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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

38

Gender

Female

Birthday

1956-10-01 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Pensacola, Florida, USA

Also Known As

Tara Buckman

Biography

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.

Known For

Acting

Silent Night, Deadly Night

1984

Silent Night, Deadly Night

as

Mother (Ellie)

Hooper

1978

Hooper

as

Debbie

Xtro 2: The Second Encounter

1990

Xtro 2: The Second Encounter

as

Dr. Julie Casserly

Night Killer

1990

Night Killer

as

Melanie Beck

Brave New World

1980

Brave New World

as

Alpha Teacher

High Finance Woman

1990

High Finance Woman

as

Brenda

Death Car on the Freeway

1979

Death Car on the Freeway

as

Jane Guston

Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2

1987

Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2

as

Mother (archive footage)

Stone

1979

Stone

as

Olivia de Carl

The Two-Five

1978

The Two-Five

as

Angel

Hart to Hart

1979

Hart to Hart

as

Sandy

Blue Angel Cafe

1989

Blue Angel Cafe

as

Angie

Terminal Exposure

1987

Terminal Exposure

as

Stacey Karrothers

Never Too Young to Die

1986

Never Too Young to Die

as

Sacrificed Punkette

Snowballing

1984

Snowballing

as

Colleen

Blindfold: Acts of Obsession

1994

Blindfold: Acts of Obsession

as

Barmaid (uncredited)

Rollercoaster

1977

Rollercoaster

as

Coaster Attendant

T. J. Hooker

T. J. Hooker

as

Dorothy Unger

Kojak

Kojak

as

Toni

Switch

Switch

as

Young Nurse

79 Park Avenue

79 Park Avenue

as

starlette

Freddy's Nightmares

Freddy's Nightmares

as

Brenda Vincent

Production

Crew

Directing