Tami Erin

The woman who played Pippi Longstocking says she has a good excuse for attacking her roommate -- she claims the man was secretly filming her ... TMZ has learned. Tami Erin says she caught the man "filming me without my knowledge in my private environment and I was defending myself." TMZ broke the…

Tami Erin -- who played the title role in the 1988 movie "The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking" and is now pretty smokin' hot -- was arrested for assault on Thursday for allegedly roughing up her roommate ... TMZ has learned. According to Walnut Creek PD in northern California, Erin was placed…