Pam Grier
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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
Credits
Jackie Brown (1997)
as Jackie Brown
Mars Attacks! (1996)
as Louise Williams
The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)
as Jane
Escape from L.A. (1996)
as Hershe Las Palamas
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (2023)
as Majorie Washburn
Jawbreaker (1999)
as Detective Vera Cruz
Above the Law (1988)
as Delores 'Jacks' Jackson
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
as Ms. Wardroe
Ghosts of Mars (2001)
as Commander Helena Braddock
The Arena (1974)
as Mamawi
Larry Crowne (2011)
as Frances
The Package (1989)
as Ruth Butler
Fort Apache, the Bronx (1981)
as Charlotte
The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
as Flura Nash
Cleveland Abduction (2015)
as Carla
In Too Deep (1999)
as Det. Angela Wilson
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
as Fourth Woman
Just Wright (2010)
as Janice Wright
The Big Doll House (1971)
as Grear
Class of 1999 (1990)
as Ms. Connors
Fortress 2 (2000)
as Susan Mendenhall
Foxy Brown (1974)
as Foxy Brown
Holy Smoke (1999)
as Carol
Coffy (1973)
as Coffy
Breakdown: 1975 (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Snow Day (2000)
as Tina
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (2020)
as Self
Poms (2019)
as Olive
Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
as Dust Witch
Posse (1993)
as Phoebe
Black Mama, White Mama (1973)
as Lee Daniels
Greased Lightning (1977)
as Mary Jones
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
Bones (2001)
as Pearl
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking (2013)
as Self
Drum (1976)
as Regine
Bad Grandmas (2017)
as Coralee
Corman's World (2011)
as Self - Actress
Feast of All Saints (2001)
as Suzette Lermontant
Mystery Cuddlers (2024)
as Juniper
A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
as Self
3 A.M. (2001)
as George
Women in Cages (1971)
as Alabama
Friday Foster (1975)
as Friday Foster
Mafia (2011)
as James Womack
Scream Blacula Scream (1973)
as Lisa Fortier
The Big Bird Cage (1972)
as Blossom
Tough Enough (1983)
as Myra
Back in the Day (2005)
as Mrs. Cooper
The Way Things Seem to Be (2026)
as Self
The Allnighter (1987)
as Sargeant McLeish
Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010)
as Self
No Tomorrow (1999)
as Diane
Love the Hard Way (2003)
as Linda Fox
Sheba, Baby (1975)
as Sheba Shayne
Fakin' Da Funk (1997)
as Annabelle Lee
Stand Alone (1985)
as Cathryn Bolan
Original Gangstas (1996)
as Laurie Thompson
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
First to Die (2003)
as Claire Washburn
Cool Breeze (1972)
as Mona
Bucktown (1975)
as Aretha
Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1 (2010)
as Self
Badge of the Assassin (1985)
as Alexandra 'Alie' Horn
The Vindicator (1986)
as Hunter
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Hit Man (1972)
as Gozelda
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness (2020)
as Self
The Invited (2010)
as Zelda
A Christmas Wish (2019)
as Mary
Serial Killer (1995)
as Capt. Maggie Davis
BaadAsssss Cinema (2002)
as Self
The Twilight People (1972)
as Ayesa, the Panther Woman
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down (2002)
as Self
Beautiful Like a Poem (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day (2012)
as Detective Barrick
Cinnamon (2023)
as Mama
Ladies of the House (2008)
as Birdie
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story (1992)
as Linda Holman
Badass Supermama (1996)
as (archive footage)
Being Rose (2017)
as Lily
Family Blessings (1998)
as Mrs. Quincy
Bad Girls Behind Bars (2005)
as Alabama (archive footage)
Wilder (2000)
as Detective Della Wilder
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures (2001)
as Self
All Saints: The Video (1998)
as Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
On the Edge (1986)
as Cara
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor (1998)
as Pam Grier
Kings of Cult (2015)
as (archive footage)
As We Know It (2023)
as Beverly Jones
Afro Promo (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Diggin’ Up "Bones" (—)
as Self
Hayley Wagner, Star (1999)
as Sam
Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man (1996)
as Self
Twilight of Love (1977)
as Sandra
Strip Search (1997)
as Janette
How It Feels to Be Free (2021)
as Self (archival footage)
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am (1998)
as Narrator (voice)