Pam Grier 1949 76
Pam Grier 1949 76
Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress. Described by 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).
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2024 Mystery Cuddlers as Juniper
2023 As We Know It
2023 Pet Sematary: Bloodlines as Majorie Washburn
2023 Cinnamon as Mama
2021 How It Feels to Be Free as Self (archival footage)
2021 Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
2020 Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies as Self
2020 Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness as Self
2019 A Christmas Wish as Mary
2019 QT8: The First Eight as Self (archive footage)
2019 Poms as Olive
2019 Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror as Self (archive footage)
2017 Being Rose as Lily
2017 Bad Grandmas as Coralee
2016 Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) as Self (archive footage)
2015 Kings of Cult as (archive footage)
2015 Cleveland Abduction as Carla
2013 Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic as Self (archive footage)
2013 Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking as Self
2012 The Man with the Iron Fists as Jane
2012 Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day as Detective Barrick
2011 Corman's World as Self - Actress
2011 Larry Crowne as Frances
2011 Mafia as James Womack
2010 Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1
2010 Machete Maidens Unleashed! as Self
2010 Just Wright as Janice Wright
2010 The Invited as Zelda
2008 Ladies of the House as Birdie
2005 Bad Girls Behind Bars as Alabama (archive footage)
2005 Back in the Day as Mrs. Cooper
2003 Sex at 24 Frames Per Second as Self (archive footage)
2003 A Decade Under the Influence as Self
2003 First to Die as Claire Washburn
2002 Jackie Brown: How It Went Down as Self
2002 The Adventures of Pluto Nash as Flura Nash
2002 BaadAsssss Cinema as Self
2002 Love the Hard Way as Linda Fox
2001 Feast of All Saints as Suzette Lermontant
2001 Bones as Pearl
2001 Ghosts of Mars as Commander Helena Braddock
2001 3 A.M. as George
2001 It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures as Self
2000 Wilder as Detective Della Wilder
2000 Fortress 2 as Susan Mendenhall
2000 Snow Day as Tina
1999 No Tomorrow as Diane
1999 Hayley Wagner, Star as Sam
1999 Holy Smoke as Carol
1999 In Too Deep as Det. Angela Wilson
1999 Jawbreaker as Detective Vera Cruz
1998 Family Blessings as Mrs. Quincy
1998 Pete Rock: Soul Survivor as Pam Grier
1998 All Saints: The Video as Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998 Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am as Narrator (voice)
1997 Jackie Brown as Jackie Brown
1997 Fakin' Da Funk as Annabelle Lee
1997 Strip Search as Janette
1997 Afro Promo as Self (archive footage)
1996 Mars Attacks! as Louise Williams
1996 Escape from L.A. as Hershe Las Palamas
1996 Original Gangstas as Laurie Thompson
1996 Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man as Self
1996 Badass Supermama as (archive footage)
1995 Serial Killer as Capt. Maggie Davis
1993 Posse as Phoebe
1992 A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story as Linda Holman
1991 Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey as Ms. Wardroe
1990 Chicago Joe and the Showgirl Thanks
1990 Class of 1999 as Ms. Connors
1989 The Package as Ruth Butler
1988 Above the Law as Delores 'Jacks' Jackson
1987 The Allnighter as Sgt. McLeesh
1986 On the Edge as Cara
1986 The Vindicator as Hunter
1985 Stand Alone as Cathryn Bolan
1985 Badge of the Assassin as Alexandra 'Alie' Horn
1983 Something Wicked This Way Comes as Dust Witch
1983 Tough Enough as Myra
1981 Fort Apache, the Bronx as Charlotte
1977 Greased Lightning as Mary Jones
1977 Twilight of Love as Sandra
1976 Drum as Regine
1975 Friday Foster as Friday Foster
1975 Bucktown as Aretha
1975 Sheba, Baby as Sheba Shayne
1974 Foxy Brown as Foxy Brown
1974 The Arena as Mamawi
1973 Scream Blacula Scream as Lisa Fortier
1973 Coffy as Coffy
1973 Black Mama, White Mama as Lee Daniels
1972 Hit Man as Gozelda
1972 The Big Bird Cage as Blossom
1972 Twilight People as Ayesa, the Panther Woman
1972 Cool Breeze as Mona
1971 Women in Cages as Alabama
1971 The Big Doll House as Grear
1970 Beyond the Valley of the Dolls as Fourth Woman