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Pam Grier
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Pam Grier
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Acting
Birthday
1949-05-26,Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress. Described by director Quentin Tarantino as cinema's first female action star, she achieved fame for her starring roles in a string of 1970s action, blaxploitation, and women in prison films for American International Pictures and New World Pictures. Her accolades include nominations for an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Satellite Award, and a Saturn Award. Grier came to prominence with her titular roles in the films Coffy (1973) and Foxy Brown (1974); her other major films during this period included The Big Doll House (1971), Women in Cages (1971), The Big Bird Cage (1972), Black Mama, White Mama (1973), Scream Blacula Scream (1973), The Arena (1974), Sheba, Baby (1975), Bucktown (1975), and Friday Foster (1975). She portrayed the title character in Quentin Tarantino's crime film Jackie Brown (1997), and also appeared in Escape from L.A. (1996), Jawbreaker (1999), Holy Smoke!, (1999), Bones (2001), Just Wright (2010), Larry Crowne (2011), and Poms (2019). On television, Grier portrayed Eleanor Winthrop in the Showtime comedy-drama series Linc's (1998–2000), Kate "Kit" Porter on the Showtime drama series The L Word (2004–2009), and Constance Terry in the ABC sitcom Bless This Mess (2019–2020). She received praise for her work in the animated series Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1999).

Filmography

6.416

Mars Attacks!
1996-12-13

7.358

Jackie Brown
1997-12-25

5.1

Ghosts of Mars
2001-08-14

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

6.284

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
1991-07-19

Escape from L.A.

