Pam Grier
Pamela Suzette "Pam" Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress. She became famous in the early 1970s, after starring in a string of moderately successful women in prison and blaxploitation films such as 1974's Foxy Brown. Her career was revitalized in 1997 after her appearance in Quentin Tarantino's film Jackie Brown. She received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. She has also been nominated for a SAG as well as a Satellite Award for her performance in the iconic film Jackie Brown. She received an Emmy Award nomination for her work in an Animated Program Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child. Rotten Tomatoes has ranked her as the second Greatest Female Action Heroine in film history. Director Quentin Tarantino remarked that she may have been cinema's first female action star. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pam Grier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- May 26, 1949 In Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 75
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Beyond the Valley of the Dolls 1970-07-17
- Latest Project:
- Movie Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness 2020-04-21
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness | Self | 2020-04-21 |
| Movie | Poms | Olive | 2019-05-09 |
| Movie | QT8: The First Eight | Self (archive footage) | 2019-10-21 |
| Movie | Bad Grandmas | Coralee | 2017-11-03 |
| Movie | Durant's Never Closes | B.J. | 2016-01-22 |
| Movie | Cleveland Abduction | Carla | 2015-05-02 |
| Movie | Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic | Self (archive footage) | 2013-04-23 |
| Movie | The Man with the Iron Fists | Jane | 2012-11-02 |
| Movie | Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking | Self | 2012-11-20 |
| Movie | Mafia | James Womack | 2011-01-01 |
| Movie | Larry Crowne | Frances | 2011-06-30 |
| Movie | Corman's World | Self - Actress | 2011-12-16 |
| Movie | The Invited | Zelda | 2010-01-01 |
| Movie | Machete Maidens Unleashed! | Self | 2010-10-15 |
| Movie | Just Wright | Janice Wright | 2010-05-14 |
| Movie | Ladies of the House | Birdie | 2008-10-18 |
| Movie | Back in the Day | Mrs. Cooper | 2005-05-24 |
| Series | The L Word | Kit Porter | 2004-01-18 |
| Movie | Sex at 24 Frames Per Second | Self (archive footage) | 2003-09-23 |
| Movie | First to Die | Claire Washburn | 2003-02-23 |
| Movie | Love the Hard Way | Linda Fox | 2003-03-27 |
| Movie | A Decade Under the Influence | Self | 2003-04-25 |
| Movie | BaadAsssss Cinema | Self | 2002-08-14 |
| Movie | Jackie Brown: How It Went Down | Self | 2002-08-20 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Pluto Nash | Flura Nash | 2002-08-16 |
| Movie | 3 A.M. | George | 2001-07-01 |
| Movie | It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures | Self | 2001-05-01 |
| Series | Night Visions | 2001-07-12 | |
| Movie | Bones | Pearl | 2001-10-24 |
| Movie | Ghosts of Mars | Commander Helena Braddock | 2001-08-24 |
| Movie | Feast of All Saints | Suzette Lermontant | 2001-11-11 |
| Movie | Snow Day | Tina | 2000-02-11 |
| Movie | Fortress 2 | Susan Mendenhall | 2000-03-02 |
| Movie | Wilder | Detective Della Wilder | 2000-11-01 |
| Movie | Holy Smoke | Carol | 1999-09-04 |
| Movie | Jawbreaker | Detective Vera Cruz | 1999-01-30 |
| Movie | In Too Deep | Det. Angela Wilson | 1999-08-25 |
| Movie | Hayley Wagner, Star | Sam | 1999-09-19 |
| Movie | No Tomorrow | Diane | 1999-10-19 |
| Movie | Afro Promo | Self (archive footage) | 1997-01-31 |
| Movie | Strip Search | Janette | 1997-04-02 |
| Movie | Jackie Brown | Jackie Brown | 1997-12-25 |
| Movie | Original Gangstas | Laurie Thompson | 1996-05-10 |
| Movie | Mars Attacks! | Louise Williams | 1996-12-13 |
| Movie | Escape from L.A. | Hershe Las Palamas | 1996-08-09 |
| Movie | Posse | Phoebe | 1993-05-14 |
| Movie | Class of 1999 | Ms. Connors | 1990-04-01 |
| Movie | The Package | Ruth Butler | 1989-01-25 |
| Movie | Above the Law | Delores 'Jacks' Jackson | 1988-04-08 |
| Movie | The Allnighter | Sgt. McLeesh | 1987-05-01 |
| Movie | On the Edge | Cara | 1986-05-02 |
| Movie | The Vindicator | Hunter | 1986-02-14 |
| Movie | Badge of the Assassin | Alexandra 'Alie' Horn | 1985-01-04 |
| Movie | Stand Alone | Cathryn Bolan | 1985-09-01 |
| Movie | Something Wicked This Way Comes | Dust Witch | 1983-04-29 |
| Movie | Tough Enough | Myra | 1983-05-20 |
| Movie | Fort Apache, the Bronx | Charlotte | 1981-02-06 |
| Movie | Twilight of Love | Sandra | 1977-05-19 |
| Movie | Greased Lightning | Mary Jones | 1977-07-01 |
| Movie | Drum | Regine | 1976-07-30 |
| Movie | Sheba, Baby | Sheba Shayne | 1975-03-26 |
| Movie | Friday Foster | Friday Foster | 1975-12-25 |
| Movie | Bucktown | Aretha | 1975-07-02 |
| Movie | The Arena | Mamawi | 1974-03-13 |
| Movie | Foxy Brown | Foxy Brown | 1974-04-05 |
| Movie | Black Mama, White Mama | Lee Daniels | 1973-01-19 |
| Movie | Coffy | Coffy | 1973-06-13 |
| Movie | Scream Blacula Scream | Lisa Fortier | 1973-06-27 |
| Movie | Cool Breeze | Mona (as Pamela Grier) | 1972-03-29 |
| Movie | Twilight People | Ayesa, the Panther Woman | 1972-06-01 |
| Movie | The Big Bird Cage | Blossom | 1972-07-01 |
| Movie | Hit Man | Gozelda | 1972-12-20 |
| Movie | The Big Doll House | Grear | 1971-04-30 |
| Movie | Women in Cages | Alabama | 1971-10-19 |
| Movie | Beyond the Valley of the Dolls | Fourth Woman (as Pamela Grier) | 1970-07-17 |