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Tara Buckman
Pensacola, Florida, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tara Buckman (born October 1, 1956) is an American television and film actress. Her active career was mainly confined to the late 1970s to…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tara Buckman (born October 1, 1956) is an American 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. Television Buckman is remembered mostly 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., The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (in which she held a recurring if minor role as Sgt. Brandy Cummings), The Master and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. She also portrayed Norma Kirkland on the daytime drama Days of our Lives in 1984/1985. In film Often cast in minor roles in larger budget films, Tara appeared in the Burt Reynolds vehicles Hooper and The Cannonball Run in 1978 and 1981, respectively. Buckman was generally offered the portrayal of largely dimensionless and 'decorative' parts, such as "Jill - 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. Tara 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. Tara appeared in the 1986 film Never Too Young to Die, her most recent major role was as Dr. Julie Casserly in Xtro 2 (1991). Other more recent fare include the films Blue Angel Cafe, High Finance Woman, The Marilyn Diaries alongside porn star Marilyn Chambers, and Snowballing.
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1995
Hostile Intentions
Movie Stunts
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1994
Blindfold: Acts of Obsession
Movie Barmaid (uncredited)
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1992
Round Trip to Heaven
Movie Phyllis
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1990
Night Killer
Movie Melanie Beck
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1990
Xtro 2: The Second Encounter
Movie Dr. Julie Casserly
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1990
High Finance Woman
Movie Brenda
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1990
The Marilyn Diaries
Movie Jane
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1989
Mancuso, F.B.I.
TV show
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1989
Blue Angel Cafe
Movie Angie
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1988
Freddy's Nightmares
TV show Brenda Vincent
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1987
Terminal Exposure
Movie Stacey Karrothers
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1987
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
Movie Mother (archive footage)
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1986
Never Too Young to Die
Movie Sacrificed Punkette
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1984
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Movie Mother (Ellie)
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1984
The Master
TV show Cat Sinclair
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1984
Snowballing
Movie Colleen
More credits
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1982
T. J. Hooker
TV show Dorothy Unger
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1981
The Cannonball Run
Movie Jill
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1980
Brave New World
Movie Alpha Teacher
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1979
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
Movie Polly Primer
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1979
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
TV show Brandy
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1979
Death Car on the Freeway
Movie Jane Guston
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1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
TV show Majel
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1979
Stone
Movie Olivia de Carl
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1979
Hart to Hart
Movie Sandy
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1979
Tales of the Unexpected
TV show Sally Fenton
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1978
Sword of Justice
TV show
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1978
Hooper
Movie Debbie
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1978
The Two-Five
Movie Angel
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1978
Loose Change
TV show Sandra Scully
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1977
79 Park Avenue
TV show starlette
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1977
CHiPs
TV show
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1977
Rollercoaster
Movie Coaster Attendant
- 1977
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1976
Quincy, M.E.
TV show
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1975
Switch
TV show Young Nurse
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1975
Baretta
TV show
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1973
Kojak
TV show Toni
