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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:
92
First Appeared:
In the movie Beyond the Valley of the Dolls 1970-07-17
Latest Project:
Movie Pet Sematary: Bloodlines 2023-09-23
Known For
Filmography
Movie Cinnamon Mama 2023-06-11
Movie Pet Sematary: Bloodlines Majorie Washburn 2023-09-23
Movie Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend Self (archive footage) 2021-01-02
Series Them Athena 2021-04-09
Movie Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness Self 2020-04-21
Movie Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies Self 2020-08-18
Series Bless This Mess Constance 2019-04-16
Movie Poms Olive 2019-05-09
Movie Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror Self (archive footage) 2019-02-07
Movie QT8: The First Eight Self (archive footage) 2019-10-21
Movie A Christmas Wish Mary 2019-11-28
Movie Bad Grandmas Coralee 2017-11-03
Movie Being Rose Lily 2017-11-09
Movie Durant's Never Closes B.J. 2016-01-22
Movie Cleveland Abduction Carla 2015-05-02
Movie Kings of Cult (archive footage) 2015-09-02
Movie Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic Self (archive footage) 2013-04-23
Movie Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day Detective Barrick 2012-04-13
Movie The Man with the Iron Fists Jane 2012-11-02
Movie Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking Self 2012-11-20
Movie Larry Crowne Frances 2011-06-30
Movie Mafia James Womack 2011-01-01
Movie Corman's World Self - Actress 2011-12-16
Movie The Invited Zelda 2010-01-01
Movie Just Wright Janice Wright 2010-05-14
Movie Machete Maidens Unleashed! Self 2010-10-15
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 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 Sex at 24 Frames Per Second Self (archive footage) 2003-09-23
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 Ghosts of Mars Commander Helena Braddock 2001-08-24
Movie It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures Self 2001-05-01
Movie Bones Pearl 2001-10-24
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 In Too Deep Det. Angela Wilson 1999-08-25
Movie Jawbreaker Detective Vera Cruz 1999-01-30
Movie Hayley Wagner, Star Sam 1999-09-19
Movie Holy Smoke Carol 1999-09-04
Movie No Tomorrow Diane 1999-10-19
Series Linc's Eleanor Braithwaite Winthrop 1998-08-01
Movie Pete Rock: Soul Survivor Pam Grier 1998-11-10
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 Fakin' Da Funk Annabelle Lee 1997-07-20
Movie Escape from L.A. Hershe Las Palamas 1996-08-09
Movie Original Gangstas Laurie Thompson 1996-05-10
Movie Mars Attacks! Louise Williams 1996-12-13
Movie Serial Killer Capt. Maggie Davis 1995-10-05
Movie Posse Phoebe 1993-05-14
Movie Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey Ms. Wardroe 1991-07-19
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 The Vindicator Hunter 1986-02-14
Series Crime Story 1986-09-19
Movie On the Edge Cara 1986-05-02
Movie Badge of the Assassin Alexandra 'Alie' Horn 1985-01-04
Movie Stand Alone Cathryn Bolan 1985-09-01
Movie Tough Enough Myra 1983-04-14
Movie Something Wicked This Way Comes Dust Witch 1983-04-29
Movie Fort Apache, the Bronx Charlotte 1981-02-06
Series Roots: The Next Generations Francey 1979-02-18
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 Bucktown Aretha 1975-07-02
Movie Friday Foster Friday Foster 1975-12-25
Movie The Arena Mamawi 1974-03-13
Movie Foxy Brown Foxy Brown 1974-04-05
Movie Scream Blacula Scream Lisa Fortier 1973-06-27
Movie Black Mama, White Mama Lee Daniels 1973-01-19
Movie Coffy Coffy 1973-06-13
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