Acting
Pam Grier
EN, DE, PT, ES cinema · 101 credits
Born
26 May 1949 (age 77)
Birthplace
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Also known as Pam Greer · Pamela Grier · Pamela Suzette Grier · Mama G · Pamala Grier
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
Filmography
Faith
Faith
as Linda
Baby of the Family
Baby of the Family
as Mrs. Williams
Breakdown: 1975
as (archive footage)
Mystery Cuddlers
as Juniper
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
as Majorie Washburn
Cinnamon
as Mama
As We Know It
as Beverly Jones
How It Feels to Be Free
as Self (archival footage)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
Beautiful Like a Poem
as Self (archive footage)
Poms
as Olive
A Christmas Wish
as Mary
Bad Grandmas
as Coralee
Being Rose
as Lily
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
as Self (archive footage)
Kings of Cult
as (archive footage)
Cleveland Abduction
as Carla
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
as Self (archive footage)
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
as Detective Barrick
Larry Crowne
as Frances
Mafia
as James Womack
Corman's World
as Self - Actress
Just Wright
as Janice Wright
The Invited
as Zelda
Ladies of the House
as Birdie
Back in the Day
as Mrs. Cooper
Bad Girls Behind Bars
as Alabama (archive footage)
Love the Hard Way
as Linda Fox
First to Die
as Claire Washburn
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
as Flura Nash
Ghosts of Mars
as Commander Helena Braddock
Bones
as Pearl
Feast of All Saints
as Suzette Lermontant
3 A.M.
as George
Wilder
as Detective Della Wilder
Snow Day
as Tina
Fortress 2
as Susan Mendenhall
In Too Deep
as Det. Angela Wilson
Holy Smoke
as Carol
Jawbreaker
as Detective Vera Cruz
No Tomorrow
as Diane
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
as Narrator (voice)
Family Blessings
as Mrs. Quincy
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
as Pam Grier
All Saints: The Video
as Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jackie Brown
as Jackie Brown
Fakin' Da Funk
as Annabelle Lee
Strip Search
as Janette
Afro Promo
as Self (archive footage)
Mars Attacks!
as Louise Williams
Escape from L.A.
as Hershe Las Palamas
Original Gangstas
as Laurie Thompson
Badass Supermama
as (archive footage)
Serial Killer
as Capt. Maggie Davis
Posse
as Phoebe
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
as Linda Holman
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
as Ms. Wardroe
Class of 1999
as Ms. Connors
The Package
as Ruth Butler
Above the Law
as Delores 'Jacks' Jackson
The Allnighter
as Sargeant McLeish
The Vindicator
as Hunter
On the Edge
as Cora
Stand Alone
as Cathryn Bolan
Badge of the Assassin
as Alexandra 'Alie' Horn
Something Wicked This Way Comes
as Dust Witch
Tough Enough
as Myra
Fort Apache, the Bronx
as Charlotte
Twilight of Love
as Sandra
Greased Lightning
as Mary Jones
Drum
as Regine
Sheba, Baby
as Sheba Shayne
Friday Foster
as Friday Foster
Bucktown
as Aretha
Foxy Brown
as Foxy Brown
The Arena
as Mamawi
Coffy
as Coffy
Black Mama, White Mama
as Lee Daniels
Scream Blacula Scream
as Lisa Fortier
The Big Bird Cage
as Blossom
Hit Man
as Gozelda
The Twilight People
as Ayesa, the Panther Woman
Cool Breeze
as Mona
Women in Cages
as Alabama
The Big Doll House
as Grear
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
as Fourth Woman