Pam Grier

ActorCrew May 26 (age 76) Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA 1962–2026 (64 year career)

5.9 avg rating

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…

Known For

Film

Jackie Brown

Film

Mars Attacks!

Louise Williams

Film

The L Word

Kit Porter

Film

Them

Athena

Film

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

Ms. Wardroe

Film

Larry Crowne

Frances

Film

Cleveland Abduction

Carla

Film

Escape from L.A.

Hershe Las Palamas

Filmography

Acting (138)

Movies (96)

The Way Things Seem to Be

2026 Upcoming

as Self

Mar 29

Mystery Cuddlers

2024

as Juniper

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

as Majorie Washburn

Cinnamon

as Mama

As We Know It

as Beverly Jones

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

2021

as Self (archive footage)

5.0

How It Feels to Be Free

2021

as Self (archival footage)

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

2020

as Self

6.5

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

2020

as Self

6.8

Beautiful Like a Poem

2020

as Self (archive footage)

Poms

as Olive

A Christmas Wish

as Mary

Bad Grandmas

as Coralee

Being Rose

as Lily

Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)

2016

as Self (archive footage)

Cleveland Abduction

as Carla

Kings of Cult

as (archive footage)

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

2013

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking

2013

as Self

6.7

The Man with the Iron Fists

2012

as Jane

5.5

Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day

as Detective Barrick

Larry Crowne

as Frances

Corman's World

as Self - Actress

Mafia

as James Womack

Just Wright

as Janice Wright

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

2010

as Self

6.6

Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1

as Self

The Invited

as Zelda

Ladies of the House

as Birdie

Back in the Day

as Mrs. Cooper

Bad Girls Behind Bars

2005

as Alabama (archive footage)

First to Die

as Claire Washburn

Love the Hard Way

as Linda Fox

A Decade Under the Influence

as Self

BaadAsssss Cinema

as Self

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

2002

as Flura Nash

4.4

Jackie Brown: How It Went Down

2002

as Self

7.7

Ghosts of Mars

2001

as Commander Helena Braddock

Bones

as Pearl

Feast of All Saints

as Suzette Lermontant

4.4

3 A.M.

2001

as George

5.7

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

as Self

Snow Day

as Tina

Wilder

as Detective Della Wilder

Fortress 2

as Susan Mendenhall

Jawbreaker

as Detective Vera Cruz

6.4

In Too Deep

1999

as Det. Angela Wilson

Holy Smoke

as Carol

No Tomorrow

as Diane

Hayley Wagner, Star

as Sam

Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am

1998

as Narrator (voice)

All Saints: The Video

1998

as Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Pete Rock: Soul Survivor

as Pam Grier

Family Blessings

as Mrs. Quincy

Jackie Brown

as Jackie Brown

Fakin' Da Funk

as Annabelle Lee

Strip Search

as Janette

Afro Promo

as Self (archive footage)

Mars Attacks!

1996

as Louise Williams

6.4

Escape from L.A.

1996

as Hershe Las Palamas

5.9

Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man

as Self

Original Gangstas

as Laurie Thompson

Badass Supermama

as (archive footage)

Serial Killer

as Capt. Maggie Davis

4.3

Posse

1993

as Phoebe

5.4

A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story

1992

as Linda Holman

7.0

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

as Ms. Wardroe

Class of 1999

as Ms. Connors

The Package

as Ruth Butler

Above the Law

as Delores 'Jacks' Jackson

The Allnighter

as Sgt. McLeesh

On the Edge

as Cara

The Vindicator

as Hunter

Stand Alone

as Cathryn Bolan

Badge of the Assassin

1985

as Alexandra 'Alie' Horn

5.4

Something Wicked This Way Comes

as Dust Witch

Tough Enough

as Myra

Fort Apache, the Bronx

as Charlotte

Greased Lightning

as Mary Jones

Twilight of Love

as Sandra

Drum

as Regine

Friday Foster

as Friday Foster

Sheba, Baby

as Sheba Shayne

Bucktown

as Aretha

The Arena

as Mamawi

Foxy Brown

as Foxy Brown

Coffy

as Coffy

Scream Blacula Scream

1973

as Lisa Fortier

5.8

Black Mama, White Mama

as Lee Daniels

Cool Breeze

as Mona

Hit Man

as Gozelda

The Twilight People

as Ayesa, the Panther Woman

The Big Bird Cage

as Blossom

Women in Cages

as Alabama

The Big Doll House

as Grear

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

1970

as Fourth Woman

6.1

Television (42)

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self

Sherri

as Self - Guest

Them

as Athena

The Great North

as Neckbone (voice)

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

Bless This Mess

as Constance

This Is Us

as Grandma

Bob's Burgers

as Evelyn (voice)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

as Self - Guest

5.1

Celebrity Ghost Stories

as Self

The L Word

as Kit Porter

Smallville

as Amanda Waller

Justice League

as My'ria'h (voice)

Night Visions

as Dr. Lewis (segment "Switch")

7.2

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as Assistant US Attorney Claudia Williams

7.9

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

as Self - Guest

Hollywood Squares

as Self - Panelist

The Wild Thornberrys

as Mother Springbok (voice)

7.0

Linc's

1998

as Eleanor Braithwaite Winthrop

The View

as Self

The Daily Show

as Self - Guest

E! True Hollywood Story

The Wayans Bros.

as Erica

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995

as Nightingale (voice)

6.0

MADtv

1995

as Self - Guest Host

7.0

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

Intimate Portrait

as Self

The Sinbad Show

Martin

as Pam Grier

Pacific Station

as Grace Ballard

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

as Janice

Frank's Place

as Neema Sharone

Crime Story

as Suzanne Terry

Miami Vice

as Valerie Gordon

The Cosby Show

as Samantha

Night Court

as Benet Collins

Knots Landing

as Lieutenant Guthrie

6.8

Roots: The Next Generations

1979

as Francey

7.5

Roots: The Next Generations

as Francey

The Love Boat

as Cynthia Wilbur

People's Choice Awards

1975

as Self

9.0

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Chicago Joe and the Showgirl

1990

Thanks

4.9