Pam Grier
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.
Known for
ActingBirthday
May 26, 1949Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
94Place of birth
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USAAlso known as
Pam Greer , Pamela Grier, Pamela Suzette Grier, å¸•å§†Â·æ ¼é‡Œçˆ¾Cast credits
Mars Attacks!
Louise WilliamsJackie Brown
Jackie BrownBill & Ted's Bogus Journey
Ms. WardroeGhosts of Mars
Commander Helena BraddockEscape from L.A.
Hershe Las PalamasThe Vindicator
HunterCoffy
"Coffy" CoffinFoxy Brown
Foxy BrownBones
PearlIn Too Deep
Det. Angela WilsonThe Big Bird Cage
BlossomClass of 1999
Ms. ConnorsFort Apache, the Bronx
CharlotteThe Adventures of Pluto Nash
Flura NashThe Package
Ruth ButlerSomething Wicked This Way Comes
Dust WitchOn the Edge
CaraAbove the Law
Delores 'Jacks' JacksonBack in the Day
Mrs. CooperSheba, Baby
Sheba ShayneWomen in Cages
Alabama