Tamara Dobson cut an imposing figure in films (Baltimore Sun)

Critical Eye ÀøÀÀßÀby.buro Nick Madigan Sun Reporter It was revolutionary, 30 years ago, to see a black woman not only lay waste to hoodlums in a movie but boss around every cop she came across. And yet, Tamara Dobson, the striking, statuesque Baltimore-born actress who died last week at 61, did just that as Cleopatra Jones, a groundbreaking female action hero and a leading figure in the "blaxploitation" cinema of the 1970s. In the first of two movies built around ...