Pam Grier
Pamela Suzette "Pam" Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress. She became famous in the early 1970s, after starring in a string of moderately successful women in prison and blaxploitation films such as 1974's Foxy Brown. Her career was revitalized in 1997 after her appearance in Quentin Tarantino's film Jackie Brown. She received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. She has also been nominated for a SAG as well as a Satellite Award for her performance in the iconic film Jackie Brown. She received an Emmy Award nomination for her work in an Animated Program Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child. Rotten Tomatoes has ranked her as the second Greatest Female Action Heroine in film history. Director Quentin Tarantino remarked that she may have been cinema's first female action star. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pam Grier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- May 26, 1949 In Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 103
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Beyond the Valley of the Dolls 1970-07-17
- Latest Project:
- Movie A Christmas Wish 2019-11-28
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Bless This Mess | Constance | 2019-04-16 |
| Movie | Poms | Olive | 2019-05-09 |
| Movie | A Christmas Wish | Mary | 2019-11-28 |
| Movie | Bad Grandmas | Coralee | 2017-11-03 |
| Movie | Being Rose | Lily | 2017-11-09 |
| Series | This Is Us | Grandma | 2016-09-20 |
| Movie | Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) | Herself (Archival Footage) | 2016-10-16 |
| Movie | Cleveland Abduction | Carla | 2015-05-02 |
| Movie | Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic | Herself (archive footage) | 2013-04-23 |
| Movie | The Man with the Iron Fists | Jane | 2012-11-02 |
| Movie | Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day | Detective Barrick | 2012-04-13 |
| Movie | Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking | Herself | 2012-11-20 |
| Movie | Mafia | James Womack | 2011-01-01 |
| Movie | Larry Crowne | Frances | 2011-06-30 |
| Movie | Corman's World | Herself - Actress | 2011-12-16 |
| Movie | The Invited | Zelda | 2010-01-01 |
| Movie | Just Wright | Janice Wright | 2010-05-14 |
| Movie | Machete Maidens Unleashed! | Herself | 2010-10-15 |
| Series | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Unknown | 2009-10-03 |
| Movie | Ladies of the House | 2008-10-18 | |
| Movie | Back in the Day | Mrs. Cooper | 2005-05-24 |
| Series | The L Word | Kit Porter | 2004-01-18 |
| Movie | Love the Hard Way | Linda Fox | 2003-03-27 |
| Movie | 1st to Die | Claire Washburn | 2003-02-23 |
| Movie | A Decade Under the Influence | Herself | 2003-04-25 |
| Movie | Sex at 24 Frames Per Second | Herself (archive footage) | 2003-09-23 |
| Movie | BaadAsssss Cinema | Self | 2002-01-01 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Pluto Nash | Flura Nash | 2002-08-15 |
| Movie | Jackie Brown: How It Went Down | Herself | 2002-08-20 |
| Movie | 3 A.M. | George | 2001-07-01 |
| Movie | It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures | Herself | 2001-05-01 |
| Series | Night Visions | Unknown | 2001-07-12 |
| Movie | Bones | Pearl | 2001-10-24 |
| Movie | Feast of All Saints | Suzette Lermontant | 2001-11-11 |
| Series | Smallville | Amanda Waller | 2001-10-16 |
| Movie | Ghosts of Mars | Commander Helena Braddock | 2001-08-24 |
| Movie | Snow Day | Tina | 2000-02-11 |
| Movie | Fortress 2 | Susan Mendenhall | 2000-03-02 |
| Movie | Slow Burn | Detective Della Wilder | 2000-11-01 |
| Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | Unknown | 1999-03-30 |
| Movie | In Too Deep | Det. Angela Wilson | 1999-08-25 |
| Movie | Jawbreaker | Detective Vera Cruz | 1999-01-30 |
| Movie | Holy Smoke | Carol | 1999-09-04 |
| Movie | No Tomorrow | Diane | 1999-10-19 |
| Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
| Movie | Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am | Narrator (voice) | 1998-01-01 |
| Series | Linc's | Eleanor Braithwaite Winthrop | 1998-08-01 |
| Series | The Wild Thornberrys | Unknown | 1998-09-01 |
| Movie | Family Blessings | Mrs. Quincy | 1998-12-06 |
| Movie | Strip Search | 1997-04-02 | |
| Movie | Afro Promo | Herself (archive footage) | 1997-01-31 |
| Movie | Jackie Brown | Jackie Brown | 1997-04-10 |
| Movie | Fakin' Da Funk | Annabelle Lee | 1997-07-20 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Badass Supermama | 1996-01-01 | |
| Movie | Original Gangstas | Laurie Thompson | 1996-05-10 |
| Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-03-29 |
| Movie | Mars Attacks! | Louise Williams | 1996-12-12 |
| Movie | Escape from L.A. | Hershe Las Palamas | 1996-08-09 |
| Series | The Wayans Bros. | Unknown | 1995-01-11 |
| Series | MADtv | Unknown | 1995-10-14 |
| Movie | Serial Killer | Capt. Maggie Davis | 1995-10-05 |
| Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
| Movie | Posse | Phoebe | 1993-05-14 |
| Series | The Sinbad Show | Unknown | 1993-09-16 |
| Series | Martin | Unknown | 1992-08-27 |
| Movie | Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey | Ms. Wardroe | 1991-07-19 |
| Series | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Janice | 1990-09-10 |
| Movie | Class of 1999 | Ms. Connors | 1990-04-01 |
| Movie | The Package | Ruth Butler | 1989-08-25 |
| Movie | Above the Law | Delores 'Jacks' Jackson | 1988-04-08 |
| Movie | The Allnighter | Sgt. McLeesh | 1987-05-01 |
| Movie | On the Edge | Cara | 1986-05-02 |
| Movie | The Vindicator | Hunter | 1986-02-14 |
| Series | Crime Story | Unknown | 1986-09-19 |
| Movie | Badge of the Assassin | Alexandra 'Alie' Horn | 1985-01-04 |
| Movie | Stand Alone | Cathryn Bolan | 1985-09-01 |
| Series | Night Court | Unknown | 1984-01-04 |
| Series | Miami Vice | Unknown | 1984-09-16 |
| Movie | Tough Enough | Myra | 1983-05-20 |
| Movie | Something Wicked This Way Comes | Dust Witch | 1983-04-29 |
| Movie | Fort Apache, the Bronx | Charlotte | 1981-02-06 |
| Series | Roots: The Next Generations | Francey | 1979-02-18 |
| Series | Knots Landing | Unknown | 1979-12-27 |
| Movie | Twilight of Love | Sandra | 1977-05-19 |
| Movie | Greased Lightning | Mary Jones | 1977-07-01 |
| Series | The Love Boat | Cynthia Wilbur | 1977-09-24 |
| Movie | Drum | Regine | 1976-07-30 |
| Movie | Bucktown | Aretha | 1975-07-02 |
| Movie | Sheba, Baby | Sheba Shayne | 1975-03-26 |
| Movie | Friday Foster | Friday Foster | 1975-12-25 |
| Movie | The Arena | Mamawi | 1974-03-13 |
| Movie | Foxy Brown | Foxy Brown | 1974-04-05 |
| Movie | Black Mama, White Mama | Lee Daniels | 1973-01-19 |
| Movie | Scream Blacula Scream | Lisa Fortier | 1973-06-27 |
| Movie | Coffy | "Coffy" Coffin | 1973-06-13 |
| Movie | Cool Breeze | Mona (as Pamela Grier) | 1972-03-29 |
| Movie | The Twilight People | Ayesa, the Panther Woman | 1972-06-01 |
| Movie | Hit Man | Gozelda (as Pamela Grier) | 1972-12-20 |
| Movie | The Big Bird Cage | Blossom | 1972-07-01 |
| Movie | The Big Doll House | Grear | 1971-01-01 |
| Movie | Women in Cages | Alabama | 1971-10-19 |
| Movie | Beyond the Valley of the Dolls | Fourth Woman (as Pamela Grier) | 1970-07-17 |