Pam Grier
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1949-05-26 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Pam Grier
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).
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Known For
Acting
All Saints: The Video
as Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2024)
Mystery Cuddlers
as Juniper
(2023)
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
as Majorie Washburn
(2023)
(2023)
Cinnamon
as Mama
(2021)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
How It Feels to Be Free
as Self (archival footage)
(2020)
(2020)
(2019)
QT8: The First Eight
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Poms
as Olive
(2019)
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
A Christmas Wish
as Mary
(2017)
Bad Grandmas
as Coralee
(2017)
Being Rose
as Lily
(2016)
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
as Self (archive footage)
(2015)
Cleveland Abduction
as Carla
(2015)
Kings of Cult
as (archive footage)
(2013)
(2013)
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
as Self (archive footage)
(2012)
The Man with the Iron Fists
as Jane
(2012)
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
as Detective Barrick
(2011)
Larry Crowne
as Frances
(2011)
Corman's World
as Self - Actress
(2011)
Mafia
as James Womack
(2010)
Just Wright
as Janice Wright
(2010)
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
as Self
(2010)
(2010)
The Invited
as Zelda
(2008)
Ladies of the House
as Birdie
(2005)
Back in the Day
as Mrs. Cooper
(2005)
Bad Girls Behind Bars
as Alabama (archive footage)
(2003)
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
as Self (archive footage)
(2003)
A Decade Under the Influence
as Self
(2003)
First to Die
as Claire Washburn
(2002)
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
as Flura Nash
(2002)
Love the Hard Way
as Linda Fox
(2002)
BaadAsssss Cinema
as Self
(2002)
(2001)
Ghosts of Mars
as Commander Helena Braddock
(2001)
Bones
as Pearl
(2001)
3 A.M.
as George
(2001)
Feast of All Saints
as Suzette Lermontant
(2001)
(2000)
Snow Day
as Tina
(2000)
Fortress 2
as Susan Mendenhall
(2000)
Wilder
as Detective Della Wilder
(1999)
Jawbreaker
as Detective Vera Cruz
(1999)
Holy Smoke
as Carol
(1999)
In Too Deep
as Det. Angela Wilson
(1999)
No Tomorrow
as Diane
(1999)
Hayley Wagner, Star
as Sam
(1998)
Family Blessings
as Mrs. Quincy
(1998)
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
as Pam Grier
(1998)
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
as Narrator (voice)
(1997)
Jackie Brown
as Jackie Brown
(1997)
Fakin' Da Funk
as Annabelle Lee
(1997)
Strip Search
as Janette
(1997)
Afro Promo
as Self (archive footage)
(1996)
Mars Attacks!
as Louise Williams
(1996)
Escape from L.A.
as Hershe Las Palamas
(1996)
Original Gangstas
as Laurie Thompson
(1996)
(1996)
Badass Supermama
as (archive footage)
(1995)
Serial Killer
as Capt. Maggie Davis
(1993)
Posse
as Phoebe
(1992)
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
as Linda Holman
(1991)
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
as Ms. Wardroe
(1990)
Class of 1999
as Ms. Connors
(1989)
The Package
as Ruth Butler
(1988)
Above the Law
as Delores 'Jacks' Jackson
(1987)
The Allnighter
as Sgt. McLeesh
(1986)
On the Edge
as Cara
(1986)
The Vindicator
as Hunter
(1985)
Stand Alone
as Cathryn Bolan
(1985)
Badge of the Assassin
as Alexandra 'Alie' Horn
(1985)
Miami Vice: The Prodigal Son
as Valerie Gordon
(1983)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
as Dust Witch
(1983)
Tough Enough
as Myra
(1981)
Fort Apache, the Bronx
as Charlotte
(1977)
Greased Lightning
as Mary Jones
(1977)
Twilight of Love
as Sandra
(1976)
Drum
as Regine
(1975)
Sheba, Baby
as Sheba Shayne
(1975)
Friday Foster
as Friday Foster
(1975)
Bucktown
as Aretha
(1974)
Foxy Brown
as Foxy Brown
(1974)
The Arena
as Mamawi
(1973)
Coffy
as Coffy
(1973)
Scream Blacula Scream
as Lisa Fortier
(1973)
Black Mama, White Mama
as Lee Daniels
(1972)
The Big Bird Cage
as Blossom
(1972)
Hit Man
as Gozelda
(1972)
Twilight People
as Ayesa, the Panther Woman
(1972)
Cool Breeze
as Mona
(1971)
Women in Cages
as Alabama
(1971)
The Big Doll House
as Grear
(1970)
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
as Fourth Woman
Crew
(1990)