5.9

Escape from L.A.
1996-08-09

4.5

The Vindicator
1986-02-14

6.615

Coffy
1973-06-13

6.246

Foxy Brown
1974-04-05

The Big Bird Cage

5.584

The Big Bird Cage
1972-07-01

4.861

Bones
2001-10-24

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

4.399

The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002-08-16

6.4

In Too Deep
1999-08-25

6.07

Class of 1999
1990-04-01

6.133

The Package
1989-08-25

Fort Apache, the Bronx

6.47

Fort Apache, the Bronx
1981-02-06

Something Wicked This Way Comes

6.4

Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983-04-29

5.417

On the Edge
1986-05-02

6.119

Above the Law
1988-04-08

Back in the Day

4.917

Back in the Day
2005-05-24

5.7

Sheba, Baby
1975-03-26

5.007

Women in Cages
1971-10-19

Original Gangstas

5.6

Original Gangstas
1996-05-10

Black Mama, White Mama

5.323

Black Mama, White Mama
1973-01-19

5.652

Holy Smoke
1999-09-04

Twilight of Love

3.2

Twilight of Love
1977-05-19

5.292

The Arena
1974-03-13

5.314

Posse
1993-05-14

Greased Lightning

6.288

Greased Lightning
1977-07-01

Scream Blacula Scream

5.779

Scream Blacula Scream
1973-06-27

The Big Doll House

5.6

The Big Doll House
1971-04-30

4.1

Wilder
2000-11-01

7.5

Kings of Cult
2015-09-02

4.7

Hit Man
1972-12-20

5.1

Snow Day
2000-02-11

6.5

Just Wright
2010-05-14

4.683

The Allnighter
1987-05-01

5.1

Tough Enough
1983-04-14

5.7

Fakin' Da Funk
1997-07-20

Love the Hard Way

6.2

Love the Hard Way
2003-03-27

Ladies of the House

4.5

Ladies of the House
2008-10-18

BaadAsssss Cinema

5.891

BaadAsssss Cinema
2002-08-14

6.382

Jawbreaker
1999-01-30

4.3

Serial Killer
1995-10-05

Feast of All Saints

4.4

Feast of All Saints
2001-11-11

5.9

Friday Foster
1975-12-25

The Twilight People

4.5

The Twilight People
1972-06-01

5.994

Larry Crowne
2011-06-30

4.8

Drum
1976-07-30

3.7

First to Die
2003-02-23

5.6

Bucktown
1975-07-02

Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day

3.7

Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
2012-04-13

The Man with the Iron Fists

5.5

The Man with the Iron Fists
2012-11-02

4.8

Cool Breeze
1972-03-29

4.1

No Tomorrow
1999-10-19

4.25

Mafia
2011-01-01

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

5.561

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
2023-09-23

6.6

Cinnamon
2023-06-11

5.2

Stand Alone
1985-09-01

Badge of the Assassin

5.4

Badge of the Assassin
1985-01-04

6.4

As We Know It
2023-11-24

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

6.8

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001-05-01

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

6.136

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
1970-06-17

Hayley Wagner, Star

3

Hayley Wagner, Star
1999-09-19

1.8

Strip Search
1997-04-02

3.577

The Invited
2010-01-01

Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man

5.8

Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man
1996-04-10

Cleveland Abduction

7.2

Cleveland Abduction
2015-05-02

5.1

Fortress 2
2000-03-02

5.712

3 A.M.
2001-07-01

A Decade Under the Influence

7.939

A Decade Under the Influence
2003-04-25

0

Afro Promo
1997-01-31

7.08

Corman's World
2011-12-16

5

Bad Grandmas
2017-11-03

Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking

6.7

Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
2013-01-10

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

7

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013-04-23

Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am

0

Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
1998-01-01

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

6.569

Machete Maidens Unleashed!
2010-10-15

Jackie Brown: How It Went Down

7.7

Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
2002-08-20

Family Blessings

6

Family Blessings
1998-12-06

Badass Supermama

1

Badass Supermama
1996-01-01

6.536

Poms
2019-05-09

6.5

Being Rose
2017-11-09

A Christmas Wish

6.5

A Christmas Wish
2019-11-28

Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)

0

Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
2016-10-16

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

6.8

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020-04-21

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

6.519

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020-08-18

Pete Rock: Soul Survivor

5

Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
1998-11-10

How It Feels to Be Free

0

How It Feels to Be Free
2021-01-18

A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story

7

A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
1992-11-29

Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1

7

Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1
2010-12-03

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

5

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021-01-02

Bad Girls Behind Bars

0.5

Bad Girls Behind Bars
2005-06-12

Mystery Cuddlers

0

Mystery Cuddlers
2024-11-18

All Saints: The Video

0

All Saints: The Video
1998-10-23

Beautiful Like a Poem

0

Beautiful Like a Poem
2020-05-11

7.281

Night Court
1984-01-04

7.668

Martin
1992-08-27

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

7.92

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990-09-10

7.439

Miami Vice
1984-09-16

The Wayans Bros.

7.208

The Wayans Bros.
1995-01-11

The Sinbad Show

6

The Sinbad Show
1993-09-16

The Wild Thornberrys

7

The Wild Thornberrys
1998-09-01

4.3

The View
1997-08-11

E! True Hollywood Story

8.1

E! True Hollywood Story
1996-08-21

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

7.938

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999-09-20

6.7

Knots Landing
1979-12-27

7.649

The L Word
2004-01-18

2

Linc's
1998-08-01

8.191

Smallville
2001-10-16

7

MADtv
1995-10-14

Roots: The Next Generations

7.5

Roots: The Next Generations
1979-02-18

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

4.6

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999-03-30

8.197

Justice League
2001-11-17

Intimate Portrait

4.5

Intimate Portrait
1993-11-14

Hollywood Squares

7.3

Hollywood Squares
1998-09-14

The Kelly Clarkson Show

6.3

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019-09-09

3.045

Sherri
2022-09-12

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

6

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995-03-12

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

5

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009-07-16

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.199

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993-09-13

Bless This Mess

6

Bless This Mess
2019-04-16

Celebrity Ghost Stories

7.3

Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009-10-03

7.972

Crime Story
1986-09-19

7.575

Them
2021-04-09

The Great North

6.953

The Great North
2021-01-03

5.6

Frank's Place
1987-09-14

6.396

The Daily Show
1996-07-22

6.253

The Love Boat
1977-09-24

8.224

This Is Us
2016-09-20

The Jennifer Hudson Show

5.603

The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022-09-12

Pacific Station

5

Pacific Station
1991-09-15

7.439

Miami Vice
1984-09-16

7.01

The Cosby Show
1984-09-20

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.5

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01

7.838

Bob's Burgers
2011-01-09

People's Choice Awards

9

People's Choice Awards
1975-03-04