{{Short description|Canadian actress (born 1961)}} {{Infobox person | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|11|15}}<ref name=moviefone/> | birth_place = Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada<ref name=moviefone/> | other_names = Roberta Bizeau | education = York University | alma_mater = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1979–1993 | known_for = | notable_works = | awards = | spouse = {{marriage|Roscoe Born|1994|2000}} | children = 1 | mother = | father = | website = }} '''Roberta Jane Weiss''' (born November 15, 1961)<ref name=moviefone>{{cite web|work=Moviefone|title=Roberta Weiss Biography|url=https://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/roberta-weiss/1838682/main/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241103233901/https://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/roberta-weiss/1838682/main/|archive-date=November 3, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref name=starflame>{{cite news|title=Like Flame, Roberta wants it all|last=Novakovich|first=Lilana|work=Toronto Star|date=October 5, 1990|page=B6}}</ref><ref name=spencer>{{cite news|title=Actress grateful for Canadian roots|last=Spencer|first=Donna|work=Calgary Herald|page=F4|date=October 19, 1991}}</ref> She gained national attention in Canada in an advertising campaign for Crispy Crunch.<ref>{{cite news|title=Search on for new candybar couple|last=McKay|first=John|work=The Record|page=F7|date=December 6, 1995}}</ref>
==Career==
In 1986 she starred in the films ''Abducted'' and ''High Stakes''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bubbly and beefcake top this week's party menu|first1=Rob|last1=Salem|first2=Rita|last2=Zekas|work=Toronto Star|date=March 21, 1986|page=D3}}</ref> 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'',<ref name=spencer /> which Peter Rainier of the ''Los Angeles Times'' called "a flat parody."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-07-27-ca-490-story.html|title=Despite Hoopla, ''How to Make Love to a Negro'' a Flat Parody|last=Rainier|first=Peter|work=Los Angeles Times|date=July 27, 1990|access-date=September 4, 2018}}</ref> Weiss played "incendiary con artist" Flame Beaufort on NBC's soap opera ''Santa Barbara'' from 1990 to 1991,<ref name=spencer /> and later appeared in ''Family Passions'', a soap opera produced in Canada with German funding.<ref>{{cite news|title=Carrying a Torch for Flame|last=Masson|first=Charles|work=The Times-Picayune|page=T16|date=August 7, 1994}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=''Y&R'' actor shows concern for global matters|last=Novakovich|first=Lilana|work=The Record|page=E7|date=December 9, 1994}}</ref> Weiss is Jewish.{{cn|date=December 2024}}
==Filmography== <!-- Do NOT list "uncredited" works without an RS cite ref. "All [Role] names should be referred to as Credited, OR by common name supported by a Reliable Source..." as per WP:FILMOGRAPHY. Rowspans allowed only for "Year" column per --> {{Inc-video|date=August 2025}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Roberta Weiss film and television credits<!-- WP:ACCESSIBILITY & MOS:TABLECAPTION --> ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- | 1979 || ''Autumn Born'' || Melissa || Theatrical film || <ref name="TCMf">{{cite web | title=Roberta Weiss: Filmography | url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/203775%7C0/Roberta-Weiss#filmography | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312083203/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/203775%7C0/Roberta-Weiss/#filmography | url-status=dead | archive-date=March 12, 2018 | access-date=18 August 2025 | website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref><ref name="RTfW" /> |- | 1982 || ''The Littlest Hobo'' || Rebecca || 1 episode || <ref name="RTf">{{cite web | title=Roberta Weiss | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/roberta_weiss | access-date=18 August 2025 | website=Rotten Tomatoes | publisher=Fandango Media / NBCUniversal}}</ref> |- | 1983 || ''The Terry Fox Story'' || Jeannie (uncredited) || Television film || <ref name="TCMf" /> |- | 1983 || ''The Dead Zone'' || Alma Frechette || Theatrical film || <ref name="AFIf">{{cite web | title=Roberta Weiss | url=https://catalog.afi.com/Person/334458-Roberta-Weiss | access-date=18 August 2025 | website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films | publisher=American Film Institute}}</ref><ref name="TCMf" /> |- | 1983 || ''Cross-Country'' || Alma Jean || Theatrical film || <ref name="TCMf" /><ref name="RTfW" /> |- | 1985 || ''The Hitchhiker'' || Roseanne Lucas || 1 episode || <ref name="RTfW" /> |- | 1985 || ''Perry Mason Returns'' || Laura Gordon || Television film || <ref name="TCMf" /><ref name="RTfW" /> |- | 1986 || ''Abducted'' || Renee || Theatrical film || <ref name="TCMf" /><ref name="RTfW" /> |- | 1986 || ''Courage'' || Roberta || Television film || <ref name="TCMf" /> |- | 1987 || ''High Stakes'' || Terri Carson || Theatrical film || <ref name="TCMf" /><ref name="RTfW" /> |- | 1988 || ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' || Tirina Clark || 1 episode || <ref name="RTfB">{{cite web | title=Roberta Bizeau | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/roberta_bizeau | access-date=18 August 2025 | website=Rotten Tomatoes | publisher=Fandango Media / NBCUniversal}}</ref> |- | 1988 || ''{{ILL|Man Eaters (1988 film) |fr |Mangeuses d'hommes |lt=Man Eaters}}'' || Elizabeth || Theatrical film || <ref name="TCMf" /><ref name="RTfW" /> |- | 1988 || ''Shades of Love: Tangerine Taxi'' || Evan Moore || Television film || <ref name="RTfW" /> |- | 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'' || <ref name="RTfB" /> |- | 1990 || ''La danse du scorpion'' (''Frame-Up Blues'') || Camille de Vito || Television film || <ref name="RTfB" /> |- | 1990 || ''Charles in Charge'' || Miss Spelling || 1 episode || <ref name="RTfB" /> |- | 1993 | ''Counterstrike'' | Eve<!--Screen credit--> Jeffries<!--from Dialog--> | Episode: "French Twist" | <!--verified by primary source--> |}
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==External links== * {{AFI person|334458-Roberta-Weiss}} * {{TCMDb name|id=203775%7C0}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes person|id=roberta_weiss |name=Roberta Weiss}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes person|id=roberta_bizeau |name=Roberta Bizeau}} * {{IMDb name|id=0919156}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Weiss, Roberta}} Category:1961 births Category:Canadian television actresses Category:Canadian soap opera actresses Category:Jewish Canadian actresses Category:Living people Category:People from Medicine Hat Category:20th-century Canadian actresses Category:21st-century Canadian actresses