the daytime drama Days of Our Lives in 1984–1985.
Often cast in minor roles in larger budget films, Buckman appeared in the Burt Reynolds vehicles Hooper (1978) and The Cannonball Run (1981). Buckman was generally offered largely dimensionless and decorative parts, such as a rollercoaster attendant in the disaster film Rollercoaster (1977), and "Lamborghini Girl #2" (alongside Adrienne Barbeau) in The Cannonball Run .
Buckman also appeared in several b movies from the late-1970s through to the mid-1990s. She appeared in a rape/murder scene, in which her top was torn open and her throat was slit by a man dressed as Santa Claus in the 1984 controversial horror film Silent Night, Deadly Night . Her most recent major role was as Dr. Julie Casserly in Xtro II: The Second Encounter (1991), and her other credits include the films Snowballing (1984), Never Too Young to Die (1986), Terminal Exposure (1987), Blue Angel Cafe (1989), High Finance Woman (1990), and The Marilyn Diaries (1990) alongside porn star Marilyn Chambers.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Rollercoaster | Coaster Attendant | |
| 1978 | Hooper | Debbie | |
| 1981 | The Cannonball Run | Jill | |
| 1984 | Silent Night, Deadly Night | Ellie | |
| 1984 | Snowballing | Collen | |
| 1986 | Never Too Young to Die | Sacrificed Punkette | |
| 1987 | Terminal Exposure | Mrs. Stacey Karrothers | |
| 1987 | Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 | Mother | |
| 1989 | Blue Angel Cafe | Angie | |
| 1989 | Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! | Ellie Chapman | Uncredited |
| 1990 | Night Killer | Melanie Beck | |
| 1990 | High Finance Woman | Brenda | |
| 1990 | The Marilyn Diaries | Jane | |
| 1991 | Xtro II: The Second Encounter | Dr. Julie Casserly | |
| 1992 | Round Trip to Heaven | Phyllis |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Kojak | Toni | Episode: "A Strange Kind of Love" |
| 1977 | 79 Park Avenue | Starlet | 3 episodes |
| 1977 | Switch | Young Nurse | Episode: "Dancer" |
| 1977 | The Rockford Files | Girl | Episode: "The Queen of Peru" |
| 1978 | Baretta | Mary | Episode: "I'll Take You to Lunch" |
| 1978 | The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Bernie Lucas | Episode: "Death Surf" |
| 1978 | The Two-Five | Angel | Television film |
| 1978 | Sword of Justice | Jill | Episode: "The Skywayman" |
| 1978 | Family | Aunt Joanne | Episode: "Just Friends" |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart | Sandy | Episode: "Hart to Hart" |
| 1979 | Stone | Olivia de Carl | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1979 | Death Car on the Freeway | Jane Guston | Television film |
| 1979 | Barnaby Jones | Linda Wolsey | 2 episodes |
| 1979 | Quincy, M.E. | Terry / Julie Reed | |
| 1979 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Majel | Episode: "Unchained Woman" |
| 1979 | The Man in the Santa Claus Suit | Polly Primer | Television film |
| 1980 | Brave New World | Alpha Teacher | |
| 1980–1981 | The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | Brandy / Sgt. Cummings | 16 episodes |
| 1982 | CHiPs | Marcie Pendelton | Episode: "Anything But the Truth" |
| 1983 | Tales of the Unexpected | Sally Fenton | Episode: "Heir Presumptuous" |
| 1984 | The Master | Cat Sinclair | 2 episodes |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven | Louella | Episode: "Hotel of Dreams" |
| 1984–1985 | Days of Our Lives | Norma Kirkland | 23 episodes |
| 1985 | T. J. Hooker | Dorothy Unger | Episode: "Love Story" |
| 1987 | Spies | Julie Kirkland | Episode: "The Game's Not Over, 'Til the Fat Lady Sings" |
| 1990 | Freddy's Nightmares | Brenda Vincent | Episode: "Prisoner of Love" |
| 1990 | Mancuso, F.B.I. | Cherry | Episode: "Night of the Living Shred" |
| 1994 | Blindfold: Acts of Obsession | Barmaid | Television film |
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