> Star of Cleopatra Jones Films Dies
>
> Oct 5, 8:11 AM (ET)
>
> BALTIMORE (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 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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