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Mini Bio. 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 ...
- May 26, 1949
Pamela Suzette Grier, popularly known as Pam Grier, is an American actress, who came to limelight after starring in numerous blaxploitation films, such as ‘The Big Bird Cage’, ‘Coffy’, ‘Foxy Brown’ and ‘Sheba Baby’.
Feb 26, 2024 · (Vivian Rashotte/CBC) Q 31:32 Pam Grier: How she became the queen of Blaxploitation film and Hollywood’s first female action hero. Long before Angelina Jolie or Lupita Nyong'o were some of...
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Sep 15, 2019 · 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 public memory by two long-ago cinematic beacons — the first being ...
Sep 3, 2022 · Ryan Gilbey. Pam Grier went from being a secretary to the face of Blaxploitation. As a new BFI season celebrates her wild career, the Jackie Brown star says she has one more goal: playing a...
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Pamela Suzette Grier was born May 26, 1949 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to Gwendolyn and Clarence Grier. Within days, Pam was riding in the back of a car with her parents on their return to Colorado. Pam’s father served in the Air Force, so the family moved around a lot when she was young.
Mar 1, 2020 · The New Yorker Interview. “When You Earn It, They Can’t Take It Away”: An Interview with Pam Grier. The actress on country living, blaxploitation, and how the needs of Hollywood are different...
