- The "Guinness Book of World Records" recognizes the 6'2" Dobson as the tallest leading lady ever in film.
- A former fashion model who appeared in "Vogue", "Essence", "Mademoiselle", "Redbook" and "Ebony" magazines, she made a brief dent in 1970s blaxploitation flicks.
- Received a special tribute as part of the Annual Memorial tribute at The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007).
- Prior to making films, she appeared in some 25 television commercials.
- Started working life as a licensed beautician. She also held a degree in fashion illustration from the Maryland Institute of Art.
- Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2000.
- Profiled in "Women of Blaxploitation: How the Black Action Film Heroine Changed American Popular Culture" by Yvonne D. Sims (McFarland, 2006).
- Her name was mentioned by Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) in Spike Lee's movie BlacKkKlansman (2018).
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