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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Pam_GrierPam Grier - Wikipedia

    Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress and singer. Described by many 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 ...

  2. www.imdb.com › name › nm0000427Pam Grier - IMDb

    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. 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 ...

  3. 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. 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 ...

  4. Mar 3, 2024 · Grier's impact on the history of cinema is undeniable and certainly a big reason why she remains a timeless icon. From Sheba, Baby to Jackie Brown, we look back and rank the very best Pam Grier ...

  5. Sep 15, 2019 · Pam Grier on maintaining her independence and identity in showbiz. What an odd thing it is to have a career like Pam Grier’s. Her long, respectable tenure as an actress is illuminated in the ...

  6. Mar 1, 2020 · March 1, 2020. At seventy, the actress Pam Grier has relaxed into the simple country life she has always craved, though her life story is full of mind-boggling tales. Photograph by Rikkí Wright ...

  7. Jul 19, 2019 · NEW YORK (AP) — Pam Grier’s role as the owner of a hardware store in rural Nebraska in the ABC sitcom “Bless This Mess” isn’t a complete departure for the film legend: She lives in rural Colorado and has spent much of her life on ranches to find serenity from Hollywood life. “I commuted to work really for 50 years because I couldn ...

  8. 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 Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors ...

  9. May 11, 2024 · The great Pam Grier stars in season two of Amazon Prime's "Them: The Scare." She speaks to NPR's Scott Simon about her show, her career, and Black representation in Hollywood.

  10. Feb 8, 2023 · Pam Grier isn't afraid to tell it like it is.. The icon, who rose to fame in 1970s Blaxploitation films and cemented her legacy in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown, paved the way for Black ...