- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 26, 1949
- Place of Birth
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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 (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 B…
Filmography
movieThe Way Things Seem to Be
2026 · Self
movieMystery Cuddlers
2024 · Juniper
movieAs We Know It
2023 · Beverly Jones
moviePet Sematary: Bloodlines
2023 · Majorie Washburn
movieCinnamon
2023 · Mama
tvSherri
2022 · Self - Guest
tvThe Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self
tvThem
2021 · Athena
movieHow It Feels to Be Free
2021 · Self (archival footage)
tvThe Great North
2021 · Neckbone (voice)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieSkin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
2020 · Self
movieBeautiful Like a Poem
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieTime Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
2020 · Self
tvTime Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All Time
2020 · Self
movieA Christmas Wish
2019 · Mary
tvThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
moviePoms
2019 · Olive
tvBless This Mess
2019 · Constance
movieBeing Rose
2017 · Lily
movieBad Grandmas
2017 · Coralee
movieDo I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
2016 · Self (archive footage)
tvThis Is Us
2016 · Grandma
movieKings of Cult
2015 · (archive footage)
movieCleveland Abduction
2015 · Carla
movieRichard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013 · Self (archive footage)
movieQuentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
2013 · Self
movieThe Man with the Iron Fists
2012 · Jane
movieWoman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
2012 · Detective Barrick
movieCorman's World
2011 · Self - Actress
movieLarry Crowne
2011 · Frances
tvBob's Burgers
2011 · Evelyn (voice)
movieMafia
2011 · James Womack
movieCelebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1
2010 · Self
movieMachete Maidens Unleashed!
2010 · Self
movieJust Wright
2010 · Janice Wright
movieThe Invited
2010 · Zelda
tvCelebrity Ghost Stories
2009 · Self
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
movieLadies of the House
2008 · Birdie
movieBad Girls Behind Bars
2005 · Alabama (archive footage)
movieBack in the Day
2005 · Mrs. Cooper
tvThe L Word
2004 · Kit Porter
movieA Decade Under the Influence
2003 · Self
movieLove the Hard Way
2003 · Linda Fox
movieFirst to Die
2003 · Claire Washburn
movieJackie Brown: How It Went Down
2002 · Self
movieThe Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002 · Flura Nash
movieBaadAsssss Cinema
2002 · Self
tvJustice League
2001 · My'ria'h (voice)
movieFeast of All Saints
2001 · Suzette Lermontant
movieBones
2001 · Pearl
tvSmallville
2001 · Amanda Waller
tvStrange Frequency
2001
movieGhosts of Mars
2001 · Commander Helena Braddock
movie3 A.M.
2001 · George
movieIt Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
2001 · Self
movieWilder
2000 · Detective Della Wilder
movieFortress 2
2000 · Susan Mendenhall
movieSnow Day
2000 · Tina
movieNo Tomorrow
1999 · Diane
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Assistant US Attorney Claudia Williams
movieHayley Wagner, Star
1999 · Sam
movieHoly Smoke
1999 · Carol
movieIn Too Deep
1999 · Det. Angela Wilson
tvThe Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999 · Self - Guest
movieJawbreaker
1999 · Detective Vera Cruz
movieFamily Blessings
1998 · Mrs. Quincy
moviePete Rock: Soul Survivor
1998 · Pam Grier
movieAll Saints: The Video
1998 · Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvHollywood Squares
1998 · Self - Panelist
tvThe Wild Thornberrys
1998 · Mother Springbok (voice)
Linc's
1998 · Eleanor Braithwaite Winthrop
moviePaul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
1998 · Narrator (voice)
movieJackie Brown
1997 · Jackie Brown
tvThe View
1997 · Self
movieFakin' Da Funk
1997 · Annabelle Lee
movieStrip Search
1997 · Janette
movieAfro Promo
1997 · Self (archive footage)
movieMars Attacks!
1996 · Louise Williams
tvE! True Hollywood Story
1996
movieEscape from L.A.
1996 · Hershe Las Palamas
tvThe Daily Show
1996 · Self - Guest
movieOriginal Gangstas
1996 · Laurie Thompson
movieSinbad: Son of a Preacher Man
1996 · Self
movieBadass Supermama
1996 · (archive footage)
tvMADtv
1995 · Self - Guest Host
movieSerial Killer
1995 · Capt. Maggie Davis
tvHappily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · Nightingale (voice)
tvThe Wayans Bros.
1995 · Erica
tvIntimate Portrait
1993 · Self
The Sinbad Show
1993
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
moviePosse
1993 · Phoebe
movieA Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
1992 · Linda Holman
tvMartin
1992 · Pam Grier
tvPacific Station
1991 · Grace Ballard
movieBill & Ted's Bogus Journey
1991 · Ms. Wardroe
tvThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990 · Janice
movieClass of 1999
1990 · Ms. Connors
movieChicago Joe and the Showgirl
1990 · Thanks
movieThe Package
1989 · Ruth Butler
tvMonsters
1988 · Matilde
movieAbove the Law
1988 · Delores 'Jacks' Jackson
tvFrank's Place
1987 · Neema Sharone
movieThe Allnighter
1987 · Sargeant McLeish
tvCrime Story
1986 · Suzanne Terry
movieOn the Edge
1986 · Cara
movieThe Vindicator
1986 · Hunter
movieStand Alone
1985 · Cathryn Bolan
movieBadge of the Assassin
1985 · Alexandra 'Alie' Horn
tvThe Cosby Show
1984 · Samantha
tvMiami Vice
1984 · , Valerie Gordon
tvNight Court
1984 · Benet Collins
movieSomething Wicked This Way Comes
1983 · Dust Witch
movieTough Enough
1983 · Myra
movieFort Apache, the Bronx
1981 · Charlotte
tvKnots Landing
1979 · Lieutenant Guthrie
tvRoots: The Next Generations
1979 · Francey
tvThe Love Boat
1977 · Cynthia Wilbur
movieGreased Lightning
1977 · Mary Jones
movieTwilight of Love
1977 · Sandra
movieDrum
1976 · Regine
movieFriday Foster
1975 · Friday Foster
movieBucktown
1975 · Aretha
movieSheba, Baby
1975 · Sheba Shayne
tvPeople's Choice Awards
1975 · Self
movieFoxy Brown
1974 · Foxy Brown
movieThe Arena
1974 · Mamawi
movieScream Blacula Scream
1973 · Lisa Fortier
movieCoffy
1973 · Coffy
movieBlack Mama, White Mama
1973 · Lee Daniels
movieHit Man
1972 · Gozelda
movieThe Big Bird Cage
1972 · Blossom
movieThe Twilight People
1972 · Ayesa, the Panther Woman
movieCool Breeze
1972 · Mona
movieWomen in Cages
1971 · Alabama
movieThe Big Doll House
1971 · Grear
movieBeyond the Valley of the Dolls
1970 · Fourth Woman
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
movieDiggin’ Up "Bones"
— · Self