
Pam Grier
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).
Acting (95 movies)

Mars Attacks!
1996

Jackie Brown
1997

Ghosts of Mars
2001

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
1991

Escape from L.A.
1996

The Vindicator
1986

Coffy
1973

Foxy Brown
1974

The Big Bird Cage
1972

Bones
2001

The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002

In Too Deep
1999

Class of 1999
1990

The Package
1989

Fort Apache, the Bronx
1981

Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983

On the Edge
1986

Above the Law
1988

Back in the Day
2005

Sheba, Baby
1975

Women in Cages
1971

Original Gangstas
1996

Black Mama, White Mama
1973

Holy Smoke
1999

Twilight of Love
1977

The Arena
1974

Posse
1993

Greased Lightning
1977

Scream Blacula Scream
1973

The Big Doll House
1971

Wilder
2000

Hit Man
1972

Kings of Cult
2015

Snow Day
2000

Just Wright
2010

The Allnighter
1987

Tough Enough
1983

Fakin' Da Funk
1997

Love the Hard Way
2002

Ladies of the House
2008

BaadAsssss Cinema
2002

Jawbreaker
1999

Serial Killer
1995

Feast of All Saints
2001

Friday Foster
1975

The Twilight People
1972

Larry Crowne
2011

Drum
1976

First to Die
2003

Bucktown
1975

Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
2012

The Man with the Iron Fists
2012

Cool Breeze
1972

No Tomorrow
1999

Mafia
2011

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
2023

Cinnamon
2023

Stand Alone
1985

Badge of the Assassin
1985

As We Know It
2023

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
1970

Hayley Wagner, Star
1999

Strip Search
1997

The Invited
2010

Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man
1996

Cleveland Abduction
2015

Fortress 2
2000

3 A.M.
2001

A Decade Under the Influence
2003

Afro Promo
1997

Corman's World
2011

Bad Grandmas
2017

Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
2013

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013

Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
1998

Machete Maidens Unleashed!
2010

Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
2002

Family Blessings
1998

Badass Supermama
1996

Poms
2019

Being Rose
2017

A Christmas Wish
2019

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

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020

Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
1998

How It Feels to Be Free
2021

A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
1992

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

Bad Girls Behind Bars
2005

Mystery Cuddlers
2024

All Saints: The Video
1998

Beautiful Like a Poem
2020

Miami Vice ‘The Prodigal Son’
1987
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