Pam Grier
Biography
Pamela Suzette Grier is an American actress. Described by 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).
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1949-05-26
Place of birth
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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Cast
Mars Attacks!
1996
6.41
Jackie Brown
1997
7.36
Ghosts of Mars
2001
5.15
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
1991
6.30
Escape from L.A.
1996
5.87
The Vindicator
1986
4.40
Coffy
1973
6.63
Foxy Brown
1974
6.25
The Big Bird Cage
1972
5.70
Bones
2001
4.75
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002
4.39
In Too Deep
1999
6.37
Class of 1999
1990
6.10
The Package
1989
6.11
Fort Apache, the Bronx
1981
6.50
Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983
6.45
On the Edge
1986
5.90
Above the Law
1988
6.11
Back in the Day
2005
4.70
Sheba, Baby
1975
5.79
Women in Cages
1971
5.02
Original Gangstas
1996
5.60
Black Mama, White Mama
1973
5.40
Holy Smoke
1999
5.70
Twilight of Love
1977
3.75
The Arena
1974
5.40
Posse
1993
5.34
Greased Lightning
1977
6.30
Scream Blacula Scream
1973
5.80
The Big Doll House
1971
5.60
Wilder
2000
4.10
Kings of Cult
2015
7.50
Hit Man
1972
4.94
Snow Day
2000
5.11
Just Wright
2010
6.52
The Allnighter
1987
4.90
Tough Enough
1983
5.10
Fakin' Da Funk
1997
5.70
Love the Hard Way
2002
6.30
Ladies of the House
2008
4.50
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
6.10
Jawbreaker
1999
6.38
Serial Killer
1995
4.31
Feast of All Saints
2001
4.65
Friday Foster
1975
5.99
The Twilight People
1972
4.50
Larry Crowne
2011
6.00
Drum
1976
5.10
First to Die
2003
3.71
Bucktown
1975
5.61
The Man with the Iron Fists
2012
5.50
Cool Breeze
1972
5.08
No Tomorrow
1999
4.38
Mafia
2011
4.09
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
2023
5.57
Cinnamon
2023
6.60
Stand Alone
1985
5.20
Badge of the Assassin
1985
5.00
As We Know It
2023
6.40
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
1970
6.20
Hayley Wagner, Star
1999
3.00
Strip Search
1997
2.00
The Invited
2010
3.21
Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man
1996
5.80
Cleveland Abduction
2015
7.23
Fortress 2
2000
5.10
3 A.M.
2001
5.60
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
8.00
Afro Promo
1997
0.00
Corman's World
2011
7.15
Bad Grandmas
2017
5.00
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
7.04
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
2010
6.70
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
2002
7.70
Family Blessings
1998
6.00
Badass Supermama
1996
1.00
Poms
2019
6.60
Being Rose
2017
6.50
A Christmas Wish
2019
6.50
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
1998
5.00
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
0.00
QT8: The First Eight
2019
7.19
Bad Girls Behind Bars
2005
0.50
Mystery Cuddlers
2024
0.00
All Saints: The Video
1998
0.00
Beautiful Like a Poem
2020
0.00