Dead, Not Forgotten

Anybody with their eyes open knows that actors of color have struggled long and hard to get parts that are not based on ethnic stereotypes and cliches.

Now is a good time to give it some thought as we remember Tamara Dobson, the black Baltimore actor that played kung fu-fighting super-hero and super-vixen Cleopatra Jones in the 1973 blaxploitation movie of the same name.

She revived the role for the movie Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold and appeared in the TV shows Jason of Star Command and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

For more information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_Dobson
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0229939/
http://www.answers.com/topic/tamara-dobson

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Princess Irene Galitzine put her spin on the phrase, “Who wears the pants in this family?” when in the 1960s she popularized ornate pants as evening wear. A notable example were the ones worn by Claudia Cardinale in The Pink Panther. It was socially acceptible for women to wear pants long before Princess Galitzine’s designs, but hers were the first to become high fashion.
Galitzine died at her home in Rome on October 18, 2006.

For more information:

http://www.galitzine.it/
http://www.answers.com/topic/irene-galitzine-1

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