Roberta Jane Weiss (born November 15, 1961) is a Canadian actress. She sometimes works professionally as Roberta Bizeau. Weiss played Flame Beaufort on NBC's soap opera Santa Barbara.
Early life and education
Weiss enrolled in the Manitoba School of Theatre and Allied Arts at the age of 16, later moving to Toronto to study theatre arts at York University. She gained national attention in Canada in an advertising campaign for Crispy Crunch.
Career
In 1986 she starred in the films Abducted and High Stakes. In 1988 Weiss appeared as a scantily-clad island girl in the controversial cult French sex-comedy film Mangeuses d'Hommes. She also played the lead in the controversial film How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired, which Peter Rainier of the Los Angeles Times called "a flat parody." Weiss played "incendiary con artist" Flame Beaufort on NBC's soap opera Santa Barbara from 1990 to 1991, and later appeared in Family Passions, a soap opera produced in Canada with German funding. On Counterstrike, she played the manipulative and murderous art gallery owner Eve in the 1993 episode "French Twist."
Personal life Weiss married her Santa Barbara co-star Roscoe Born on September 30, 1994. Weiss is Jewish.
Filmography
+ Roberta Weiss film and television credits Year Title Role Notes 1979 Autumn Born Melissa Theatrical film 1982 The Littlest Hobo Rebecca 1 episode 1983 The Terry Fox Story Jeannie (uncredited) Television film 1983 The Dead Zone Alma Frechette Theatrical film 1983 Cross-Country Alma Jean Theatrical film 1985 The Hitchhiker Roseanne Lucas 1 episode 1985 Perry Mason Returns Laura Gordon Television film 1986 Abducted Renee Theatrical film 1986 Courage Roberta Television film 1987 High Stakes Terri Carson Theatrical film 1988 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Tirina Clark 1 episode 1988 Elizabeth Theatrical film 1988 Shades of Love: Tangerine Taxi Evan Moore Television film 1989 How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired Miz Littérature Theatrical film. French: Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer 1990 La danse du scorpion (Frame-Up Blues) Camille de Vito Television film 1990 Charles in Charge Miss Spelling 1 episode 1993 Counterstrike Eve Jeffries Episode: "French Twist"
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