Pam Grier
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Pam Grier

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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).

Films Featuring Pam Grier

Mars Attacks!

19966.4

Jackie Brown

19977.4

Ghosts of Mars

20015.2

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

19916.3

Escape from L.A.

19965.9

The Vindicator

19864.7

Coffy

19736.6

Foxy Brown

19746.3

The Big Bird Cage

19725.6

Bones

20014.9

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

20024.4

In Too Deep

19996.4

Class of 1999

19906.0

The Package

19896.1

Fort Apache, the Bronx

19816.5

Something Wicked This Way Comes

19836.5

On the Edge

19866.1

Above the Law

19886.1

Back in the Day

20055.2

Sheba, Baby

19755.7

Women in Cages

19715.1

Original Gangstas

19965.6

Black Mama, White Mama

19735.4

Holy Smoke

19995.7

Twilight of Love

19774.2

The Arena

19745.3

Posse

19935.4

Greased Lightning

19776.4

Scream Blacula Scream

19735.9

The Big Doll House

19715.6

Wilder

20004.4

Hit Man

19725.4

Kings of Cult

20157.7

Snow Day

20005.1

Just Wright

20106.5

The Allnighter

19874.7

Tough Enough

19835.6

Fakin' Da Funk

19976.0

Love the Hard Way

20036.3

Ladies of the House

20084.5

BaadAsssss Cinema

20026.0

Jawbreaker

19996.4

Serial Killer

19954.7

Feast of All Saints

20014.8

Friday Foster

19756.1

The Twilight People

19724.6

Larry Crowne

20116.0

Drum

19765.2

First to Die

20034.5

Bucktown

19755.8

Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day

20124.1

The Man with the Iron Fists

20125.5

Cool Breeze

19725.1

No Tomorrow

19994.4

Mafia

20114.3

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

20235.6

Cinnamon

20236.6

Stand Alone

19855.4

Badge of the Assassin

19855.6

As We Know It

20236.4

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

20017.4

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

19706.1

Hayley Wagner, Star

19995.0

Strip Search

19972.8

The Invited

20103.9

Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man

19965.8

Cleveland Abduction

20157.2

Fortress 2

20005.1

3 A.M.

20015.8

A Decade Under the Influence

20037.9

Afro Promo

19978.0

Corman's World

20117.0

Bad Grandmas

20175.0

Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking

20136.7

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

20137.1

Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am

1998

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

20106.6

Jackie Brown: How It Went Down

20027.7

Family Blessings

19985.8

Badass Supermama

19963.7

Poms

20196.6

Being Rose

20175.8

A Christmas Wish

20196.5

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

2016

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

20206.0

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

20206.5

Pete Rock: Soul Survivor

19985.0

How It Feels to Be Free

2021

A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story

19927.7

Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1

20107.0

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

20215.0

Bad Girls Behind Bars

20050.5

Mystery Cuddlers

2024

All Saints: The Video

19989.0

Beautiful Like a Poem

2020

The Way Things Seem to Be

20262.0

Diggin’ Up "Bones"

Breakdown: 1975

20256.8