Known For
Acting
Born
May 26, 1949
Place of Birth
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Credits
142 titles
Pam Grier
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 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).
Known For
Filmography
The Way Things Seem to Be
Self
Breakdown: 1975
Self (archive footage)
Mystery Cuddlers
Juniper
As We Know It
Beverly Jones
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
Majorie Washburn
Cinnamon
Mama
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
Sherri
Self - Guest
Them
Athena
How It Feels to Be Free
Self (archival footage)
The Great North
Neckbone (voice)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Self (archive footage)
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Self
Beautiful Like a Poem
Self (archive footage)
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
Self
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Self
A Christmas Wish
Mary
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Poms
Olive
Bless This Mess
Constance
Being Rose
Lily
Bad Grandmas
Coralee
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
Self (archive footage)
This Is Us
Grandma
Kings of Cult
(archive footage)
Cleveland Abduction
Carla
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Self (archive footage)
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
Self
The Man with the Iron Fists
Jane
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
Detective Barrick
Corman's World
Self - Actress
Larry Crowne
Frances
Bob's Burgers
Evelyn (voice)
Mafia
James Womack
Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1
Self
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
Self
Just Wright
Janice Wright
The Invited
Zelda
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Ladies of the House
Birdie
Bad Girls Behind Bars
Alabama (archive footage)
Back in the Day
Mrs. Cooper
The L Word
Kit Porter
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
Love the Hard Way
Linda Fox
First to Die
Claire Washburn
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
Self
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Flura Nash
BaadAsssss Cinema
Self