Pam Grier

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1949-05-26 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

Pam Grier

Biography

Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress. Described by 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...

Acting

1996

Mars Attacks!

as Louise Williams

1997

Jackie Brown

as Jackie Brown

2001

Ghosts of Mars

as Commander Helena Braddock

1991

1996

Escape from L.A.

as Hershe Las Palamas

1986

1973

Coffy

as Coffy

1974

Foxy Brown

as Foxy Brown

1972

2001

Bones

as Pearl

1999

In Too Deep

as Det. Angela Wilson

1990

Class of 1999

as Ms. Connors

1989

The Package

as Ruth Butler

1981

1986

1988

Above the Law

as Delores 'Jacks' Jackson

2005

Back in the Day

as Mrs. Cooper

1975

Sheba, Baby

as Sheba Shayne

1971

Women in Cages

as Alabama

1996

Original Gangstas

as Laurie Thompson

1973

1999

Holy Smoke

as Carol

1977

1974

The Arena

as Mamawi

1993

Posse

as Phoebe

1977

Greased Lightning

as Mary Jones

1973

Scream Blacula Scream

as Lisa Fortier

2019

1971

2000

Wilder

as Detective Della Wilder

1972

Hit Man

as Gozelda

2015

Kings of Cult

as (archive footage)

2000

Snow Day

as Tina

2010

Just Wright

as Janice Wright

1987

The Allnighter

as Sgt. McLeesh

1983

1997

Fakin' Da Funk

as Annabelle Lee

2002

Love the Hard Way

as Linda Fox

2008

1999

Jawbreaker

as Detective Vera Cruz

1995

Serial Killer

as Capt. Maggie Davis

2001

Feast of All Saints

as Suzette Lermontant

1975

Friday Foster

as Friday Foster

1972

The Twilight People

as Ayesa, the Panther Woman

2011

Larry Crowne

as Frances

1976

Drum

as Regine

2003

First to Die

as Claire Washburn

1975

Bucktown

as Aretha

1972

1999

No Tomorrow

as Diane

2011

Mafia

as James Womack

2023

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

as Majorie Washburn

2023

Cinnamon

as Mama

1985

Stand Alone

as Cathryn Bolan

1985

Badge of the Assassin

as Alexandra 'Alie' Horn

2023

As We Know It

as Beverly Jones

1997

Strip Search

as Janette

2010

The Invited

as Zelda

2000

Fortress 2

as Susan Mendenhall

2001

3 A.M.

as George

1997

Afro Promo

as Self (archive footage)

2011

Corman's World

as Self - Actress

2017

Bad Grandmas

as Coralee

2013

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

as Self (archive footage)

1998

2003

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

as Self (archive footage)

1998

Family Blessings

as Mrs. Quincy

1996

Badass Supermama

as (archive footage)

2019

Poms

as Olive

2017

Being Rose

as Lily

2019

1998

2021

How It Feels to Be Free

as Self (archival footage)

2019

QT8: The First Eight

as Self (archive footage)

2005

Bad Girls Behind Bars

as Alabama (archive footage)

2024

1998

All Saints: The Video

as Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

1985

Production

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