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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 26, 1949
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
Pam Grier
2.1 Popularity
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).
Known For
0.0
Juniper
Mystery Cuddlers
2024
6.4
Beverly Jones
As We Know It
2023
5.6
Majorie Washburn
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
2023
6.6
Mama
Cinnamon
2023
5.6
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
3.0
Self - Guest
Sherri
2022
7.6
Athena
Them
2021
0.0
Self (archival footage)
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
7.0
Neckbone (voice)
The Great North
2021
🎬
5.0
Self (archive footage)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
Credits
Mystery Cuddlers
as Juniper
2024
0.0
As We Know It
as Beverly Jones
2023
6.4
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
as Majorie Washburn
2023
5.6
Cinnamon
as Mama
2023
6.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
5.6
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
3.0
Them
as Athena
2021
7.6
How It Feels to Be Free
as Self (archival footage)
2021
0.0
The Great North
as Neckbone (voice)
2021
7.0
🎬
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
2021
5.0
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
as Self
2020
6.5
Beautiful Like a Poem
as Self (archive footage)
2020
0.0
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
as Self
2020
6.8
A Christmas Wish
as Mary
2019
6.5
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.3
Poms
as Olive
2019
6.5
Bless This Mess
as Constance
2019
6.0
Being Rose
as Lily
2017
6.5
Bad Grandmas
as Coralee
2017
5.0
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
as Self (archive footage)
2016
0.0
This Is Us
as Grandma
2016
8.2
Kings of Cult
as (archive footage)
2015
7.5
Cleveland Abduction
as Carla
2015
7.2
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
as Self (archive footage)
2013
7.0
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
as Self
2013
6.7
The Man with the Iron Fists
as Jane
2012
5.5
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
as Detective Barrick
2012
3.7
Corman's World
as Self - Actress
2011
7.1
Larry Crowne
as Frances
2011
6.0
Bob's Burgers
as Evelyn (voice)
2011
7.8
Mafia
as James Womack
2011
4.3
Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1
2010
7.0
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
as Self
2010
6.6
Just Wright
as Janice Wright
2010
6.5
The Invited
as Zelda
2010
3.6
Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self
2009
7.3
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
Ladies of the House
as Birdie
2008
4.5
Bad Girls Behind Bars
as Alabama (archive footage)
2005
0.5
Back in the Day
as Mrs. Cooper
2005
4.9
The L Word
as Kit Porter
2004
7.6
A Decade Under the Influence
as Self
2003
7.9
Love the Hard Way
as Linda Fox
2003
6.2
First to Die
as Claire Washburn
2003
3.7
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
as Self
2002
7.7
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
as Flura Nash
2002
4.4
BaadAsssss Cinema
as Self
2002
5.9
Justice League
as My'ria'h (voice)
2001
8.2
Feast of All Saints
as Suzette Lermontant
2001
4.4
Bones
as Pearl
2001
4.9
Smallville
as Amanda Waller
2001
8.2
Ghosts of Mars
as Commander Helena Braddock
2001
5.1
3 A.M.
as George
2001
5.7
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
as Self
2001
6.8
Wilder
as Detective Della Wilder
2000
4.1
Fortress 2
as Susan Mendenhall
2000
5.1
Snow Day
as Tina
2000
5.1
No Tomorrow
as Diane
1999
4.1
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Assistant US Attorney Claudia Williams
1999
7.9
Hayley Wagner, Star
as Sam
1999
3.0
Holy Smoke
as Carol
1999
5.7
In Too Deep
as Det. Angela Wilson
1999
6.4
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self - Guest
1999
4.6
Jawbreaker
as Detective Vera Cruz
1999
6.4
Family Blessings
as Mrs. Quincy
1998
6.0
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
as Pam Grier
1998
5.0
All Saints: The Video
as Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
0.0
Hollywood Squares
1998
7.3
The Wild Thornberrys
as Mother Springbok (voice)
1998
7.0
🎬
Linc's
as Eleanor Braithwaite Winthrop
1998
2.0
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
as Narrator (voice)
1998
0.0
Jackie Brown
as Jackie Brown
1997
7.4
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
Fakin' Da Funk
as Annabelle Lee
1997
5.7
Strip Search
as Janette
1997
1.8
Afro Promo
as Self (archive footage)
1997
0.0
Mars Attacks!
as Louise Williams
1996
6.4
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
Escape from L.A.
as Hershe Las Palamas
1996
5.9
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Original Gangstas
as Laurie Thompson
1996
5.6
Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man
as Self
1996
5.8
Badass Supermama
as (archive footage)
1996
1.0
MADtv
as Self - Guest Host
1995
7.0
Serial Killer
as Capt. Maggie Davis
1995
4.3
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Nightingale (voice)
1995
6.0
The Wayans Bros.
as Erica
1995
7.2
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
4.5
🎬
The Sinbad Show
1993
6.0
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
Posse
as Phoebe
1993
5.3
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
as Linda Holman
1992
7.0
Martin
as Pam Grier
1992
7.7
🎬
Pacific Station
as Grace Ballard
1991
5.0
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
as Ms. Wardroe
1991
6.3
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Janice
1990
7.9
Class of 1999
as Ms. Connors
1990
6.1
The Package
as Ruth Butler
1989
6.1
Above the Law
as Delores 'Jacks' Jackson
1988
6.1
Frank's Place
as Neema Sharone
1987
5.6
The Allnighter
as Sgt. McLeesh
1987
4.7
Crime Story
as Suzanne Terry
1986
8.0
On the Edge
as Cara
1986
5.4
The Vindicator
as Hunter
1986
4.5
Stand Alone
as Cathryn Bolan
1985
5.2
Badge of the Assassin
as Alexandra 'Alie' Horn
1985
5.4
The Cosby Show
as Samantha
1984
7.0
Miami Vice
1984
7.5
Miami Vice
as Valerie Gordon
1984
7.5
Night Court
as Benet Collins
1984
7.3
Something Wicked This Way Comes
as Dust Witch
1983
6.4
Tough Enough
as Myra
1983
5.1
Fort Apache, the Bronx
as Charlotte
1981
6.5
Knots Landing
as Lieutenant Guthrie
1979
6.7
Roots: The Next Generations
as Francey
1979
7.5
The Love Boat
as Cynthia Wilbur
1977
6.3
Greased Lightning
as Mary Jones
1977
6.3
Twilight of Love
as Sandra
1977
3.2
Drum
as Regine
1976
4.8
Friday Foster
as Friday Foster
1975
5.9
Bucktown
as Aretha
1975
5.6
Sheba, Baby
as Sheba Shayne
1975
5.7
Foxy Brown
as Foxy Brown
1974
6.2
The Arena
as Mamawi
1974
5.3
Scream Blacula Scream
as Lisa Fortier
1973
5.8
Coffy
as Coffy
1973
6.6
Black Mama, White Mama
as Lee Daniels
1973
5.3
Hit Man
as Gozelda
1972
4.7
The Big Bird Cage
as Blossom
1972
5.6
The Twilight People
as Ayesa, the Panther Woman
1972
4.5
Cool Breeze
as Mona
1972
4.8
Women in Cages
as Alabama
1971
5.0
The Big Doll House
as Grear
1971
5.6
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
as Fourth Woman
1970
6.1
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5