Pam Grier
Known for Acting · 140 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
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest
Smallville
2001
as Amanda Waller
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
This Is Us
2016
as Grandma
Bob's Burgers
2011
as Evelyn (voice)
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self
The Love Boat
1977
as Cynthia Wilbur
The View
1997
as Self
Sherri
2022
as Self - Guest
Knots Landing
1979
as Lieutenant Guthrie
The Cosby Show
1984
as Samantha
Miami Vice
1984
as Valerie Gordon
Night Court
1984
as Benet Collins
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Hollywood Squares
1998
as Self - Panelist
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
The L Word
2004
as Kit Porter
The Wayans Bros.
1995
as Erica
The Wild Thornberrys
1998
as Mother Springbok (voice)
People's Choice Awards
1975
as Self
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
as Janice
Martin
1992
as Pam Grier
The Great North
2021
as Neckbone (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as Nightingale (voice)
Monsters
1988
as Matilde
Justice League
2001
as My'ria'h (voice)
Crime Story
1986
as Suzanne Terry
Them
2021
as Athena
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
as Self - Guest
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
as Francey
Bless This Mess
2019
as Constance
Strange Frequency
2001
Linc's
1998
as Eleanor Braithwaite Winthrop
The Sinbad Show
1993
Frank's Place
1987
as Neema Sharone
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Pacific Station
1991
as Grace Ballard
MADtv
1995
as Self - Guest Host
Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020
as Self
Movies (97)
Mars Attacks!
1996
as Louise Williams
The Arena
1974
as Mamawi
Jackie Brown
1997
as Jackie Brown
Jawbreaker
1999
as Detective Vera Cruz
Above the Law
1988
as Delores 'Jacks' Jackson
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
2023
as Majorie Washburn
Escape from L.A.
1996
as Hershe Las Palamas
The Man with the Iron Fists
2012
as Jane
Larry Crowne
2011
as Frances
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
1991
as Ms. Wardroe
Ghosts of Mars
2001
as Commander Helena Braddock
Cleveland Abduction
2015
as Carla
The Package
1989
as Ruth Butler
Coffy
1973
as Coffy
The Big Doll House
1971
as Grear
Fort Apache, the Bronx
1981
as Charlotte
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
1970
as Fourth Woman
Bad Grandmas
2017
as Coralee
Mystery Cuddlers
2024
as Juniper
Foxy Brown
1974
as Foxy Brown
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002
as Flura Nash
Poms
2019
as Olive
In Too Deep
1999
as Det. Angela Wilson
Corman's World
2011
as Self - Actress
Drum
1976
as Regine
Something Wicked This Way Comes
1983
as Dust Witch
The Way Things Seem to Be
2026
as Self
Mafia
2011
as James Womack
Feast of All Saints
2001
as Suzette Lermontant
Posse
1993
as Phoebe
The Twilight People
1972
as Ayesa, the Panther Woman
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020
as Self
Snow Day
2000
as Tina
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
2010
as Self
Fortress 2
2000
as Susan Mendenhall
Holy Smoke
1999
as Carol
The Big Bird Cage
1972
as Blossom
Fakin' Da Funk
1997
as Annabelle Lee
Class of 1999
1990
as Ms. Connors
Just Wright
2010
as Janice Wright
Scream Blacula Scream
1973
as Lisa Fortier
Black Mama, White Mama
1973
as Lee Daniels
Back in the Day
2005
as Mrs. Cooper
Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1
2010
as Self
Women in Cages
1971
as Alabama
Badass Supermama
1996
as (archive footage)
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
as Self (archive footage)
The Allnighter
1987
as Sargeant McLeish
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man
1996
as Self
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
as Self
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
as Self
Friday Foster
1975
as Friday Foster
Sheba, Baby
1975
as Sheba Shayne
A Christmas Wish
2019
as Mary
Love the Hard Way
2003
as Linda Fox
Badge of the Assassin
1985
as Alexandra 'Alie' Horn
Bad Girls Behind Bars
2005
as Alabama (archive footage)
Stand Alone
1985
as Cathryn Bolan
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020
as Self
First to Die
2003
as Claire Washburn
Tough Enough
1983
as Myra
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
2013
as Self
Original Gangstas
1996
as Laurie Thompson
Bones
2001
as Pearl
Cool Breeze
1972
as Mona
Ladies of the House
2008
as Birdie
All Saints: The Video
1998
as Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Serial Killer
1995
as Capt. Maggie Davis
The Vindicator
1986
as Hunter
Beautiful Like a Poem
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Bucktown
1975
as Aretha
Greased Lightning
1977
as Mary Jones
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
2002
as Self
The Invited
2010
as Zelda
On the Edge
1986
as Cara
Kings of Cult
2015
as (archive footage)
Family Blessings
1998
as Mrs. Quincy
Hayley Wagner, Star
1999
as Sam
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
as Self (archival footage)
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
1998
as Pam Grier
3 A.M.
2001
as George
Being Rose
2017
as Lily
Hit Man
1972
as Gozelda
No Tomorrow
1999
as Diane
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
1992
as Linda Holman
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
2012
as Detective Barrick
As We Know It
2023
as Beverly Jones
Twilight of Love
1977
as Sandra
Afro Promo
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Strip Search
1997
as Janette
Cinnamon
2023
as Mama
Wilder
2000
as Detective Della Wilder
Diggin’ Up "Bones"
as Self
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
2016
as Self (archive footage)
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001
as Self
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 140 credits spanning from 1962 to 2026, Pam Grier has appeared in 97 films and 43 TV shows.
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- Mars Attacks! (1996) — as Louise Williams
- The Arena (1974) — as Mamawi
- Jackie Brown (1997) — as Jackie Brown
- Jawbreaker (1999) — as Detective Vera Cruz
- Above the Law (1988) — as Delores 'Jacks' Jackson
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