Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 26, 1949
Place of Birth:
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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Pam Grier
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
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Sherri | Self - Guest |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self |
| 2021 | Them | Athena |
| 2021 | The Great North | Neckbone (voice) |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self |
| 2019 | Bless This Mess | Constance |
| 2016 | This Is Us | Grandma |
| 2011 | Bob's Burgers | Evelyn (voice) |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest |
| 2009 | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Self |
| 2004 | The L Word | Kit Porter |
| 2001 | Smallville | Amanda Waller |
| 2001 | Justice League | My'ria'h (voice) |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Assistant US Attorney Claudia Williams |
| 1999 | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | Self - Guest |
| 1998 | The Wild Thornberrys | Mother Springbok (voice) |
| 1998 | Linc's | Eleanor Braithwaite Winthrop |
| 1998 | Hollywood Squares | |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self |
| 1995 | The Wayans Bros. | Erica |
| 1995 | MADtv | Self - Guest Host |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Nightingale (voice) |
| 1993 | The Sinbad Show | |
| 1993 | Intimate Portrait | Self |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest |
| 1992 | Martin | Pam Grier |
| 1991 | Pacific Station | Grace Ballard |
| 1990 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Janice |
| 1987 | Frank's Place | Neema Sharone |
| 1986 | Crime Story | Suzanne Terry |
| 1984 | Night Court | Benet Collins |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | Valerie Gordon |
| 1984 | The Cosby Show | Samantha |
| 1979 | Knots Landing | Lieutenant Guthrie |
| 1979 | Roots: The Next Generations | Francey |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Cynthia Wilbur |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |