Pam Grier

Born 1949 · American actress

Pamela Suzette Grier is an American actress, singer, and martial artist. 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.

Pam Grier, in order

1970 Beyond the Valley of the Dolls: acted · directed by Russ Meyer
1971 The Big Doll House: acted · directed by Jack Hill
1971 Women in Cages: acted · directed by Gerardo de León
1972 Black Mama White Mama: acted · directed by Eddie Romero
1972 The Big Bird Cage: acted · directed by Jack Hill
1972 The Twilight People: acted · directed by Eddie Romero
1973 Coffy: acted · directed by Jack Hill
1973 Scream Blacula Scream: acted · directed by Bob Kelljan
1974 Foxy Brown: acted · directed by Jack Hill
1974 The Arena: acted · directed by Joe D'Amato and Steve Carver
1975 Friday Foster: acted · directed by Arthur Marks
1975 Sheba, Baby: acted · directed by William Girdler
1976 Drum: acted · directed by Steve Carver
1977 Greased Lightning: acted · directed by Michael Schultz
1977 Twilight of Love: acted · directed by Luigi Scattini
1981 Fort Apache, The Bronx: acted · directed by Daniel Petrie
1983 Something Wicked This Way Comes: acted · directed by Jack Clayton
1983 Tough Enough: acted · directed by Richard Fleischer
1986 The Vindicator: acted · directed by Jean-Claude Lord
1987 The Allnighter: acted · directed by Tamar Simon Hoffs
1988 Above the Law: acted · directed by Andrew Davis
1989 Class of 1999: acted · directed by Mark L. Lester
1989 The Package: acted · directed by Andrew Davis · critics 68%, audiences 45% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
1991 Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey: acted · directed by Peter Hewitt
1994 Murder Was the Case (short film): acted · directed by Dr. Dre
1995 Serial Killer: acted · directed by Pierre David
1996 Escape from L.A.: acted · directed by John Carpenter
1996 Mars Attacks!: acted · directed by Tim Burton · critics 57%, audiences 53% · streaming on Philo, Roku Channel, Kanopy
1996 Original Gangstas: acted · directed by Larry Cohen
1997 Fakin' da Funk: acted · directed by Tim Chey
1997 Jackie Brown: acted · directed by Quentin Tarantino · critics 88%, audiences 85%
1998 Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am (TV movie): acted
1999 Fortress 2: Re-Entry: acted · directed by Geoff Murphy
1999 Holy Smoke!: acted · directed by Jane Campion
1999 In Too Deep: acted · directed by Michael Rymer
1999 Jawbreaker: acted · directed by Darren Stein
1999 No Tomorrow: acted · directed by Master P
2000 Snow Day: acted · directed by Chris Koch
2000 Wilder: acted · directed by Rodney Gibbons
2001 3 A.M.: acted · directed by Lee Davis · audiences 40%
2001 Bones: acted · directed by Ernest Dickerson
2001 Ghosts of Mars: acted · directed by John Carpenter
2001 Love the Hard Way: acted · directed by Peter Sehr
2001 The Feast of All Saints: acted · directed by Peter Medak
2002 BaadAsssss Cinema: acted · directed by Isaac Julien · audiences 67%
2002 The Adventures of Pluto Nash: acted · directed by Ron Underwood · critics 6%, audiences 20% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla
2003 A Decade Under the Influence: acted · directed by Richard LaGravenese and Ted Demme · critics 76%, audiences 83%
2004 The L Word (TV series): acted
2005 Back in the Day: acted · directed by James Hunter
2010 Just Wright: acted · directed by Sanaa Hamri
2011 Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel: acted · directed by Alex Stapleton · critics 92%, audiences 84% · streaming on Plex, Tubi
2011 Larry Crowne: acted · directed by Tom Hanks
2012 The Man with the Iron Fists: acted · directed by RZA
2017 Bad Grandmas: acted · directed by Srikant Chellappa
2019 Poms: acted · directed by Zara Hayes
2023 As We Know It: acted · directed by Josh Monkarsh
2023 Pet Sematary: Bloodlines: acted · directed by Lindsey Anderson Beer