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The second daughter of manufacturing executive Oscar Blum and his wife Dorothy, Tanya Roberts was born 1949 in Manhattan and grew up in the elite Westchester County suburbs Scarsdale and Greenburgh. Tanya reportedly dropped out of high school, got married and hitchhiked around the country until her mother-in-law had the marriage annulled. She met psychology student Barry Roberts while waiting in line to see a movie. A few months later, she proposed to him in a subway station, and they were married. She studied acting under Lee Strasberg and Uta Hagen. In her early years in New York, she supported herself as an Arthur Murray dance instructor and by modeling. She appeared in off-Broadway productions of "Picnic" and "Antigone", and in television commercials for Ultra Brite, Clairol and Cool Ray sunglasses.

In 1977, Tanya and her husband -- by then a scriptwriter -- moved to Hollywood. She began appearing in made-for-TV films including Pleasure Cove (1979), Zuma Beach (1978), and Waikiki (1980). Her film debut was in The Last Victim (1976). After appearing in several minor films, her first big break came when she was selected as the last Angel on the final season of Charlie's Angels (1976), and was featured on the cover of People magazine (02/09/1981). The attention she garnered helped secure her most significant film roles: The Beastmaster (1982) (and posed for the cover and an inside spread in Playboy magazine to promote the film), the title role in Sheena (1984) and as a Bond girl in A View to a Kill (1985). She continued to appear in films, though mainly direct-to-video and direct-to-cable features. She was featured in the CD computer game The Pandora Directive (1996) and had a recurring lead role in the television series That '70s Show (1998). Widowed in 2006, Tanya Roberts died of sepsis from a urinary tract infection in 2021.

Lanky, balding, intense American character actor of Puerto Rican ancestry, born in New York's Spanish Harlem. Deserted by his parents, Sierra was brought up by an aunt in a rough, predominantly Irish neighbourhood from the age of six. Though briefly tempted by gang life as a teenager, he took up acting classes after accompanying a friend to an audition and ended up playing Shakespearean roles with the National Shakespeare Company and in the New York Shakespeare Festival (playing, among many other parts, Macbeth and Romeo), as well as appearing off-Broadway. He later said "I would have been happy if I continued to do that for the rest of my life". However, in 1969, Sierra decided to move to Hollywood and began acting in episodic television where he was initially typecast as Latino heavies or cops.

Sierra made his breakthrough in the role of Julio Fuentes on NBC's Sanford and Son (1972), his character the perennial butt of bigoted jokes from the show's cantankerous lead, played by Redd Foxx. He then appeared in the original cast of the police sitcom Barney Miller (1975) as the passionate, proudly Puerto Rican Detective Sergeant Chano Amenguale. Written out of the show at the end of season two, he had further recurring roles in serial television, frequently alternating between comedy and drama. These included the short-lived hospital sitcom A.E.S. Hudson Street (1977), the controversial but hugely popular parody Soap (1977) (as South American counter-revolutionary "El Puerco"), Hill Street Blues (1981) (as Assistant District Attorney Alvarez), Zorro and Son (1983) (as garrison commander Paco Pico, one of the hero's chief antagonists), Miami Vice (1984) (as Don Johnson's erstwhile boss Lou Rodriguez, killed off by a hitman in episode four -- in fact, Sierra opted to leave the show because he disliked Miami) and the science fiction series Something Is Out There (1988) (as Captain Victor Maldonado). His numerous, varied and often highly entertaining guest appearances have included supporting roles as a Native American renegade on Gunsmoke (1955), a mutated religious leader living underneath irradiated New York in Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), a professor of anthropology helping Mulder and Scully track down the Jersey Devil in The X-Files (1993), a Cardassian member of the sinister Obsidian Order on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), an Italian priest in John Carpenter's Vampires (1998) and an Iraqi gunboat captain in the Rambo spoof Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993).

Sierra made his home in Laguna Beach, California, where he died of cancer on January 4 2021 at the age of 84.

Drew is an energetic young actor who moved to Los Angeles, California with his family in the fall of 2003. His real passion is acting, but he also enjoys rockclimbing, swimming and riding dirt bikes in the mountains along side his Dad and three dogs.

Karl Heinz Vosgerau was born on 16 August 1927 in Kiel, Germany. He was an actor, known for Wie ein Blitz (1970), Die Wächter (1986) and M.E.T.R.O. - Ein Team auf Leben und Tod (2006). He was married to Sabine. He died on 4 January 2021 in Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, Germany.

