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Pamela Greer (born 7 March 1941) is a British actress, who is best known for her roles on television during the 1960s. In 1966, she changed her name to Luanshya Greer (taken from the name of the town where she was born) and became a writer for TV shows including Dixon of Dock Green, Thriller and Triangle.
Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress and singer. Described by many as cinema's first female action star, [2] 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.
Learn about the life and career of Pam Grier, a major African-American star from the early 1970s who appeared in action films such as Coffy, Foxy Brown and Jackie Brown. Find out her birth date, height, family, trivia, quotes and more on IMDb.
- May 26, 1949
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.
May 26, 2024 · Pam Grier, action hero icon 08:01. In the 1970s, the height of the blaxploitation film era, Pam Grier was the undisputed queen of the genre, and one of the few female lead action stars ever.
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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.
May 26, 2022 · The actress born as Pamela Suzette Grier achieved fame for her starring roles in a string of 1970’s action, blaxploitation, and women in prison films for American International Pictures and New World Pictures. Today, the living legend turns 73 years old.
