Pamela Suzette Grier is an American actress. She achieved fame for her starring roles in a string of 1970s women in prison and blaxploitation films for American International Pictures and New World Pictures, most notably Coffy (1973) and Foxy Brown (1974). Her other films during this period include The Big Doll House (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). Described by Quentin Tarantino as cinema's first female action star, she starred as the titular character in Tarantino's 1997 crime film Jackie Brown, for which she received a Satellite Award and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. She has also been nominated for a SAG Award.
Pam Grier
Active - 1970 - Present |
Birth - May 26, 1949 |
Genres - Action-Adventure, Drama, Crime, Thriller, Comedy
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Subgenres - Blaxploitation Film, Prison Film, Teen Film, Ghost Film, Neo-Noir
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Pam Greer, Pamela Grier, Pamela Suzette Grier-
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Blaxploitation Film, Prison Film, Teen Film, Ghost Film, Neo-Noir, Parody Film, Romantic Comedy, Sexploitation Film, Action Comedy Film, Biographical Film, Dystopian Film, Exploitation Film, Girls with Guns, Heist Film, LGBT-Related Film, Martial Arts Film, Satire, Science Fiction Comedy, Teen Comedy, Vigilante Film, Action Thriller, Basketball, Black Comedy Film, Boxing Film, Buddy Film, Comedy Drama, Cyberpunk, Dance Film, Detective Film, Docudrama, Hip Hop, Ninja Film, Political Thriller Film, Post-Apocalyptic Film, Serial Killer, Slasher Film, Sports Comedy, Spy Film, Supernatural Horror Film, Techno-Thriller, Time-Travel Film, Vampire Film, Women in Prison Film