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Rest In Peace Tamara Dobson (aka Cleopatra Jones)

Hey folks. Quint here. Tamara Dobson was a very popular actress during the big blaxploitation craze of the '70s. She didn't make quite as big a splash, or quite as many films, as someone like Pam Grier, but she found herself as the leading lady in the running CLEOPATRA JONES series. The first film she fought back against an evil drug lord Shelley Winters and the second, CLEOPATRA JONES AND THE CASINO OF GOLD, she has to beat down Stella Stevens' lesbian underground leader, The Dragon Lady.

While she didn't appear in many films, she did show up again in the obscure Redd Foxx comedy, NORMAN, IS THAT YOU? and the WIP exploitation classic CHAINED HEAT. Sci-Fi fans might recognize her from a guest appearance she made on BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY.

She died at the young age of 59 of complications from pneumonia and multiple sclerosis on Monday. My thoughts go out to her friends, family and fans.



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by Malebolgia
Oct 6th, 2006
03:43:11 PM
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by mrgreentheplant
Oct 6th, 2006
03:49:11 PM
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by Capfan
Oct 6th, 2006
03:53:09 PM
Whenever I Thought of Tamara...
by Read and Shut Up
Oct 6th, 2006
04:11:03 PM
When did she have her siamese twin removed?
by Vim Fuego
Oct 6th, 2006
04:11:48 PM
So long, Cleo...
by RobinP
Oct 6th, 2006
04:12:19 PM
TOO SOON!!!
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Oct 6th, 2006
04:31:50 PM
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Oct 6th, 2006
04:49:18 PM
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Oct 6th, 2006
04:55:27 PM
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Oct 6th, 2006
05:03:43 PM
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by Read and Shut Up
Oct 6th, 2006
05:15:55 PM
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by glodene
Oct 6th, 2006
05:24:01 PM
R.I.P.
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Oct 6th, 2006
05:31:59 PM
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Oct 6th, 2006
05:48:48 PM
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by Malebolgia
Oct 6th, 2006
06:03:54 PM
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by Mister Man
Oct 6th, 2006
06:56:41 PM
RIP
by Darth Thoth
Oct 6th, 2006
08:00:00 PM
RIP
by Darth Thoth
Oct 6th, 2006
08:00:26 PM
I'm sorry the woman died but seriously
by Hervoyel
Oct 6th, 2006
10:55:16 PM
"Hasn't lost shit here"??????
by Mister Man
Oct 6th, 2006
11:06:00 PM
R.I.P. --and fuck you haters!!
by Daddylonghead
Oct 6th, 2006
11:42:13 PM
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by ian216a
Oct 6th, 2006
11:50:37 PM
Yeah, fuck Tamara Dobson...
by ScarranHalfBreed
Oct 7th, 2006
01:06:35 AM
Cleopatra Jones is one of my favorites
by Vern
Oct 7th, 2006
01:30:25 AM
Greeeekhammer....
by Negator76
Oct 7th, 2006
01:36:02 AM
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Oct 7th, 2006
01:37:14 AM
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Oct 7th, 2006
01:38:33 AM
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by Negator76
Oct 7th, 2006
01:40:16 AM
Sorry,
by Negator76
Oct 7th, 2006
01:43:58 AM
as for the Greekhammer
by Vern
Oct 7th, 2006
01:50:15 AM
Rest in: PEACE!
by Cult Exiter
Oct 7th, 2006
03:58:22 AM
R.I.Peace
by Cult Exiter
Oct 7th, 2006
03:58:59 AM
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by Cult Exiter
Oct 7th, 2006
04:05:16 AM
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by BannedOnTheRun
Oct 7th, 2006
04:32:36 AM
R.I.P. And now I am officially old...
by Negative Man
Oct 7th, 2006
05:26:42 AM
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Oct 7th, 2006
05:44:13 AM
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by tolomey
Oct 7th, 2006
05:44:54 AM
Cool in AICN
by Movieplex
Oct 7th, 2006
06:24:45 AM
RIP Ms Dobson
by radio1_mike
Oct 7th, 2006
06:48:22 AM
Vern - Kudos
by RobinP
Oct 7th, 2006
06:52:07 AM
These films were Cool.
by proper
Oct 7th, 2006
08:33:59 AM
Retard Generation
by BannedOnTheRun
Oct 7th, 2006
09:57:17 AM
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by DocPazuzu
Oct 7th, 2006
10:00:53 AM
It's a shame that this Talkback has to be about...
by ScarranHalfBreed
Oct 7th, 2006
10:24:10 AM
We've given the teen-tard what he wanted
by Mister Man
Oct 7th, 2006
10:45:39 AM
I remember her as the Jeffersons maid
by batzilla
Oct 7th, 2006
11:17:24 AM
Thanks, Vern
by tucson
Oct 7th, 2006
12:12:01 PM
Right On, Sweet Sista!!!
by utz_world
Oct 7th, 2006
12:31:27 PM
RIP
by Athanatos
Oct 7th, 2006
02:11:03 PM
Cleopatra Jones and Marcus Antonio
by thebearovingian
Oct 7th, 2006
04:30:39 PM
Fantastic Four
by TomRothman
Oct 7th, 2006
11:03:28 PM
Mr. Rothman - Go to Hell.
by glodene
Oct 7th, 2006
11:57:04 PM
But what about Eduardo Mignogna? Where's his obit?
by Hervoyel
Oct 8th, 2006
03:36:34 AM
holy shit, vern
by BadMrWonka
Oct 8th, 2006
04:23:14 AM
oh, and by the way
by BadMrWonka
Oct 8th, 2006
04:27:43 AM
they just ran one last night.
by El Borak
Oct 8th, 2006
10:13:39 AM
RIP
by MRJONZ72
Oct 9th, 2006
07:29:03 AM
thegreekhammer
by glodene
Oct 9th, 2006
01:57:24 PM
When you try to apologize, greekhammer...
by Traveler 27
Oct 9th, 2006
02:30:00 PM
To the Lady Tamara Dobson, aka Cleopatra Jones...
by Traveler 27
Oct 9th, 2006
02:34:24 PM

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