Pam Grier
Known for Acting · 139 credits
- Born
- 1949-05-26 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
- Also known as
- Pam Greer · Pamela Grier · Pamela Suzette Grier · 帕姆·格里爾 · پم گرییر · Mama G
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
TV Shows (43)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Assistant US Attorney Claudia Williams
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest
Smallville
2001
as Amanda Waller
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self
Bob's Burgers
2011
as Evelyn (voice)
The View
1997
as Self
Sherri
2022
as Self - Guest
The Love Boat
1977
as Cynthia Wilbur
Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist
This Is Us
2016
as Grandma
Knots Landing
1979
as Lieutenant Guthrie
Miami Vice
1984
as Valerie Gordon
The Cosby Show
1984
as Samantha
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Night Court
1984
as Benet Collins
The L Word
2004
as Kit Porter
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
as Mother Springbok (voice)
Martin
1992
as Pam Grier
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
The Great North
2021
as Neckbone (voice)
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
as Janice
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self
Crime Story
1986
as Suzanne Terry
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as Nightingale (voice)
Monsters
1988
as Matilde
The Wayans Bros.
1995
as Erica
Justice League
2001
as My'ria'h (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
as Self - Guest
Them
2021
as Athena
Bless This Mess
2019
as Constance
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
as Francey
The Sinbad Show
1993
Frank's Place
1987
as Neema Sharone
Pacific Station
1991
as Grace Ballard
Linc's
1998
as Eleanor Braithwaite Winthrop
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020
as Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
MADtv
1995
as Self - Guest Host
Strange Frequency
2001
Movies (96)
Mars Attacks!
1996
as Louise Williams
The Big Doll House
1971
as Grear
Jackie Brown
1997
as Jackie Brown
Jawbreaker
1999
as Detective Vera Cruz
Above the Law
1988
as Delores 'Jacks' Jackson
Larry Crowne
2011
as Frances
Ghosts of Mars
2001
as Commander Helena Braddock
The Man with the Iron Fists
2012
as Jane
Escape from L.A.
1996
as Hershe Las Palamas
The Package
1989
as Ruth Butler
Just Wright
2010
as Janice Wright
Cleveland Abduction
2015
as Carla
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
2023
as Majorie Washburn
Snow Day
2000
as Tina
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
1991
as Ms. Wardroe
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
1970
as Fourth Woman
Posse
1993
as Phoebe
Coffy
1973
as Coffy
Corman's World
2011
as Self - Actress
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020
as Self
Bones
2001
as Pearl
In Too Deep
1999
as Det. Angela Wilson
Holy Smoke
1999
as Carol
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002
as Flura Nash
The Arena
1974
as Mamawi
Foxy Brown
1974
as Foxy Brown
Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983
as Dust Witch
The Allnighter
1987
as Sargeant McLeish
Scream Blacula Scream
1973
as Lisa Fortier
Fortress 2
2000
as Susan Mendenhall
Class of 1999
1990
as Ms. Connors
Fakin' Da Funk
1997
as Annabelle Lee
Drum
1976
as Regine
Original Gangstas
1996
as Laurie Thompson
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
as Self
Greased Lightning
1977
as Mary Jones
Feast of All Saints
2001
as Suzette Lermontant
Women in Cages
1971
as Alabama
Poms
2019
as Olive
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
as Self
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
as Self
Fort Apache, the Bronx
1981
as Charlotte
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
2010
as Self
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
2002
as Self
Strip Search
1997
as Janette
The Big Bird Cage
1972
as Blossom
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Love the Hard Way
2003
as Linda Fox
Back in the Day
2005
as Mrs. Cooper
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
2013
as Self
The Twilight People
1972
as Ayesa, the Panther Woman
Badge of the Assassin
1985
as Alexandra 'Alie' Horn
3 A.M.
2001
as George
Cinnamon
2023
as Mama
Friday Foster
1975
as Friday Foster
Serial Killer
1995
as Capt. Maggie Davis
First to Die
2003
as Claire Washburn
Stand Alone
1985
as Cathryn Bolan
The Invited
2010
as Zelda
Mafia
2011
as James Womack
On the Edge
1986
as Cara
Sheba, Baby
1975
as Sheba Shayne
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001
as Self
The Vindicator
1986
as Hunter
Black Mama, White Mama
1973
as Lee Daniels
Family Blessings
1998
as Mrs. Quincy
Hit Man
1972
as Gozelda
Tough Enough
1983
as Myra
As We Know It
2023
as Beverly Jones
The Way Things Seem to Be
2026
as Self
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
1992
as Linda Holman
Being Rose
2017
as Lily
Bucktown
1975
as Aretha
No Tomorrow
1999
as Diane
Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1
2010
as Self
Wilder
2000
as Detective Della Wilder
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
2012
as Detective Barrick
Cool Breeze
1972
as Mona
Ladies of the House
2008
as Birdie
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Bad Grandmas
2017
as Coralee
Mystery Cuddlers
2024
as Juniper
A Christmas Wish
2019
as Mary
Hayley Wagner, Star
1999
as Sam
Afro Promo
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
1998
as Pam Grier
All Saints: The Video
1998
as Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Badass Supermama
1996
as (archive footage)
Beautiful Like a Poem
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man
1996
as Self
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
as Self (archival footage)
Kings of Cult
2015
as (archive footage)
Twilight of Love
1977
as Sandra
Bad Girls Behind Bars
2005
as Alabama (archive footage)
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
1998
as Narrator (voice)
About Pam 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 (1… With 139 credits spanning from 1962 to 2026, Pam Grier has appeared in 96 films and 43 TV shows.
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- Mars Attacks! (1996) — as Louise Williams
- The Big Doll House (1971) — as Grear
- Jackie Brown (1997) — as Jackie Brown
- Jawbreaker (1999) — as Detective Vera Cruz
- Above the Law (1988) — as Delores 'Jacks' Jackson
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