First Name
Pam
Last Name
Grier
Birthday
1949-05-26
Height
68
Eye Color
Brown - Dark
Hair Color
Black
Birthplace
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Zodiac Sign
Gemini
Ethnicity
Black
Claim to Fame
Jackie Brown, Foxy Brown, The L Word
Nationality
American
Gender
Female
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(born May 26, 1949) is an American actress. She came to fame in the early 1970s, after starring in a string of moderately successful women in prison films and blaxploitation films, and has generally remained in the public eye, starring in B-movies such as 1974`s Foxy Brown, and in mainstream films such as Quentin Tarantino`s 1997 film, Jackie Brown.Grier moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1967, where she was initially hired as a receptionist at the American International Pictures company. She was discovered by director Roger Corman, who cast her in his women in prison films The Big Doll House (1971) and The Big Bird Cage (1972). She became a staple of early 1970s blaxploitation movies, playing big, bold, buxom roles, beginning with 1973`s Coffy, in which Pam plays a nurse who seeks revenge on drug dealers; her film character was advertised in the trailer as the "baddest one-chick hit-squad that ever hit town!" The film, which was filled with sexual and violent elements typical of the genre, was a box office hit, and Grier was noted as the first African-American female to headline a film, as protagonists of previous blaxploitation films were all male. In his review of Coffy, film critic Roger Ebert noted that Pam Grier was an actress of "beautiful face and astonishing form" and that she possessed a kind of "physical life" missing from other actresses.[2] Grier subsequently played similar characters in the films Foxy Brown (1974), Friday Foster, and Sheba, Baby (both 1975).
High School
East High School, Denver, CO
University
Metropolitan State College
Full Name at Birth
Pamela Suzette Grier
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Count - Awards
19
Age
64
Build
Average
Father
Clarence Ransom Grier,Jr (mechanic in US Air Force)
Mother
Gwendolyn Sylvia (née Samuels) (nurse)
Bust (inches)
38
Waist (inches)
22
Hips (inches)
36
Cup Size
D
Shoe Size
10
Weight
134
Occupation Text
Actress
Favorite Songs
"Apple Tree" by Erykah Badu
Wikipedia Text
Pamela Suzette "Pam" Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress. She became famous in the early 1970s after starring in a string of moderately successful women in prison and blaxploitation films such as The Big Bird Cage (1972), Coffy (1973) and Foxy Brown (1974). Her career was revitalized in 1997 after her appearance in Quentin Tarantino's film Jackie Brown, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. She has also been nominated for a SAG Award as well as a Satellite Award for her performance in Jackie Brown. She received an Emmy Award nomination for her work in an Animated Program Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child. Rotten Tomatoes has ranked her as the second Greatest Female Action Heroine in film history. Director Quentin Tarantino remarked that she may have been cinema's first female action star.
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Suzette
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