Pam Grier

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

135

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 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

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • Smallville

    Smallville

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • Bob's Burgers

    Bob's Burgers

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • This Is Us

    This Is Us

  • The Love Boat

    The Love Boat

  • Sherri

    Sherri

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • Roots: The Next Generations

    Roots: The Next Generations

  • The Jennifer Hudson Show

    The Jennifer Hudson Show

  • The View

    The View

  • The Cosby Show

    The Cosby Show

  • Knots Landing

    Knots Landing

  • Night Court

    Night Court

  • The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

    The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

  • The L Word

    The L Word

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • The Wild Thornberrys

    The Wild Thornberrys

  • Martin

    Martin

  • Intimate Portrait

    Intimate Portrait

  • Hollywood Squares

    Hollywood Squares

  • The Great North

    The Great North

  • Celebrity Ghost Stories

    Celebrity Ghost Stories

  • Justice League

    Justice League

  • Crime Story

    Crime Story

  • The Wayans Bros.

    The Wayans Bros.

  • Larry Crowne

    Larry Crowne

  • How It Feels to Be Free

    How It Feels to Be Free

  • Them

    Them

  • Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

  • Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

    Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

  • Just Wright

    Just Wright

  • Jawbreaker

    Jawbreaker

  • Greased Lightning

    Greased Lightning

  • Mars Attacks!

    Mars Attacks!

  • Snow Day

    Snow Day

  • Friday Foster

    Friday Foster

  • The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

    The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

  • Jackie Brown

    Jackie Brown

  • Cinnamon

    Cinnamon

  • Holy Smoke

    Holy Smoke

  • Bad Grandmas

    Bad Grandmas

  • Cleveland Abduction

    Cleveland Abduction

  • Above the Law

    Above the Law

  • Drum

    Drum

  • Mafia

    Mafia

  • Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

    Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

  • Tough Enough

    Tough Enough

  • BaadAsssss Cinema

    BaadAsssss Cinema

  • Hit Man

    Hit Man

  • Sheba, Baby

    Sheba, Baby

  • Stand Alone

    Stand Alone

  • Escape from L.A.

    Escape from L.A.

  • Coffy

    Coffy

  • Twilight of Love

    Twilight of Love

  • Fortress 2

    Fortress 2

  • Foxy Brown

    Foxy Brown

  • Being Rose

    Being Rose

  • The Man with the Iron Fists

    The Man with the Iron Fists

  • No Tomorrow

    No Tomorrow

  • Ghosts of Mars

    Ghosts of Mars

  • Class of 1999

    Class of 1999

  • Wilder

    Wilder

  • Bless This Mess

    Bless This Mess

  • Original Gangstas

    Original Gangstas

  • Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

    Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

  • Family Blessings

    Family Blessings

  • Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

    Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

  • The Allnighter

    The Allnighter

  • Cool Breeze

    Cool Breeze

  • Serial Killer

    Serial Killer

  • The Big Doll House

    The Big Doll House

  • A Christmas Wish

    A Christmas Wish

  • Something Wicked This Way Comes

    Something Wicked This Way Comes

  • The Big Bird Cage

    The Big Bird Cage

  • Black Mama, White Mama

    Black Mama, White Mama

  • Frank's Place

    Frank's Place

  • Women in Cages

    Women in Cages

  • The Adventures of Pluto Nash

    The Adventures of Pluto Nash

  • Mystery Cuddlers

    Mystery Cuddlers

  • In Too Deep

    In Too Deep

  • A Decade Under the Influence

    A Decade Under the Influence

  • Posse

    Posse

  • Fort Apache, the Bronx

    Fort Apache, the Bronx

  • Scream Blacula Scream

    Scream Blacula Scream

  • The Sinbad Show

    The Sinbad Show

  • Feast of All Saints

    Feast of All Saints

  • The Package

    The Package

  • Corman's World

    Corman's World

  • The Arena

    The Arena

  • Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

    Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

  • Bones

    Bones

  • Badge of the Assassin

    Badge of the Assassin

  • 3 A.M.

    3 A.M.

  • Pacific Station

    Pacific Station

  • Bad Girls Behind Bars

    Bad Girls Behind Bars

  • Love the Hard Way

    Love the Hard Way

  • Poms

    Poms

  • First to Die

    First to Die

  • Back in the Day

    Back in the Day

  • MADtv

    MADtv

  • Linc's

    Linc's

  • Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking

    Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking

  • As We Know It

    As We Know It

  • Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

    Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

  • It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

    It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

  • Jackie Brown: How It Went Down

    Jackie Brown: How It Went Down

  • Fakin' Da Funk

    Fakin' Da Funk

  • Ladies of the House

    Ladies of the House

  • Hayley Wagner, Star

    Hayley Wagner, Star

  • The Invited

    The Invited

  • E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

  • Kings of Cult

    Kings of Cult

  • Machete Maidens Unleashed!

    Machete Maidens Unleashed!

  • Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day

    Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day

  • The Twilight People

    The Twilight People

  • The Vindicator

    The Vindicator

  • Strip Search

    Strip Search

  • Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

    Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

  • Bucktown

    Bucktown

  • Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am

    Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am

  • Pete Rock: Soul Survivor

    Pete Rock: Soul Survivor

  • Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)

    Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)

  • All Saints: The Video

    All Saints: The Video

  • A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story

    A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story

  • Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1

    Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1

  • Afro Promo

    Afro Promo

  • On the Edge

    On the Edge

  • Beautiful Like a Poem

    Beautiful Like a Poem

  • Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man

    Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man

  • Badass Supermama

    Badass Supermama