Pam Grier
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 26, 1949 (age 77)
- Birthplace
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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).
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Filmography
Diggin’ Up "Bones"
Movie · as Self
Faith
Movie · as Linda
Baby of the Family
Movie · as Mrs. Williams
The Way Things Seem to Be
Movie · as Self
Breakdown: 1975
Movie · as (archive footage)
Mystery Cuddlers
Movie · as Juniper
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
Movie · as Majorie Washburn
Cinnamon
Movie · as Mama
As We Know It
Movie · as Beverly Jones
Sherri
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
How It Feels to Be Free
Movie · as Self (archival footage)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Them
TV · as Athena · 8 eps
The Great North
TV · as Neckbone (voice) · 1 ep
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Movie · as Self
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Movie · as Self
Beautiful Like a Poem
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Poms
Movie · as Olive
A Christmas Wish
Movie · as Mary
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bless This Mess
TV · as Constance · 26 eps
Bad Grandmas
Movie · as Coralee
Being Rose
Movie · as Lily
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
This Is Us
TV · as Grandma · 2 eps
Kings of Cult
Movie · as (archive footage)
Cleveland Abduction
Movie · as Carla
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
Movie · as Self
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
Movie · as Detective Barrick
The Man with the Iron Fists
Movie · as Jane
Larry Crowne
Movie · as Frances
Mafia
Movie · as James Womack
Corman's World
Movie · as Self - Actress
Bob's Burgers
TV · as Evelyn (voice) · 1 ep
Just Wright
Movie · as Janice Wright
The Invited
Movie · as Zelda
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
Movie · as Self
Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1
Movie · as Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ladies of the House
Movie · as Birdie
Back in the Day
Movie · as Mrs. Cooper
Bad Girls Behind Bars
Movie · as Alabama (archive footage)
The L Word
TV · as Kit Porter · 71 eps
Love the Hard Way
Movie · as Linda Fox
First to Die
Movie · as Claire Washburn
A Decade Under the Influence
Movie · as Self
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Movie · as Flura Nash
BaadAsssss Cinema
Movie · as Self
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
Movie · as Self
Ghosts of Mars
Movie · as Commander Helena Braddock
Bones
Movie · as Pearl
Feast of All Saints
Movie · as Suzette Lermontant
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
Movie · as Self
3 A.M.
Movie · as George
Smallville
TV · as Amanda Waller · 3 eps
Justice League
TV · as My'ria'h (voice) · 2 eps
Strange Frequency
TV · 1 ep
Wilder
Movie · as Detective Della Wilder
Snow Day
Movie · as Tina
Fortress 2
Movie · as Susan Mendenhall
In Too Deep
Movie · as Det. Angela Wilson
Holy Smoke
Movie · as Carol
Jawbreaker
Movie · as Detective Vera Cruz
No Tomorrow
Movie · as Diane
Hayley Wagner, Star
Movie · as Sam
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Assistant US Attorney Claudia Williams · 2 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Family Blessings
Movie · as Mrs. Quincy
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
Movie · as Pam Grier
All Saints: The Video
Movie · as Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Wild Thornberrys
TV · as Mother Springbok (voice) · 1 ep
Linc's
TV · as Eleanor Braithwaite Winthrop · 37 eps
Hollywood Squares
TV · as Self - Panelist · 5 eps
Jackie Brown
Movie · as Jackie Brown
Fakin' Da Funk
Movie · as Annabelle Lee
Strip Search
Movie · as Janette
Afro Promo
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The View
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Mars Attacks!
Movie · as Louise Williams
Escape from L.A.
Movie · as Hershe Las Palamas
Original Gangstas
Movie · as Laurie Thompson
Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man
Movie · as Self
Badass Supermama
Movie · as (archive footage)
E! True Hollywood Story
TV · 1 ep
The Daily Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Serial Killer
Movie · as Capt. Maggie Davis
The Wayans Bros.
TV · as Erica · 1 ep
MADtv
TV · as Self, self · 1 ep
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV · as Nightingale (voice) · 1 ep
Posse
Movie · as Phoebe
The Sinbad Show
TV · 1 ep
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
Movie · as Linda Holman
Martin
TV · as Pam Grier · 1 ep
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
Movie · as Ms. Wardroe
Pacific Station
TV · as Grace Ballard · 1 ep
Class of 1999
Movie · as Ms. Connors
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
TV · as Janice · 1 ep
The Package
Movie · as Ruth Butler
Above the Law
Movie · as Delores 'Jacks' Jackson
Monsters
TV · as Matilde · 1 ep
The Allnighter
Movie · as Sargeant McLeish
Frank's Place
TV · as Neema Sharone · 1 ep
The Vindicator
Movie · as Hunter
On the Edge
Movie · as Cora
Crime Story
TV · as Suzanne Terry · 4 eps
Stand Alone
Movie · as Cathryn Bolan
Badge of the Assassin
Movie · as Alexandra 'Alie' Horn
Night Court
TV · as Benet Collins · 2 eps
Miami Vice
TV · as Valerie Gordon
The Cosby Show
TV · as Samantha · 1 ep
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Movie · as Dust Witch
Tough Enough
Movie · as Myra
Fort Apache, the Bronx
Movie · as Charlotte
Knots Landing
TV · as Lieutenant Guthrie · 2 eps
Roots: The Next Generations
TV · as Francey · 1 ep
Twilight of Love
Movie · as Sandra
Greased Lightning
Movie · as Mary Jones
The Love Boat
TV · as Cynthia Wilbur · 2 eps
Drum
Movie · as Regine
Sheba, Baby
Movie · as Sheba Shayne
Friday Foster
Movie · as Friday Foster
Bucktown
Movie · as Aretha
People's Choice Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Foxy Brown
Movie · as Foxy Brown
The Arena
Movie · as Mamawi
Coffy
Movie · as Coffy
Black Mama, White Mama
Movie · as Lee Daniels
Scream Blacula Scream
Movie · as Lisa Fortier
The Big Bird Cage
Movie · as Blossom
Hit Man
Movie · as Gozelda
The Twilight People
Movie · as Ayesa, the Panther Woman
Cool Breeze
Movie · as Mona
Women in Cages
Movie · as Alabama
The Big Doll House
Movie · as Grear
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Movie · as Fourth Woman
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 1 ep