Pam Grier

Actor

Born May 26, 1949 in 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. 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).

Filmography

Diggin’ Up "Bones"

Self

The Way Things Seem to Be

Self

Mystery Cuddlers

Juniper

As We Know It

Beverly Jones

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

Majorie Washburn

Cinnamon

Mama

Sherri

Self - Guest

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Self

Them

Athena

How It Feels to Be Free

Self (archival footage)

The Great North

Neckbone (voice)

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

Self

Beautiful Like a Poem

Self (archive footage)

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

Self

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time

Self

A Christmas Wish

Mary

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Self

Poms

Olive

Bless This Mess

Constance

Being Rose

Lily

Bad Grandmas

Coralee

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

Self (archive footage)

This Is Us

Grandma

Kings of Cult

(archive footage)

Cleveland Abduction

Carla

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

Self (archive footage)

Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking

Self

The Man with the Iron Fists

Jane

Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day

Detective Barrick

Corman's World

Self - Actress

Larry Crowne

Frances

Bob's Burgers

Evelyn (voice)

Mafia

James Womack

Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1

Self

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

Self

Just Wright

Janice Wright

The Invited

Zelda

Celebrity Ghost Stories

Self

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest

Ladies of the House

Birdie

Bad Girls Behind Bars

Alabama (archive footage)

Back in the Day

Mrs. Cooper

The L Word

Kit Porter

A Decade Under the Influence

Self

Love the Hard Way

Linda Fox

First to Die

Claire Washburn

Jackie Brown: How It Went Down

Self

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

Flura Nash

BaadAsssss Cinema

Self

Justice League

My'ria'h (voice)

Feast of All Saints

Suzette Lermontant

Bones

Pearl

Smallville

Amanda Waller

Strange Frequency

Ghosts of Mars

Commander Helena Braddock

3 A.M.

George

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

Self

Wilder

Detective Della Wilder

Fortress 2

Susan Mendenhall

Snow Day

Tina

No Tomorrow

Diane

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Assistant US Attorney Claudia Williams

Hayley Wagner, Star

Sam

Holy Smoke

Carol

In Too Deep

Det. Angela Wilson

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

Self - Guest

Jawbreaker

Detective Vera Cruz

Family Blessings

Mrs. Quincy

Pete Rock: Soul Survivor

Pam Grier

All Saints: The Video

Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hollywood Squares

Self - Panelist

The Wild Thornberrys

Mother Springbok (voice)

Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am

Narrator (voice)

Jackie Brown

The View

Self

Fakin' Da Funk

Annabelle Lee

Strip Search

Janette

Afro Promo

Self (archive footage)

Mars Attacks!

Louise Williams

E! True Hollywood Story

Escape from L.A.

Hershe Las Palamas

The Daily Show

Self - Guest

Original Gangstas

Laurie Thompson

Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man

Self

Badass Supermama

(archive footage)

MADtv

Self - Guest Host

Serial Killer

Capt. Maggie Davis

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Nightingale (voice)

The Wayans Bros.

Erica

Intimate Portrait

Self

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self - Guest

Posse

Phoebe

A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story

Linda Holman

Martin

Pam Grier

Pacific Station

Grace Ballard

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

Ms. Wardroe

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Janice

Class of 1999

Ms. Connors

Chicago Joe and the Showgirl

The Package

Ruth Butler

Monsters

Matilde

Above the Law

Delores 'Jacks' Jackson

Frank's Place

Neema Sharone

The Allnighter

Sargeant McLeish

Crime Story

Suzanne Terry

On the Edge

Cara

The Vindicator

Hunter

Stand Alone

Cathryn Bolan

Badge of the Assassin

Alexandra 'Alie' Horn

The Cosby Show

Samantha

Miami Vice

Night Court

Benet Collins

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Dust Witch

Tough Enough

Myra

Fort Apache, the Bronx

Charlotte

Knots Landing

Lieutenant Guthrie

Roots: The Next Generations

Francey

The Love Boat

Cynthia Wilbur

Greased Lightning

Mary Jones

Twilight of Love

Sandra

Drum

Regine

Friday Foster

Bucktown

Aretha

Sheba, Baby

Sheba Shayne

People's Choice Awards

Self

Foxy Brown

The Arena

Mamawi

Scream Blacula Scream

Lisa Fortier

Coffy

Black Mama, White Mama

Lee Daniels

Hit Man

Gozelda

The Big Bird Cage

Blossom

The Twilight People

Ayesa, the Panther Woman

Cool Breeze

Mona

Women in Cages

Alabama

The Big Doll House

Grear

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

Fourth Woman

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self