Pam Grier
Acting
Born May 26, 1949 · Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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 inc…
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Daily Show
Smallville
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Jennifer Hudson Show
The Love Boat
Bob's Burgers
Hollywood Squares
The View
This Is Us
Night Court
Miami Vice
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Knots Landing
Sherri
The Cosby Show
Intimate Portrait
The L Word
The Wild Thornberrys
Them
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
People's Choice Awards
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Martin
The Great North
The Wayans Bros.
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Crime Story
Monsters
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Justice League
Jackie Brown
Mars Attacks!
Bless This Mess
The Man with the Iron Fists
Above the Law
Roots: The Next Generations
Strange Frequency