Pam Grier
Born May 26, 1949 (Age: 76)
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Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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).
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).
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Filmography
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Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 71
Beautiful Like a Poem
2020
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 70
Poms
2019
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as Olive
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Age: 69
The Man with the Iron Fists
2012
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as Jane
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Age: 63
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
2012
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as Detective Barrick
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Age: 62
Larry Crowne
2011
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as Frances
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Age: 62
Just Wright
2010
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as Janice Wright
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Age: 60
Bad Girls Behind Bars
2005
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as Alabama (archive footage)
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Age: 56
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
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as Self
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Age: 53
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
2002
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as Self
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Age: 53
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002
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as Flura Nash
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Age: 53
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
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as Self
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Age: 53
Bones
2001
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as Pearl
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Age: 52
Ghosts of Mars
2001
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as Commander Helena Braddock
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Age: 52
Wilder
2000
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as Detective Della Wilder
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Age: 51
Fortress 2
2000
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as Susan Mendenhall
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Age: 50
Snow Day
2000
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as Tina
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Age: 50
Holy Smoke
1999
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as Carol
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Age: 50
In Too Deep
1999
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as Det. Angela Wilson
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Age: 50
Jawbreaker
1999
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as Detective Vera Cruz
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Age: 49
Family Blessings
1998
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as Mrs. Quincy
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Age: 49
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
1998
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 48
Jackie Brown
1997
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as Jackie Brown
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Age: 48
Fakin' Da Funk
1997
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as Annabelle Lee
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Age: 48
Strip Search
1997
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as Janette
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Age: 47
Mars Attacks!
1996
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as Louise Williams
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Age: 47
Escape from L.A.
1996
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as Hershe Las Palamas
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Age: 47
Original Gangstas
1996
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as Laurie Thompson
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Age: 46
Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man
1996
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as Self
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Age: 46
Badass Supermama
1996
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as (archive footage)
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Age: 46
Posse
1993
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as Phoebe
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Age: 43
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
1992
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as Linda Holman
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Age: 43
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
1991
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as Ms. Wardroe
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Age: 42
Class of 1999
1990
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as Ms. Connors
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Age: 40
The Package
1989
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as Ruth Butler
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Age: 40
Above the Law
1988
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as Delores 'Jacks' Jackson
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Age: 38
The Allnighter
1987
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as Sgt. McLeesh
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Age: 37
On the Edge
1986
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as Cara
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Age: 36
Stand Alone
1985
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as Cathryn Bolan
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Age: 36
Badge of the Assassin
1985
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as Alexandra 'Alie' Horn
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Age: 35
Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983
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as Dust Witch
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Age: 33
Fort Apache, the Bronx
1981
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as Charlotte
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Age: 31
Foxy Brown
1974
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as Foxy Brown
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Age: 24
The Arena
1974
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as Mamawi
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Age: 24
Scream Blacula Scream
1973
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as Lisa Fortier
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Age: 24
Coffy
1973
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as Coffy
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Age: 24
Black Mama, White Mama
1973
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as Lee Daniels
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Age: 23
Hit Man
1972
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as Gozelda
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Age: 23
The Twilight People
1972
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as Ayesa, the Panther Woman
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Age: 23
Cool Breeze
1972
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as Mona
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Age: 22
The Big Doll House
1971
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as Grear
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Age: 21
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
1970
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as Fourth Woman
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Age: 21