Pam Grier
Acting
- Born:
- 1949-05-26
- Place of birth:
- 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).
Known For
Filmography
The Way Things Seem to Be
Breakdown: 1975
Mystery Cuddlers
As We Know It
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
Cinnamon
Sherri
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Them
How It Feels to Be Free
The Great North
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Beautiful Like a Poem
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
A Christmas Wish
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Poms
Bless This Mess
Being Rose
Bad Grandmas
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
This Is Us
Kings of Cult
Cleveland Abduction
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
The Man with the Iron Fists
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
Corman's World
Larry Crowne
Bob's Burgers
Mafia
Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
Just Wright
The Invited
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Ladies of the House
Bad Girls Behind Bars
Back in the Day
The L Word
A Decade Under the Influence
Love the Hard Way
First to Die
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
BaadAsssss Cinema
Justice League
Feast of All Saints
Bones
Smallville
Strange Frequency
Ghosts of Mars
3 A.M.
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
Wilder
Fortress 2
Snow Day
No Tomorrow
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Hayley Wagner, Star
Holy Smoke
In Too Deep
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Jawbreaker
Family Blessings
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
All Saints: The Video
Hollywood Squares
The Wild Thornberrys
Linc's
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
Jackie Brown
The View
Fakin' Da Funk
Strip Search
Afro Promo
Mars Attacks!
E! True Hollywood Story
Escape from L.A.
The Daily Show
Original Gangstas
Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man
Badass Supermama
MADtv
Serial Killer
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
The Wayans Bros.
Intimate Portrait
The Sinbad Show
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Posse
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
Martin
Pacific Station
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Class of 1999
The Package
Monsters
Above the Law
Frank's Place
The Allnighter
Crime Story
On the Edge
The Vindicator
Stand Alone
Badge of the Assassin
The Cosby Show
Miami Vice
Night Court
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Tough Enough
Fort Apache, the Bronx
Knots Landing
Roots: The Next Generations
The Love Boat
Greased Lightning
Twilight of Love
Drum
Friday Foster
Bucktown
Sheba, Baby
People's Choice Awards
Foxy Brown
The Arena
Scream Blacula Scream
Coffy
Black Mama, White Mama
Hit Man
The Big Bird Cage
The Twilight People
Cool Breeze
Women in Cages
The Big Doll House
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Diggin’ Up "Bones"
Faith
Baby of the Family