Pam Grier
Biography
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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Known For
Acting
1996
asLouise Williams
1997
asJackie Brown
2001
asCommander Helena Braddock
1991
asMs. Wardroe
1996
asHershe Las Palamas
1986
asHunter
1973
asCoffy
1974
asFoxy Brown
1972
asBlossom
2001
asPearl
2002
asFlura Nash
1999
asDet. Angela Wilson
1990
asMs. Connors
1989
asRuth Butler
1981
asCharlotte
1983
asDust Witch
1986
asCara
1988
asDelores 'Jacks' Jackson
2005
asMrs. Cooper
1975
asSheba Shayne
1971
asAlabama
1996
asLaurie Thompson
1973
asLee Daniels
1999
asCarol
1977
asSandra
1974
asMamawi
1993
asPhoebe
1977
asMary Jones
1973
asLisa Fortier
2019
asSelf (archive footage)
1971
asGrear
2000
asDetective Della Wilder
1972
asGozelda
2015
as(archive footage)
2000
asTina
2010
asJanice Wright
1987
asSgt. McLeesh
1983
asMyra
1997
asAnnabelle Lee
2002
asLinda Fox
2008
asBirdie
2002
asSelf
1999
asDetective Vera Cruz
1995
asCapt. Maggie Davis
2001
asSuzette Lermontant
1975
asFriday Foster
1972
asAyesa, the Panther Woman
2011
asFrances
1976
asRegine
2003
asClaire Washburn
1975
asAretha
2012
asDetective Barrick
2012
asJane
1972
asMona
1999
asDiane
2011
asJames Womack
2023
asMajorie Washburn
2023
asMama
1985
asCathryn Bolan
1985
asAlexandra 'Alie' Horn
2023
asBeverly Jones
2001
asSelf
1970
asFourth Woman
1999
asSam
1997
asJanette
2010
asZelda
1996
asSelf
2015
asCarla
2000
asSusan Mendenhall
2001
asGeorge
2003
asSelf
1997
asSelf (archive footage)
2011
asSelf - Actress
2017
asCoralee
2013
asSelf
2013
asSelf (archive footage)
1998
asNarrator (voice)
2010
asSelf
2002
asSelf
2003
asSelf (archive footage)
1998
asMrs. Quincy
1996
as(archive footage)
2019
asOlive
2017
asLily
2019
asMary
2016
asSelf (archive footage)
2020
asSelf
2020
asSelf
1998
asPam Grier
2021
asSelf (archival footage)
1992
asLinda Holman
2010
as
2019
asSelf (archive footage)
2021
asSelf (archive footage)
2005
asAlabama (archive footage)
2024
asJuniper
1998
asHerself (archive footage) (uncredited)
1985
asValerie Gordon
2020
as
asBenet Collins
as
asJanice
as
asErica
as 
asMother Springbok (voice)
asSelf
as
asAssistant US Attorney Claudia Williams
asLieutenant Guthrie
asKit Porter
asEleanor Braithwaite Winthrop
asAmanda Waller
asSelf - Guest Host
asFrancey
asSelf - Guest
asMy'ria'h (voice)
asSelf
as
as
asSelf - Guest
asNightingale (voice)
asSelf - Guest
asSelf - Guest
asConstance
asSelf
asSuzanne Terry
asAthena
asNeckbone (voice)
asNeema Sharone
asSelf
asCynthia Wilbur
asGrandma
asSelf
asGrace Ballard
asValerie Gordon
asSamantha
asSelf
Production
Crew
1990
asDirecting
