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Pam Grier

1949-05-26 (75 years old) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

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.

Movies

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Mystery Cuddlers
0 %|Nov 18, 2024
Animation, Comedy, Mystery
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As We Know It
70 %|Nov 24, 2023
Comedy, Horror, Romance, Drama
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Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
56 %|Sep 23, 2023
Horror, Fantasy
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Cinnamon
68 %|Jun 11, 2023
Thriller, Crime, Drama
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How It Feels to Be Free
0 %|Jan 18, 2021
Documentary
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Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
66 %|Aug 18, 2020
Documentary
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Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
68 %|Apr 21, 2020
Documentary
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A Christmas Wish
66.35 %|Nov 28, 2019
Romance, TV Movie
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QT8: The First Eight
71.7 %|Oct 21, 2019
Documentary
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Poms
66 %|May 9, 2019
Comedy, Drama
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Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
73 %|Feb 7, 2019
Documentary
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Being Rose
70 %|Nov 9, 2017
Drama
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Bad Grandmas
49 %|Nov 3, 2017
Action, Comedy, Crime
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Kings of Cult
75 %|Sep 2, 2015
Documentary
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Cleveland Abduction
72 %|May 2, 2015
Drama, Crime, TV Movie
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Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
70.96000000000001 %|Apr 23, 2013
Documentary
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Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
67.38000000000001 %|Nov 20, 2012
Documentary
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The Man with the Iron Fists
55.199999999999996 %|Nov 2, 2012
Action
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Corman's World
71.36 %|Dec 16, 2011
Documentary
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Larry Crowne
59.76 %|Jun 30, 2011
Comedy, Romance, Drama
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Mafia
40 %|Jan 1, 2011
Action, Crime
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Machete Maidens Unleashed!
68 %|Oct 15, 2010
Documentary
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Just Wright
66 %|May 14, 2010
Romance, Comedy
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The Invited
33 %|Jan 1, 2010
Horror
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Ladies of the House
45 %|Oct 18, 2008
Drama, TV Movie
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Bad Girls Behind Bars
5 %|Jun 12, 2005
Action, Comedy
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Back in the Day
51 %|May 24, 2005
Crime, Drama
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Sex at 24 Frames Per Second
52 %|Sep 23, 2003
Documentary, History
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A Decade Under the Influence
80 %|Apr 25, 2003
Documentary
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Love the Hard Way
63 %|Mar 27, 2003
Romance, Drama, Crime
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First to Die
42 %|Feb 23, 2003
Action, Thriller, TV Movie
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Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
77 %|Aug 20, 2002
Documentary
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The Adventures of Pluto Nash
44 %|Aug 16, 2002
Action, Comedy, Science Fiction
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BaadAsssss Cinema
60 %|Aug 14, 2002
Action, Documentary
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Feast of All Saints
46 %|Nov 11, 2001
Romance, Drama
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Bones
48 %|Oct 24, 2001
Horror, Thriller
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Ghosts of Mars
51.13 %|Aug 24, 2001
Action, Horror, Science Fiction
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3 A.M.
55 %|Jul 1, 2001
Crime, Drama
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Wilder
40 %|Nov 1, 2000
Thriller
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Fortress 2
51 %|Mar 2, 2000
Science Fiction, Action
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Snow Day
51.28 %|Feb 11, 2000
Comedy, Family, Adventure
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No Tomorrow
49 %|Oct 19, 1999
Action
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Hayley Wagner, Star
0 %|Sep 19, 1999
Comedy, TV Movie
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Holy Smoke
56 %|Sep 4, 1999
Comedy, Drama
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In Too Deep
63.949999999999996 %|Aug 25, 1999
Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime
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Jawbreaker
63 %|Jan 30, 1999
Comedy, Crime
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Family Blessings
60 %|Dec 6, 1998
Drama, Romance, TV Movie
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Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
20 %|Nov 10, 1998
Documentary
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Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
0 %|Jan 1, 1998
Documentary
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Jackie Brown
74 %|Dec 25, 1997
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Fakin' Da Funk
53 %|Jul 20, 1997
Comedy
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Strip Search
25 %|Apr 2, 1997
Action
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Afro Promo
0 %|Jan 31, 1997
Documentary
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Mars Attacks!
64 %|Dec 13, 1996
Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Escape from L.A.
59 %|Aug 9, 1996
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
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Original Gangstas
56 %|May 10, 1996
Action, Drama, Crime, Thriller
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Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man
58 %|Apr 10, 1996
Comedy, Documentary, TV Movie
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Badass Supermama
10 %|Jan 1, 1996
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Serial Killer
43 %|Oct 5, 1995
Thriller
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Posse
53.56 %|May 14, 1993
Action, Adventure, Western
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A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
40 %|Nov 29, 1992
TV Movie, Drama
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Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
63.16 %|Jul 19, 1991
Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
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Class of 1999
60 %|Apr 1, 1990
Science Fiction, Action
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The Package
61.050000000000004 %|Jan 25, 1989
Crime, Thriller, Action
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Above the Law
60.87 %|Apr 8, 1988
Action, Thriller, Drama
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The Allnighter
50 %|May 1, 1987
Comedy, Romance
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On the Edge
59 %|May 2, 1986
Drama
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The Vindicator
44 %|Feb 14, 1986
Action, Horror, Science Fiction
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Stand Alone
52 %|Sep 1, 1985
Action
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Badge of the Assassin
53 %|Jan 4, 1985
Drama, Action, TV Movie
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
64 %|Apr 29, 1983
Fantasy, Mystery, Horror
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Tough Enough
51 %|Apr 14, 1983
Action, Drama, Romance
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Fort Apache, the Bronx
65 %|Feb 6, 1981
Crime, Drama, Action
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Greased Lightning
63 %|Jul 1, 1977
Action, Comedy, Drama
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Twilight of Love
43 %|May 19, 1977
Drama
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Drum
52 %|Jul 30, 1976
History, Action, Thriller, Drama
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Friday Foster
59 %|Dec 25, 1975
Action, Thriller
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Bucktown
56 %|Jul 2, 1975
Action
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Sheba, Baby
57 %|Mar 26, 1975
Action, Drama, Thriller
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Foxy Brown
63 %|Apr 5, 1974
Action, Crime, Thriller
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The Arena
54 %|Mar 13, 1974
Action, Adventure
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Scream Blacula Scream
59 %|Jun 27, 1973
Horror
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Coffy
66 %|Jun 13, 1973
Action, Crime, Thriller
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Black Mama, White Mama
54 %|Jan 19, 1973
Action, Crime, Thriller
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Hit Man
49 %|Dec 20, 1972
Action
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The Big Bird Cage
57 %|Jul 1, 1972
Action, Crime, Drama
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Twilight People
45 %|Jun 1, 1972
Horror, Science Fiction
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Cool Breeze
51 %|Mar 29, 1972
Action, Crime
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Women in Cages
51 %|Oct 19, 1971
Action, Crime, Drama
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The Big Doll House
56 %|Apr 30, 1971
Action, Drama
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Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
62 %|Jul 17, 1970
Comedy, Drama, Music

