Tamara Dobson - Cleopatra Jones has died

[Hmph]

she was my version of Barbie and could whup your ass too. for me she was a better role model than Barbie. working woman and didn't take nonsense from anyone, but also reminded you she was a woman by dressing like a diva.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/ ... index.html

'Cleopatra Jones' actress dead

POSTED: 7:57 a.m. EDT, October 5, 2006

BALTIMORE, Maryland (AP) -- Tamara Dobson, the tall, stunning model-turned-actress who portrayed a strong female role as Cleopatra Jones in two "blaxploitation" films, has died.

Dobson, 59, died Monday of complications from pneumonia and multiple sclerosis at the Keswick Multi-Care Center, where she had lived for the past two years, her publicist said.

At 6 feet, 2 inches tall, Dobson was striking as the kung-fu fighting government agent Cleopatra Jones (see poster - http://www.movieposter.com/poster/A70-9 ... Jones.html) in 1973. She reprised the role in 1975's "Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold."

"She was not afraid to start a trend," said her brother, Peter Dobson, of Houston. "She designed a lot of the clothing that so many women emulated."

Dobson also appeared in "Come Back, Charleston Blue," "Norman, Is That You?" "Murder at the World Series" and "Chained Heat."

She had TV roles in the early 1980s in "Jason of Star Command" and "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century."

Dobson lived most of her adult life in New York, her family said. She was diagnosed six years ago with multiple sclerosis.

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[MsNikaPooh]

How many of us dressed up as Cleopatra Jones or Foxxy Brown as kids for holloween. I know I did more than once and the movies were before my time almost LOL. She will be missed. I think I am going to have to do a #1 DIVA Blockbuster weekend in her honor.

[Hmph]

the blockbuster thing is a good idea. I haven't seen Cleopatra Jones in so long too.