Tara Buckman
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.
Silent Night, Deadly Night
as Mother (Ellie)Billy Chapman, who was traumatized by his parents' Christmas Eve murder, then brutalized by...
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A cross-country road race is based on an actual event, the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea...
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Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
as Mother (archive footage)Ricky is released from a mental hospital, taking with him the memory of his brother Billy's...
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Hooper
as DebbieLegendary stunt man Sonny Hooper remains one of the top men in his field, but due to too many...
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Rollercoaster
as Coaster AttendantA young terrorist kills and injures patrons of a Norfolk amusement park by placing homemade...
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Never Too Young to Die
as Sacrificed PunketteSecret agent Drew Stargrove is brutally murdered by the ruthless hermaphrodite gang leader...
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Blindfold: Acts of Obsession
as Barmaid (uncredited)A therapist turns an unhappy wife on to a deadly fantasy game with her husband.
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Terminal Exposure
as Stacey KarrothersTwo beach combing-shutterbugs accidentally capture a murder on film. Now detectives, the boys...
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Xtro 2: The Second Encounter
as Dr. Julie CasserlyAn underground government facility is locked down by its A.I.-controlled computer when an alien...
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Round Trip to Heaven
as PhyllisSince Larry works at a garage, he gets to use one of the Rolls Royces. There is only one...
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Death Car on the Freeway
as Jane GustonA determined TV reporter is out to find a maniac who is methodically attacking lone women...
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Night Killer
as Melanie BeckMelanie Beck is the only surviving victim of a killer-rapist who wears a Freddy Krueger-esque...
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Stone
as Olivia de CarlDennis Weaver is a Joseph Wambaugh-type novelist cop and Pat Hingle is his hard-nosed superior...
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The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
as Polly PrimerThe mysterious owner of a costume shop rents a Santa Claus suit to three very different men: a...
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Loose Change
as uncreditedThree girlfriends -- an author, an artist, and a political activist -- mature and change during...
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The Two-Five
as AngelA police show pilot movie dealing with two eager-beaver cops who try to set up a major narcotics...
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Blue Angel Cafe
as AngieRaymond Derek is a up and coming hotshot young politician who seems to have it all. A great...
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Hart to Hart
as SandyIn this pilot film, a friend of Jonathan Hart's is killed in a motor accident just after he has...
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Snowballing
as ColleenBus loads of teenagers arrive to the ski resort. Each one is eager to get out on the slopes to...
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Brave New World
as Alpha TeacherA man who grew up in a primitive society educating himself by reading Shakespeare is allowed to...
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The Marilyn Diaries
as JaneA magazine reporter tries to find the mysterious author of an erotic diary.
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Quincy, M.E.
as uncreditedQuincy, M.E. is an American television series from Universal Studios pert in several of the...
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Tales of the Unexpected
as Sally FentonA British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and...
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T. J. Hooker
as Dorothy UngerSergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who...
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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as Majel20th-century astronaut Buck Rogers awakens in the 25th century after a freak accident puts him...
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The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
as uncreditedThe Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries is a television series which aired for three seasons on ABC....
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Freddy's Nightmares
as Brenda VincentThe evil, sinister killer of the "Nightmare On Elm Street" movies, Freddy Krueger, hosts this...
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Mancuso, F.B.I.
as uncreditedMancuso, F.B.I. is a crime drama which was aired by NBC as part of its 1989-90...
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The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
as uncreditedThe Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo is an American action/adventure situation
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Sword of Justice
as uncreditedSword Of Justice is an American action-adventure television series that aired on NBC for one...
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Switch
as Young NurseSwitch is an American action-adventure, tongue-in-cheek detective series starring Eddie Albert...
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Baretta
as uncreditedBaretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show...
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79 Park Avenue
as starletteA poor New York teenager of the mid-1930 is forced into prostitution despite sincere efforts to...
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Kojak
as ToniA bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New...
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The Master
as uncreditedAn aging ninja master and his young pupil travel in a custom van helping people in need along...
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CHiPs
as uncreditedLighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main...
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