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.
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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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233862
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Filmography (Movies)
Mystery Cuddlers
Character:Juniper
Release Date:18/11/2024
As We Know It
Character:Beverly Jones
Release Date:24/11/2023
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
Character:Majorie Washburn
Release Date:23/09/2023
Cinnamon
Character:Mama
Release Date:11/06/2023
How It Feels to Be Free
Character:Self (archival footage)
Release Date:18/01/2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/01/2021
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Character:Self
Release Date:18/08/2020
Beautiful Like a Poem
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/05/2020
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Character:Self
Release Date:21/04/2020
A Christmas Wish
Character:Mary
Release Date:28/11/2019
Poms
Character:Olive
Release Date:09/05/2019
Being Rose
Character:Lily
Release Date:09/11/2017
Bad Grandmas
Character:Coralee
Release Date:03/11/2017
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/10/2016
Kings of Cult
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:02/09/2015
Cleveland Abduction
Character:Carla
Release Date:02/05/2015
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:23/04/2013
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
Character:Self
Release Date:10/01/2013
The Man with the Iron Fists
Character:Jane
Release Date:02/11/2012
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
Character:Detective Barrick
Release Date:13/04/2012
Corman's World
Character:Self - Actress
Release Date:16/12/2011
Larry Crowne
Character:Frances
Release Date:30/06/2011
Mafia
Character:James Womack
Release Date:01/01/2011
Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1
Character:Self
Release Date:03/12/2010
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
Character:Self
Release Date:15/10/2010
Just Wright
Character:Janice Wright
Release Date:14/05/2010
The Invited
Character:Zelda
Release Date:01/01/2010
Ladies of the House
Character:Birdie
Release Date:18/10/2008
Bad Girls Behind Bars
Character:Alabama (archive footage)
Release Date:12/06/2005
Back in the Day
Character:Mrs. Cooper
Release Date:24/05/2005
A Decade Under the Influence
Character:Self
Release Date:25/04/2003
Love the Hard Way
Character:Linda Fox
Release Date:27/03/2003
First to Die
Character:Claire Washburn
Release Date:23/02/2003
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
Character:Self
Release Date:20/08/2002
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Character:Flura Nash
Release Date:16/08/2002
BaadAsssss Cinema
Character:Self
Release Date:14/08/2002
Feast of All Saints
Character:Suzette Lermontant
Release Date:11/11/2001
Bones
Character:Pearl
Release Date:24/10/2001
Ghosts of Mars
Character:Commander Helena Braddock
Release Date:14/08/2001
3 A.M.
Character:George
Release Date:01/07/2001
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
Character:Self
Release Date:01/05/2001
Wilder
Character:Detective Della Wilder
Release Date:01/11/2000
Fortress 2
Character:Susan Mendenhall
Release Date:02/03/2000
Snow Day
Character:Tina
Release Date:11/02/2000
No Tomorrow
Character:Diane
Release Date:19/10/1999
Hayley Wagner, Star
Character:Sam
Release Date:19/09/1999
Holy Smoke
Character:Carol
Release Date:04/09/1999
In Too Deep
Character:Det. Angela Wilson
Release Date:25/08/1999
Jawbreaker
Character:Detective Vera Cruz
Release Date:30/01/1999
Family Blessings
Character:Mrs. Quincy
Release Date:06/12/1998
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
Character:Pam Grier
Release Date:10/11/1998
All Saints: The Video
Character:Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:23/10/1998
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1998
Jackie Brown
Character:Jackie Brown
Release Date:25/12/1997
Fakin' Da Funk
Character:Annabelle Lee
Release Date:20/07/1997
Strip Search
Character:Janette
Release Date:02/04/1997
Afro Promo
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/01/1997
Mars Attacks!
Character:Louise Williams
Release Date:13/12/1996
Escape from L.A.
