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Pam Grier
🎂 May 26, 1949 (76)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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.
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The Package
1989
Jackie Brown
1997
Mars Attacks!
1996
Jawbreaker
1999
Escape from L.A.
1996
Ghosts of Mars
2001
Above the Law
1988
Foxy Brown
1974
Just Wright
2010
The Man with the Iron Fists
2012
Larry Crowne
2011
Class of 1999
1990
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
1970
Coffy
1973
In Too Deep
1999
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
1991
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
2023
Posse
1993
Bones
2001
Poms
2019
The Arena
1974
Snow Day
2000
Drum
1976
Holy Smoke
1999
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002
3 A.M.
2001
Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983
Greased Lightning
1977
The Allnighter
1987
No Tomorrow
1999
The Big Doll House
1971
Original Gangstas
1996
Fortress 2
2000
Feast of All Saints
2001
Women in Cages
1971
Love the Hard Way
2003
Stand Alone
1985
The Vindicator
1986
Fort Apache, the Bronx
1981
Bucktown
1975
Fakin' Da Funk
1997
Back in the Day
2005
Hit Man
1972
The Invited
2010
Wilder
2000
On the Edge
1986
The Big Bird Cage
1972
Sheba, Baby
1975
Serial Killer
1995
Friday Foster
1975
TV Shows
Bless This Mess
2019
Them
2021
Crime Story
1986
Smallville
2001
Night Court
1984
Justice League
2001
The Love Boat
1977
This Is Us
2016
Miami Vice
1984
Martin
1992
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
The Wayans Bros.
1995
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
The Great North
2021
Frank's Place
1987
Pacific Station
1991
The Cosby Show
1984
Bob's Burgers
2011
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Pam Grier
1949-05-26 · Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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).