Pam Grier

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	Acting
Most Rating	2.1642
Birthday	1949-05-26
Place of Birth	Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Also Known As	Pam Greer , Pamela Grier, Pamela Suzette Grier, 帕姆·格里爾, پم گری‌یر, Mama G,

Mars Attacks!

Jackie Brown

Ghosts of Mars

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

Escape from L.A.

The Vindicator

Coffy

Foxy Brown

The Big Bird Cage

Bones

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

In Too Deep

Class of 1999

The Package

Fort Apache, the Bronx

Something Wicked This Way Comes

On the Edge

Above the Law

Back in the Day

Sheba, Baby

Women in Cages

Original Gangstas

Black Mama, White Mama

Holy Smoke

Twilight of Love

The Arena

Posse

Greased Lightning

Scream Blacula Scream

The Big Doll House

Wilder

Kings of Cult

Hit Man

Snow Day

Just Wright

The Allnighter

Tough Enough

Fakin' Da Funk

Love the Hard Way

Ladies of the House

BaadAsssss Cinema

Jawbreaker

Serial Killer

Feast of All Saints

Friday Foster

The Twilight People

Larry Crowne

Drum

First to Die

Bucktown

Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day

The Man with the Iron Fists

Cool Breeze

No Tomorrow

Mafia

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

Cinnamon

Stand Alone

Badge of the Assassin

As We Know It

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

Hayley Wagner, Star

Strip Search

The Invited

Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man

Cleveland Abduction

Fortress 2

3 A.M.

A Decade Under the Influence

Afro Promo

Corman's World

Bad Grandmas

Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

Jackie Brown: How It Went Down

Family Blessings

Badass Supermama