Heung-Kam Lee was born on 13 January 1932 in Shunde District, Guangdong Province, China. She was an actress and producer, known for Yu nu shen tou (1967), Ni xi de ji (1976) and Who Is the Winner (1991). She was married to Chung-Kwan Siu. She died on 4 January 2021 in Hong Kong, China.

Elias Rahbani was born on 26 June 1938 in Antelias, Lebanon. He was a composer and actor, known for What We Do in the Shadows (2014), My Beloved One (1974) and Welcome to Love (1968). He was married to Nina Maria Khalil. He died on 4 January 2021 in Beirut, Lebanon.

Simon Drouin was born in 1977 in Baie-Saint-Paul, Charlevoix, Québec, Canada. He was an actor, known for Avant qu'on explose (2019) and Autant en emporte le temps (2011). He died on 4 January 2021 in Québec, Canada.

Spencer Sheridan was born on 2 September 1987 in Yorba Linda, California, USA. Spencer was a cinematographer, known for Save Yourselves! (2020), Decker (2014) and The Do It Up Date (2019). Spencer died on 4 January 2021 in Miami, Florida, USA.

Marilyn Scott was born on 13 June 1924. She was an actress and producer, known for Twins (1988), Thundering Jets (1958) and Torch Song Trilogy (1988). She died on 4 January 2021.

Patricia Helwick was born in 1933 in Yonkers, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Superboy (1988) and Swamp Thing (1990). She died on 4 January 2021 in Easton, Maryland, USA.

Jonathan Bernard Valentine Groce was an American talent and literary manager, representing actors, TV and screenwriters, directors, stand-up comedians, stage performers, and social media influencers. Working with true triple threats, his storytellers rely on his ability to connect a wide variety of executive producers, casting directors, network executives, and studio bosses to help them tell their stories to audiences of all ages and demographics with a robust roster spanning both coasts and now internationally. A proud Film and Media/English Literature graduate from Johns Hopkins University, he worked in talent and development for 15 years in New York and Los Angeles, and is thrilled to land at Bohemia Group.

Prior to joining Bohemia, Jonathan created a boutique management company, Revealed Talent Management, where he cultivated incredible emerging voices that include a staffed writer on SNL today, Broadway singers, touring stand-ups, and showrunners from around the world. Before going out on his own as a talent rep in 2015, he was Head of Talent and Casting at Adult Swim/Cartoon Network, working on diverse shows with the top names in comedy, such as Children's Hospital, Rick and Morty, The Eric Andre Show, and Adventure Time.

From 2009-12, he was Manager of Talent and Casting at MTV Networks, overseeing talent on Awkward, Teen Wolf, The Inbetweeners, America's Best Dance Crew and Ridiculousness. During his time in New York, he won several Emmy awards as Casting Director and Producer for Ca$h Cab for Discovery Channel in NY, where he started his career developing unscripted talent for companies such as Lion Television, Zero Point Zero, and Lucky Duck Productions.

Xhemil Tagani was born on 6 February 1945 in Tirana, Albania. He was an actor, known for Hije që mbeten pas (1985), Ngadhnjim mbi vdekjen (1967) and Gurët e shtëpisë sime (1983). He died on 4 January 2021 in Tirana, Albania.

John Muckler was born on 13 April 1934 in Midland, Ontario, Canada. He died on 4 January 2021 in Buffalo, New York, USA.

Robert Collier was born on 28 December 1955 in Long Beach, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Wild Oats (2016), Heavens Fall (2006) and Desires of the Heart (2009). He died on 4 January 2021 in the USA.

Martinus J.G. Veltman was born on 27 June 1931 in Waalwijk, Netherlands. He was married to Anneke. He died on 4 January 2021 in Bilthoven, Netherlands.

Lars Elldin was born on 7 March 1927 in Saltsjöbaden, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Främlingen från skyn (1956), All jordens fröjd (1953) and Kommissarie Winter (2001). He died on 4 January 2021 in Sweden.

Oleg Sergeevich Kolesnikov - Soviet and Russian film playwright, was a member of the Professional Committee of Moscow film playwrights. An athlete pilot, in 1989 he bought a dismantled Yak-18A with his savings in DOSAAF and devoted his further life to its restoration and piloting. Immediately before his death, he signed an agreement for the storage of the aircraft with the Air Force Museum in Monino, where the aircraft is on display.

Meagan Herrera was born on 12 February 1984 in Morristown, Tennessee, USA. Meagan is known for The Hunger Games (2012), Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) and Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016). Meagan was married to Richard Kirk Schaaf. Meagan died on 4 January 2021 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Franco Loi died on 4 January 2021 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.