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Pam Grier
Born · May 26, 1949 (75 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Bio
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 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Pam Grier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2023
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
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2023
Cinnamon
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2023
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2022
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2022
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2021
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2021
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2021
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6.6
2020
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
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6.8
2020
A Christmas Wish
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6.6
2019
QT8: The First Eight
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7.2
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(1 episode)
6.2
2019
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Olive
6.6
2019
Bless This Mess
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6.2
2019
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2019
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2017
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4.9
2017
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2016
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2016
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2015
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7.2
2015
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7.1
2013
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
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6.7
2012
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5.5
2012
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2012
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2011
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6.0
2011
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4.0
2011
Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1
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2010
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6.8
2010
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6.6
2010
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3.3
2010
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2009
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2009
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4.5
2008
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0.5
2005
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5.1
2005
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2004
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5.2
2003
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8.0
2003
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6.3
2003
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4.2
2003
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
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7.7
2002
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4.4
2002
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Self
6.0
2002
Justice League
My'ria'h (voice) · (2 episodes)
8.1
2001
Feast of All Saints
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4.6
2001
Bones
Pearl
4.8
2001
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8.2
2001
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5.1
2001
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2001
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2001
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6.8
2001
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4.0
2000
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5.1
2000
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5.1
2000
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4.9
1999
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1999
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0.0
1999
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Carol
5.6
1999
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6.4
1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
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4.2
1999
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Detective Vera Cruz
6.3
1999
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Mrs. Quincy
6.0
1998
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2.0
1998
Hollywood Squares
(5 episodes)
6.5
1998
The Wild Thornberrys
Mother Springbok (voice) · (1 episode)
6.8
1998
Linc's
Eleanor Braithwaite Winthrop · (37 episodes)
2.0
1998
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1998
Jackie Brown
Jackie Brown
7.4
1997
The View
Self · (1 episode)
4.4
1997
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5.3
1997
Strip Search
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2.5
1997
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Self (archive footage)
0.0
1997
Mars Attacks!
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6.4
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
(1 episode)
8.0
1996
Escape from L.A.
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5.9
1996
The Daily Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.4
1996
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5.6
1996
Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man
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5.8
1996
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(archive footage)
1.0
1996
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Self - Guest Host · (1 episode)
6.9
1995
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4.3
1995
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Nightingale (voice) · (1 episode)
6.0
1995
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Erica · (1 episode)
7.1
1995
Intimate Portrait
Self · (1 episode)
4.5
1993
The Sinbad Show
(1 episode)
6.0
1993
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Self - Guest · (1 episode)
7.1
1993
Posse
Phoebe
5.4
1993
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4.0
1992
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(1 episode)
7.7
1992
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Grace Ballard · (1 episode)
5.0
1991
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
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6.3
1991
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Janice · (1 episode)
7.9
1990
Class of 1999
Ms. Connors
6.0
1990
The Package
Ruth Butler
6.1
1989
Above the Law
Delores 'Jacks' Jackson
6.1
1988
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Neema Sharone · (1 episode)
5.6
1987
The Allnighter
Sgt. McLeesh
5.0
1987
Crime Story
Suzanne Terry · (4 episodes)
8.0
1986
On the Edge
Cara
5.9
1986
The Vindicator
Hunter
4.4
1986
Stand Alone
Cathryn Bolan
5.2
1985
Badge of the Assassin
Alexandra 'Alie' Horn
5.3
1985
The Cosby Show
Samantha · (1 episode)
7.0
1984
Miami Vice
(3 episodes)
7.5
1984
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Valerie Gordon · (1 episode)
7.5
1984
Night Court
Benet Collins · (2 episodes)
7.3
1984
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Dust Witch
6.4
1983
Tough Enough
Myra
5.1
1983
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Charlotte
6.5
1981
Knots Landing
Lieutenant Guthrie · (2 episodes)
6.8
1979
Roots: The Next Generations
Francey · (7 episodes)
7.3
1979
The Love Boat
Cynthia Wilbur · (2 episodes)
6.3
1977
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Mary Jones
6.3
1977
Twilight of Love
Sandra
4.3
1977
Drum
Regine
5.2
1976
Friday Foster
Friday Foster
5.9
1975
Bucktown
Aretha
5.6
1975
Sheba, Baby
Sheba Shayne
5.7
1975
Foxy Brown
Foxy Brown
6.3
1974
The Arena
Mamawi
5.4
1974
Scream Blacula Scream
Lisa Fortier
5.9
1973
Coffy
Coffy
6.6
1973
Black Mama, White Mama
Lee Daniels
5.4
1973
Hit Man
Gozelda
4.9
1972
The Big Bird Cage
Blossom
5.7
1972
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Ayesa, the Panther Woman
4.5
1972
Cool Breeze
Mona (as Pamela Grier)
5.1
1972
Women in Cages
Alabama
5.1
1971
The Big Doll House
Grear
5.6
1971
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Fourth Woman (as Pamela Grier)
6.2
1970
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
1962