Vintage Vamp: Tamara Dobson When remembering blaxploitation movie heroines, most of us immediately think of Pam Grier in "Foxy Brown," but she wasn't the only jive-talkin', pistol-packin' mama ...

Tamara Dobson, the actress best known for her portrayal of government agent Cleopatra Jones in two Hollywood films, has died at the age of 59. Dobson, whose big break came in 1973 when she took on ...

Tamara Dobson, the stunning Amazonian model-turned-actress best known for her leading role in two films as kung fu-fighting government super-agent Cleopatra Jones, died Monday in Baltimore from ...

The program celebrates the early ‘70s genre of Black cinema, and features films wth iconic movie stars Pam Grier, Richard Roundtree, Ron O’Neal, Tamara Dobson, Jim Brown, Vonetta McGee, Fred ...

Subject of Warner Bros. Pictures, American, founded 1923 Tamara Dobson, American, 1947 - 2006 Max Julien, American, 1933 - 2022 Description A promotional poster for the film Cleopatra Jones. Depicted ...

Some people know it because of the music (cue the timeless “Super Fly” soundtrack by Curtis Mayfield); others recognize its Black stars, among them Tamara Dobson, Jim Brown, and Richard Roundtree.

The original movie directed by Jack Starrett starred Tamara Dobson as an undercover government agent who uses her day job of supermodel to go undercover, travel to exotic places and prove herself ...

Over four decades before Taraji P. Henson's turn as a hitwoman in 'Proud Mary,' Tamara Dobson starred in a 1973 crime film that helped popularize the blaxploitation genre.