Best known for her role as Cleopatra Jones in the Cleopatra Jones movies, Baltimore actress Tamara Dobson passed away at Keswick Multicare Center on Monday from complications from pneumonia and multiple sclerosis. She was 59. A representative for Keswick refused to comment.

The 6-foot-2-inch tall actress, who made it into the Guinness Book of World Records for being the tallest leading lady in film, grew up in Baltimore, attending Western High School and obtaining a degree in fashion illustration from MICA. She became a professional model for several magazines, including Vogue, Redbook and Essence. Her signature Afro and exotic way ofdressing made her one of the coolest black female leads in the blaxploitation films of the ?70s.