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Pam Grier

Acting · Born May 26, 1949 · Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

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.

Movies with Pam Grier

• Mars Attacks! (1996) — Louise Williams
• Jackie Brown (1997) — Jackie Brown
• Larry Crowne (2011) — Frances
• Escape from L.A. (1996) — Hershe Las Palamas
• Ghosts of Mars (2001) — Commander Helena Braddock
• Jawbreaker (1999) — Detective Vera Cruz
• The Man with the Iron Fists (2012) — Jane
• Above the Law (1988) — Delores 'Jacks' Jackson
• Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) — Ms. Wardroe
• Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) — Fourth Woman
• Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (2020) — Self
• Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (2023) — Majorie Washburn

TV shows with Pam Grier

• The L Word (2004) — Kit Porter
• Them (2021) — Athena
• Bless This Mess (2019) — Constance