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Pam Grier

Pam Grier

Actor · Born 1949-05-26 · Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

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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…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Jackie Brown (1997) — Jackie Brown
  2. Mars Attacks! (1996) — Louise Williams
  3. Smallville (2001) — Amanda Waller
  4. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Assistant US Attorney Claudia Williams
  5. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990) — Janice
  6. This Is Us (2016) — Grandma
  7. Escape from L.A. (1996) — Hershe Las Palamas
  8. Larry Crowne (2011) — Frances
  9. Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) — Ms. Wardroe
  10. Ghosts of Mars (2001) — Commander Helena Braddock
  11. The Man with the Iron Fists (2012) — Jane
  12. Bob's Burgers (2011) — Evelyn (voice)
  13. The L Word (2004) — Kit Porter
  14. Above the Law (1988) — Delores 'Jacks' Jackson
  15. The Daily Show (1996) — Self - Guest
  16. Justice League (2001) — My'ria'h (voice)
  17. Jawbreaker (1999) — Detective Vera Cruz
  18. The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002) — Flura Nash
  19. Miami Vice (1984)
  20. The Cosby Show (1984) — Samantha
  21. Them (2021) — Athena
  22. Just Wright (2010) — Janice Wright
  23. Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (2023) — Majorie Washburn
  24. Cleveland Abduction (2015) — Carla
  25. Coffy (1973) — Coffy
  26. The Wild Thornberrys (1998) — Mother Springbok (voice)
  27. The Package (1989) — Ruth Butler
  28. Class of 1999 (1990) — Ms. Connors
  29. Foxy Brown (1974) — Foxy Brown
  30. Holy Smoke (1999) — Carol
  31. Poms (2019) — Olive
  32. Snow Day (2000) — Tina
  33. Fortress 2 (2000) — Susan Mendenhall
  34. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) — Fourth Woman
  35. Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) — Dust Witch
  36. The Love Boat (1977) — Cynthia Wilbur
  37. Bones (2001) — Pearl
  38. Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) — Self - Guest
  39. Night Court (1984) — Benet Collins
  40. Martin (1992) — Pam Grier