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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