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Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress and singer. Described by many as cinema's first female action star, [2] 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.
Pam Grier. Actress: Jackie Brown. Pam Grier was born in Winston-Salem, NC, one of four children of Gwendolyn Sylvia (Samuels), a nurse, and Clarence Ransom Grier Jr., an Air Force mechanic. Pam has been a major African-American star from the early 1970s.
Pam has been a major African-American star from the early 1970s. Her career started in 1971, when Roger Corman of New World Pictures launched her with The Big Doll House (1971) , about a women's penitentiary, and The Big Bird Cage (1972) .
Mar 3, 2024 · From Coffy to Foxy Brown, these are the best Pam Grier films to celebrate the star's trail-blazing legacy.
May 26, 2024 · Pam Grier, action hero icon 08:01. In the 1970s, the height of the blaxploitation film era, Pam Grier was the undisputed queen of the genre, and one of the few female lead action stars ever.
Feb 26, 2024 · Long before Angelina Jolie or Lupita Nyong'o were some of Hollywood's go-to female action stars, Pam Grier was doing her own stunts, chasing bad guys and seeking vigilante justice in low-budget...
Feb 8, 2023 · Pam Grier takes us through her most memorable roles, from carrying 'genitals in a jar' in 'Foxy Brown' to trying to keep up with the fast-talking Samuel L. Jackson in 'Jackie Brown.'
Mar 1, 2020 · Pam Grier came to Hollywood in 1970, as the film industry was straining to catch up with a counterculture fuelled by sexual freedom, women’s liberation, and Black Power. Grier was an Army brat...
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 ...
Feb 8, 2023 · Pam Grier breaks down her most important roles from the beginning of her career to today. Subscribe to EW http://bit.ly/EWSubscribe #PamGrier #JackieBrown #FoxyLady #EntertainmentWeekly EW...
