Pam Grier
Acting
Born: May 26, 1949
From: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Back in the Day | Mrs. Cooper | 2005 | 5.184 |
| The Adventures of Pluto Nash | Flura Nash | 2002 | 4.394 |
| Ghosts of Mars | Commander Helena Braddock | 2001 | 5.1 |
| Bones | Pearl | 2001 | 4.901 |
| In Too Deep | Det. Angela Wilson | 1999 | 6.457 |
| Holy Smoke | Carol | 1999 | 5.682 |
| Jackie Brown | Jackie Brown | 1997 | 7.4 |
| Mars Attacks! | Louise Williams | 1996 | 6.423 |
| Escape from L.A. | Hershe Las Palamas | 1996 | 5.878 |
| Original Gangstas | Laurie Thompson | 1996 | 5.667 |
| Posse | Phoebe | 1993 | 5.422 |
| Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey | Ms. Wardroe | 1991 | 6.291 |
| Class of 1999 | Ms. Connors | 1990 | 6.08 |
| The Package | Ruth Butler | 1989 | 6.135 |
| Above the Law | Delores 'Jacks' Jackson | 1988 | 6.128 |
| The Vindicator | Hunter | 1986 | 4.645 |
| On the Edge | Cara | 1986 | 6.071 |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes | Dust Witch | 1983 | 6.416 |
| Fort Apache, the Bronx | Charlotte | 1981 | 6.516 |
| Twilight of Love | Sandra | 1977 | 4.167 |
| Greased Lightning | Mary Jones | 1977 | 6.4 |
| Sheba, Baby | Sheba Shayne | 1975 | 5.727 |
| Foxy Brown | Foxy Brown | 1974 | 6.271 |
| The Arena | Mamawi | 1974 | 5.375 |
| Coffy | Coffy | 1973 | 6.62 |
| Black Mama, White Mama | Lee Daniels | 1973 | 5.404 |
| Scream Blacula Scream | Lisa Fortier | 1973 | 5.818 |
| The Big Bird Cage | Blossom | 1972 | 5.582 |
| Women in Cages | Alabama | 1971 | 5.093 |
| The Big Doll House | Grear | 1971 | 5.619 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1949 |
| From | Winston-Salem, North Carolina, … |