Series

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Sherri
42 %|Sep 12, 2022
Talk
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The Jennifer Hudson Show
64 %|Sep 12, 2022
Talk
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Them
75.84 %|Apr 9, 2021
Drama, Mystery
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The Great North
68 %|Jan 3, 2021
Animation, Comedy
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
62 %|Sep 9, 2019
Talk
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Bless This Mess
62 %|Apr 16, 2019
Comedy
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This Is Us
82 %|Sep 20, 2016
Drama
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Celebrity Ghost Stories
73 %|Oct 3, 2009
Reality, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Talk
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
50 %|Jul 16, 2009
Talk, Comedy
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The L Word
76.22 %|Jan 18, 2004
Drama
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Justice League
81 %|Nov 17, 2001
Action & Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Smallville
82.12 %|Oct 16, 2001
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama
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Night Visions
72 %|Jul 12, 2001
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
79 %|Sep 20, 1999
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Hollywood Squares
65 %|Sep 14, 1998
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The Wild Thornberrys
68 %|Sep 1, 1998
Animation, Comedy, Action & Adventure, Kids, Family
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Linc's
20 %|Aug 1, 1998
Drama, Comedy
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The View
44.21 %|Aug 11, 1997
Talk
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E! True Hollywood Story
80.41 %|Aug 21, 1996
Documentary
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The Daily Show
64 %|Jul 22, 1996
News, Comedy
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MADtv
68.77 %|Oct 14, 1995
Comedy
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The Wayans Bros.
71 %|Jan 11, 1995
Comedy
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Intimate Portrait
45 %|Nov 14, 1993
Documentary
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The Sinbad Show
60 %|Sep 16, 1993
Comedy
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
71.22 %|Sep 13, 1993
Comedy, Talk
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Martin
76.71000000000001 %|Aug 27, 1992
Comedy, Drama
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Pacific Station
50 %|Sep 15, 1991
Comedy
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
79.42 %|Sep 10, 1990
Comedy, Family
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Frank's Place
56 %|Sep 14, 1987
Drama, Comedy
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Crime Story
79.53 %|Sep 19, 1986
Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery
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The Cosby Show
70 %|Sep 20, 1984
Comedy, Family
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Miami Vice
75 %|Sep 16, 1984
Crime, Drama
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Miami Vice
75 %|Sep 16, 1984
Crime, Drama
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Night Court
73 %|Jan 4, 1984
Comedy
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Knots Landing
68 %|Dec 27, 1979
Drama, Soap
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Roots: The Next Generations
73 %|Feb 18, 1979
Drama
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The Love Boat
63 %|Sep 24, 1977
Drama, Comedy