Character:Hershe Las Palamas
Release Date:09/08/1996
Original Gangstas
Character:Laurie Thompson
Release Date:10/05/1996
Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man
Character:Self
Release Date:10/04/1996
Badass Supermama
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1996
Serial Killer
Character:Capt. Maggie Davis
Release Date:05/10/1995
Posse
Character:Phoebe
Release Date:14/05/1993
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
Character:Linda Holman
Release Date:29/11/1992
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
Character:Ms. Wardroe
Release Date:19/07/1991
Class of 1999
Character:Ms. Connors
Release Date:01/04/1990
The Package
Character:Ruth Butler
Release Date:25/08/1989
Above the Law
Character:Delores 'Jacks' Jackson
Release Date:08/04/1988
The Allnighter
Character:Sgt. McLeesh
Release Date:01/05/1987
On the Edge
Character:Cara
Release Date:02/05/1986
The Vindicator
Character:Hunter
Release Date:14/02/1986
Stand Alone
Character:Cathryn Bolan
Release Date:01/09/1985
Badge of the Assassin
Character:Alexandra 'Alie' Horn
Release Date:04/01/1985
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Character:Dust Witch
Release Date:29/04/1983
Tough Enough
Character:Myra
Release Date:14/04/1983
Fort Apache, the Bronx
Character:Charlotte
Release Date:06/02/1981
Greased Lightning
Character:Mary Jones
Release Date:01/07/1977
Twilight of Love
Character:Sandra
Release Date:19/05/1977
Drum
Character:Regine
Release Date:30/07/1976
Friday Foster
Character:Friday Foster
Release Date:25/12/1975
Bucktown
Character:Aretha
Release Date:02/07/1975
Sheba, Baby
Character:Sheba Shayne
Release Date:26/03/1975
Foxy Brown
Character:Foxy Brown
Release Date:05/04/1974
The Arena
Character:Mamawi
Release Date:13/03/1974
Scream Blacula Scream
Character:Lisa Fortier
Release Date:27/06/1973
Coffy
Character:Coffy
Release Date:13/06/1973
Black Mama, White Mama
Character:Lee Daniels
Release Date:19/01/1973
Hit Man
Character:Gozelda
Release Date:20/12/1972
The Big Bird Cage
Character:Blossom
Release Date:01/07/1972
The Twilight People
Character:Ayesa, the Panther Woman
Release Date:01/06/1972
Cool Breeze
Character:Mona
Release Date:29/03/1972
Women in Cages
Character:Alabama
Release Date:19/10/1971
The Big Doll House
Character:Grear
Release Date:30/04/1971
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Character:Fourth Woman
Release Date:17/06/1970
Television Appearances
Sherri
Character:Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Character:Self
Them
Character:Athena
The Great North
Character:Neckbone (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character:Self
Bless This Mess
Character:Constance
This Is Us
Character:Grandma
Bob's Burgers
Character:Evelyn (voice)
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Character:Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Character:Self - Guest
The L Word
Character:Kit Porter
Justice League
Character:My'ria'h (voice)
Smallville
Character:Amanda Waller
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character:Assistant US Attorney Claudia Williams
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Character:Self - Guest
Hollywood Squares
Character:
The Wild Thornberrys
Character:Mother Springbok (voice)
Linc's
Character:Eleanor Braithwaite Winthrop
The View
Character:Self
E! True Hollywood Story
Character:
The Daily Show
Character:Self
MADtv
Character:Self - Guest Host
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Character:Nightingale (voice)
The Wayans Bros.
Character:Erica
Intimate Portrait
Character:Self
The Sinbad Show
Character:
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self - Guest
Martin
Character:Pam Grier
Pacific Station
Character:Grace Ballard
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Character:Janice
Frank's Place
Character:Neema Sharone
Crime Story
Character:Suzanne Terry
The Cosby Show
Character:Samantha
Miami Vice
Character:
Miami Vice
Character:Valerie Gordon
Night Court
Character:Benet Collins
Knots Landing
Character:Lieutenant Guthrie
Roots: The Next Generations
Character:Francey
The Love Boat
Character:Cynthia Wilbur
People's Choice Awards
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
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