Pam Grier
Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA — May 26 1949
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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…
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Assistant US Attorney Claudia Williams
Smallville
Amanda Waller
Knots Landing
Lieutenant Guthrie
Bob's Burgers
Evelyn (voice)
This Is Us
Grandma
The Love Boat
Cynthia Wilbur
Miami Vice
Night Court
Benet Collins
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist
The Cosby Show
Samantha
Intimate Portrait
Self
Martin
Pam Grier
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Janice
The L Word
Kit Porter
The Wild Thornberrys
Mother Springbok (voice)
The Great North
Neckbone (voice)
People's Choice Awards
Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Nightingale (voice)
The Wayans Bros.
Erica
Them
Athena
Crime Story
Suzanne Terry
Justice League
My'ria'h (voice)
The Package
Ruth Butler
Bless This Mess
Constance
Roots: The Next Generations
Francey
Jackie Brown
Jackie Brown
Frank's Place
Neema Sharone
Mars Attacks!
Louise Williams
The Sinbad Show
Pacific Station
Grace Ballard
Escape from L.A.
Hershe Las Palamas
Jawbreaker
Detective Vera Cruz
Linc's
Eleanor Braithwaite Winthrop
Above the Law
Delores 'Jacks' Jackson
Larry Crowne
Frances
The Man with the Iron Fists
Jane
Ghosts of Mars
Commander Helena Braddock
Just Wright
Janice Wright
Cleveland Abduction
Carla
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
Ms. Wardroe
MADtv
Self - Guest Host
Class of 1999
Ms. Connors
Holy Smoke
Carol
Foxy Brown
Foxy Brown
Snow Day
Tina
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
Majorie Washburn
Posse
Phoebe
Coffy
Coffy
Drum
Regine
In Too Deep
Det. Angela Wilson
Poms
Olive
E! True Hollywood Story
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
The Arena
Mamawi
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Flura Nash
Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies
Self
Fort Apache, the Bronx
Charlotte
The Vindicator
Hunter
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
Self
Corman's World
Self - Actress
Stand Alone
Cathryn Bolan
No Tomorrow
Diane
3 A.M.
George
The Big Doll House
Grear
Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness
Self
Tough Enough
Myra
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Fourth Woman
Badge of the Assassin
Alexandra 'Alie' Horn
Bones
Pearl
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Self (archive footage)
First to Die
Claire Washburn
Feast of All Saints
Suzette Lermontant
Greased Lightning
Mary Jones
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Self (archive footage)
Wilder
Detective Della Wilder
Serial Killer
Capt. Maggie Davis
Women in Cages
Alabama
Bad Grandmas
Coralee
Cinnamon
Mama
Mafia
James Womack
Sheba, Baby
Sheba Shayne
Hit Man
Gozelda
Fakin' Da Funk
Annabelle Lee
Friday Foster
Friday Foster
Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking
Self
Love the Hard Way
Linda Fox
The Big Bird Cage
Blossom
Bucktown
Aretha
Ladies of the House
Birdie
Afro Promo
Self (archive footage)
The Invited
Zelda
Original Gangstas
Laurie Thompson
Cool Breeze
Mona
Black Mama, White Mama
Lee Daniels
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Dust Witch
As We Know It
Beverly Jones
Mystery Cuddlers
Juniper
Back in the Day
Mrs. Cooper
BaadAsssss Cinema
Self
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down
Self
The Allnighter
Sgt. McLeesh
Fortress 2
Susan Mendenhall
A Christmas Wish
Mary
Family Blessings
Mrs. Quincy
Scream Blacula Scream
Lisa Fortier
Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1
Self
Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
Crew
The Twilight People
Ayesa, the Panther Woman
How It Feels to Be Free
Self (archival footage)
Being Rose
Lily
All Saints: The Video
Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
Self
Hayley Wagner, Star
Sam
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
Linda Holman
On the Edge
Cara
Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
Detective Barrick
Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
Pam Grier
Beautiful Like a Poem
Self (archive footage)
Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man
Self
Kings of Cult
(archive footage)
Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)
Self (archive footage)
Twilight of Love
Sandra
Bad Girls Behind Bars
Alabama (archive footage)
The Way Things Seem to Be
Self
Badass Supermama
(archive footage)
Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am
Narrator (voice)
Strip Search
Janette