October 05, 2006 @ 11:31 am

Actress Tamara Dobson, Star of 'Cleopatra Jones,' Dies At 59

Mariel Concepcion

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Dobson, who was diagnosed with MS six years ago, passed away at Baltimore's Keswick Multi-Care Center, the rehabiliation center where she had lived for the past two years, reports the Associated Press. right Besides starring in 1973's and 1975's Cleopatra Jones, and modeling for magazines such as Vogue, Essence, and Ebony, to list a few, Dobson also appeared in the movies Come Back; Charleston Blue; Norman, Is That You?; Murder at the World Series and Chained Heat. In the early '80s she had TV roles in Jason of Star Command and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century and appeared in ads for both Chanel and Revlon. In 2002, Cleopatra Jones was parodied in the movie Austin Powers in Goldmember, which starred Mike Myers and Beyonce Knowles as Foxxy Cleopatra. As if those accomplishments weren't enough, Dobson was also recognized by the Guiness Book of World Records as the "Tallest Leading Lady in Film." "It was tough going through that debilitating disease, especially with her athleticism and involvement in karate," Peter Dobson says. "That was something she had to fight, and that fight was horrendous ... and being a proud individual, the fight was even harder for her." "She was the perfect combination of power and kindness," he added. Ms. Dobson is survived by her brother, Peter, and sister, Darilyn, a model who became known as the Palmer's Cocoa Butter girl. She was also a devoted aunt to her brother's three children: Kaleb, 10; Valyn, 12; and Aaron, 17.

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