Tara Buckman

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1956-10-01 (68 years old)

Place of Birth Pensacola, Florida, USA

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

Actor

1994
Blindfold: Acts of Obsession

as Barmaid (uncredited)

1992
1990
Night Killer

as Melanie Beck

1990
Xtro 2: The Second Encounter

as Dr. Julie Casserly

1990
1989
1988
Freddy's Nightmares

as Brenda Vincent

1987
Terminal Exposure

as Stacey Karrothers

1987
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2

as Mother (archive footage)

1986
Never Too Young to Die

as Sacrificed Punkette

1984
Silent Night, Deadly Night

as Mother (Ellie)

1984
Snowballing

as Colleen

1982
T. J. Hooker

as Dorothy Unger

1981
1980
Brave New World

as Alpha Teacher

1979
1979
Stone

as Olivia de Carl

1979
Hart to Hart

as Sandy

1979
Tales of the Unexpected

as Sally Fenton

1978
Hooper

as Debbie

1978
The Two-Five

as Angel

1977
Rollercoaster

as Coaster Attendant

1977
79 Park Avenue

as starlette

1977
1975
Switch

as Young Nurse

1973
Kojak

as Toni

Crew

1995