Pam Grier

Pam Grier

  • Birthday: 1949-05-26
  • Place of birth: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
  • Also know as: Pam Greer

Biography

Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949) 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Pam Grier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Jackie Brown

1997

As Jackie Brown

Coffy

1973

As "Coffy" Coffin

Foxy Brown

1974

As Foxy Brown

The Big Bird Cage

1972

As Blossom

Sheba, Baby

1975

As Sheba Shayne

Black Mama, White Mama

1973

As Lee Daniels

The Arena

1974

As Mamawi

Wilder

2000

As Detective Della Wilder

Friday Foster

1975

As Friday Foster

Bones

2001

As Pearl

On the Edge

1986

As Cara

Above the Law

1988

As Delores 'Jacks' Jackson

Twilight of Love

1977

As Sandra

The Big Doll House

1971

As Grear

Hit Man

1972

As Gozelda (as Pamela Grier)

Drum

1976

As Regine

Bucktown

1975

As Aretha

Mafia

2011

As James Womack

Stand Alone

1985

As Cathryn Bolan

Strip Search

1997

As Janette

Bad Grandmas

2017

As Coralee

Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am

1998

As Narrator (voice)

Badass Supermama

1996

As (archive footage)

Ghosts of Mars

2001

As Commander Helena Braddock

Greased Lightning

1977

As Mary Jones

Scream Blacula Scream

1973

As Lisa Fortier

Fakin' Da Funk

1997

As Annabelle Lee

Ladies of the House

2008

As Birdie

Original Gangstas

1996

As Laurie Thompson

Being Rose

2017

As Lily

The Vindicator

1986

As Hunter

Women in Cages

1971

As Alabama

Tough Enough

1983

As Myra

BaadAsssss Cinema

2002

As Self

Serial Killer

1995

As Capt. Maggie Davis

No Tomorrow

1999

As Diane

Badge of the Assassin

1985

As Alexandra 'Alie' Horn

The Invited

2010

As Zelda

How It Feels to Be Free

2021

As Self (archival footage)

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

1991

As Ms. Wardroe

Love the Hard Way

2003

As Linda Fox

Jawbreaker

1999

As Detective Vera Cruz

Twilight People

1972

As Ayesa, the Panther Woman

Larry Crowne

2011

As Frances

Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day

2012

As Detective Barrick

Cleveland Abduction

2015

As Carla

Afro Promo

1997

As Self (archive footage)

A Christmas Wish

2019

As Mary

Kings of Cult

2015

As (archive footage)

Cinnamon

2023

As Mama

Escape from L.A.

1996

As Hershe Las Palamas

Class of 1999

1990

As Ms. Connors

Fort Apache, the Bronx

1981

As Charlotte

The Package

1989

As Ruth Butler

Posse

1993

As Phoebe

Just Wright

2010

As Janice Wright

Fortress 2

2000

As Susan Mendenhall

Family Blessings

1998

As Mrs. Quincy

In Too Deep

1999

As Det. Angela Wilson

Back in the Day

2005

As Mrs. Cooper

The Allnighter

1987

As Sgt. McLeesh

Feast of All Saints

2001

As Suzette Lermontant

Cool Breeze

1972

As Mona (as Pamela Grier)

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

2023

As Majorie Washburn

Poms

2019

As Olive

Snow Day

2000

As Tina

Pete Rock: Soul Survivor

1998

As Pam Grier

First to Die

2003

As Claire Washburn

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

2002

As Flura Nash

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

2016

As Self (archive footage)

3 A.M.

2001

As George

Holy Smoke

1999

As Carol

Mars Attacks!

1996

As Louise Williams

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

2003

As Self (archive footage)

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

2019

As Self (archive footage)

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

2013

As Self (archive footage)

QT8: The First Eight

2019

As Self (archive footage)

Corman's World

2011

As Self - Actress

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

1970

As Fourth Woman (as Pamela Grier)

Production

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