Pam Grier

Also Credited As:

Pamela Grier, Pamela Suzette Grier
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Biography

A statuesque figure who radiated confidence and determination, she surpassed the exploitative bonds of the genre to establish herself as the first black female action hero and box office draw. Grier struggled to surpass the limitations of her early screen roles, but a revival of interest thanks to the home video boom brought her back to films in the '80s and '90s. Unabashed fan Quentin Tarantino paid homage to her screen persona with "Jackie …
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Job Title

Actor, Other

Born

May 26, 1949

LATEST CREDITS

Foxy Brown

Foxy Brown

Jackie Brown

Jackie Brown

Black Mama, White Mama

Lee Daniels

Friday Foster

Friday Foster

Sheba Baby

Sheba Shayne

Linc's

Eleanor Braithwaite Winthrop

Women & the Badge

Host

Paul Robeson: Speak of Me As I Am

Narration

Wilder

Detective Della Wilder

The Empress's Nightingale: An Animated Special From "The Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales For Every Child" Series

of Nightingale

Coffy

Coffy

The Big Bird Cage

Blossom

Intimate Portrait: Pam Grier

Interviewee

Stand Alone

Cathryn Bolan

Fakin' Da Funk

Annabelle Lee

Above the Law

Delores Jackson

Bones

Pearl

Untitled (Green Flash/McKinney Project)

Actor

Hit Man

Gozelda

Bucktown

Aretha

Ladies of the House

Birdie

The Arena

Actor

The L Word

Kit Porter

The Big Doll House

Actor

Fortress II

Susan Mendenall