Pam Grier
Actor

Pam Grier

1 Movies
1 TV Shows
2 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 2
Birthday May 26, 1949 (77 years old)
Place of Birth Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Also Known As Pam Greer , Pamela Grier, Pamela Suzette Grier, εΈ•ε§†Β·ζ Όι‡ŒηˆΎ
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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).

Filmography (140)

The Way Things Seem to Be 2026
Mystery Cuddlers 2024
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines 2023
Cinnamon 2023
As We Know It 2023
Sherri 2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show 2022
How It Feels to Be Free 2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend 2021
Them 2021
The Great North 2021
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness 2020
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies 2020
Beautiful Like a Poem 2020
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time 2020
Poms 2019
A Christmas Wish 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show 2019
Bless This Mess 2019
Bad Grandmas 2017
Being Rose 2017
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) 2016
This Is Us 2016
Kings of Cult 2015
Cleveland Abduction 2015
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking 2013
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic 2013
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day 2012
The Man with the Iron Fists 2012
Larry Crowne 2011
Mafia 2011
Corman's World 2011
Bob's Burgers 2011
Just Wright 2010
The Invited 2010
Machete Maidens Unleashed! 2010
Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1 2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen 2009
Celebrity Ghost Stories 2009
Ladies of the House 2008
Back in the Day 2005
Bad Girls Behind Bars 2005
The L Word 2004
Love the Hard Way 2003
First to Die 2003
A Decade Under the Influence 2003
The Adventures of Pluto Nash 2002
BaadAsssss Cinema 2002
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down 2002
Ghosts of Mars 2001
Bones 2001
Feast of All Saints 2001
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures 2001
3 A.M. 2001
Smallville 2001
Justice League 2001
Strange Frequency 2001
Wilder 2000
Snow Day 2000
Fortress 2 2000
In Too Deep 1999
Holy Smoke 1999
Jawbreaker 1999
No Tomorrow 1999
Hayley Wagner, Star 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn 1999
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am 1998
Family Blessings 1998
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor 1998
All Saints: The Video 1998
The Wild Thornberrys 1998
Linc's 1998
Hollywood Squares 1998
Jackie Brown 1997
Fakin' Da Funk 1997
Strip Search 1997
Afro Promo 1997
The View 1997
Mars Attacks! 1996
Escape from L.A. 1996
Original Gangstas 1996
Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man 1996
Badass Supermama 1996
E! True Hollywood Story 1996
The Daily Show 1996
Serial Killer 1995
The Wayans Bros. 1995
MADtv 1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child 1995
Posse 1993
The Sinbad Show 1993
Intimate Portrait 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien 1993
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story 1992
Martin 1992
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey 1991
Pacific Station 1991
Class of 1999 1990
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 1990
The Package 1989
Above the Law 1988
Monsters 1988
The Allnighter 1987
Frank's Place 1987
The Vindicator 1986
On the Edge 1986
Crime Story 1986
Stand Alone 1985
Badge of the Assassin 1985
Night Court 1984
Miami Vice 1984
The Cosby Show 1984
Something Wicked This Way Comes 1983
Tough Enough 1983
Fort Apache, the Bronx 1981
Knots Landing 1979
Roots: The Next Generations 1979
Twilight of Love 1977
Greased Lightning 1977
The Love Boat 1977
Drum 1976
Sheba, Baby 1975
Friday Foster 1975
Bucktown 1975
People's Choice Awards 1975
Foxy Brown 1974
The Arena 1974
Coffy 1973
Black Mama, White Mama 1973
Scream Blacula Scream 1973
The Big Bird Cage 1972
Hit Man 1972
The Twilight People 1972
Cool Breeze 1972
Women in Cages 1971
The Big Doll House 1971
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls 1970
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1962
Diggin’ Up "Bones"