Pam Grier

Pam Grier

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...

Known For

Jackie Brown

as Jackie Brown

Mars Attacks!

as Louise Williams

Escape from L.A.

as Hershe Las Palamas

Cast Credits

As We Know It

as Beverly Jones

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

as Majorie Washburn

Cinnamon

as Mama

Poms

as Olive

Being Rose

as Lily

Bad Grandmas

as Coralee

Larry Crowne

as Frances

Mafia

as James Womack

Just Wright

as Janice Wright

The Invited

as Zelda

Bad Girls Behind Bars

as Alabama (archive footage)

Back in the Day

as Mrs. Cooper

Love the Hard Way

as Linda Fox

First to Die

as Claire Washburn

Feast of All Saints

as Suzette Lermontant

Bones

as Pearl

Ghosts of Mars

as Commander Helena Braddock

3 A.M.

as George

Wilder

as Detective Della Wilder

Fortress 2

as Susan Mendenhall

Snow Day

as Tina

No Tomorrow

as Diane