> 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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