Pam Grier

Pam Grier

1949-05-26 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA 100 Credits

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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 Guild Award, a Satellite Award, and a Saturn Award. Grier came to prominence with her titular roles in...

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Mystery Cuddlers

Mystery Cuddlers

2024

as Juniper

Acting

When the world's cutest retired couple turns detective, they put the aww in hawwmicide. (A pilot created by Pendleton Ward (known for Adventure Time a...

As We Know It

As We Know It

2023

as Beverly Jones

6.4
Acting

In the late '90s, James Bishop is dealing with a complicated breakup with the help of his best friend, while trying to finish his book before the impe...

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

2023

as Majorie Washburn

5.6
Acting

In 1969, young Jud Crandall has dreams of leaving his hometown behind, but soon discovers sinister secrets buried within and is forced to confront a d...

Cinnamon

Cinnamon

2023

as Mama

6.6
Acting

Follows a struggling small-town gas station attendant and aspiring singer, Jodi Jackson, whose life is sent into a tailspin when there’s a robbery at ...

How It Feels to Be Free

How It Feels to Be Free

2021

as Self (archival footage)

Acting

Tells the inspiring story of how six iconic African American female entertainers – Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tys...

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

2021

as Self (archive footage)

5.0
Acting

Who has ever compared Reservoir Dogs? What are “Open Road” and “New World Disorder”? Why is Harvey Keitel a fairy and how did we all almost become die...

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

2020

as Self

6.6
Acting

The definitive documentary on the history of nudity in feature films from the early silent days to the present, studying the changes in morality that ...

Beautiful Like a Poem

Beautiful Like a Poem

2020

Acting

I have a lot of interest and respect for classic cinema. I tried to make a film with at least 20 portraits of classical actresses whose films I'm fami...

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

2020

as Self

6.8
Acting

From "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" to "The Big Lebowski" and everything in between, this fascinating deep-dive documentary begins its celebration of...

A Christmas Wish

A Christmas Wish

2019

as Mary

6.5
Acting

Every December in the small town of Ponchatoula, Louisiana a wooden wishing box is placed in the park as a Christmas tradition. After a night out toge...

QT8: The First Eight

QT8: The First Eight

2019

as Self (archive footage)

7.2
Acting

A detailed account of the life and artistic career of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, from his early days as a video club manager to the scanda...

Poms

Poms

2019

as Olive

6.6
Acting

After moving to a retirement community, loner Martha eventually befriends her fun-loving neighbor, Sheryl, and forms a cheerleading club for young-at-...

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

2019

as Self (archive footage)

7.2
Acting

Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and finally embraced them, this is the untold history...

Being Rose

Being Rose

2017

as Lily

6.5
Acting

A widowed ex-cop discovers that she may have a life threatening illness, and decides to go on a solo road trip in a motorized wheelchair to explore th...

Bad Grandmas

Bad Grandmas

2017

as Coralee

5.0
Acting

Four grandmothers accidentally kill a conman and, to cover it up, they get rid of the body. When the conman's partner shows up, things go south.

Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)

Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)

2016

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) presents a dynamic checkerboard of moving image footage featuring African-American actors and singers f...

Kings of Cult

Kings of Cult

2015

as (archive footage)

7.5
Acting

Feature Length sit down with Charles Band and Roger Corman.

Cleveland Abduction

Cleveland Abduction

2015

as Carla

7.2
Acting

A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

2013

as Self (archive footage)

7.1
Acting

Mike Epps, Richard Pryor Jr. and others recount the culture-defining influence of Richard Pryor - one of America's most brilliant, iconic comic minds.

Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking

Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking

2013

as Self

6.7
Acting

Take a look at Tarantino's career from the beginning, with interviews from co-workers, critics, stars and master filmmakers alike as well as a tribute...

The Man with the Iron Fists

The Man with the Iron Fists

2012

as Jane

5.5
Acting

In feudal China, a blacksmith who makes weapons for a small village is put in the position where he must defend himself and his fellow villagers.

Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day

Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day

2012

as Detective Barrick

3.7
Acting

The Ames' seem to have built the perfect life until their six year old daughter is kidnapped; over the course of seven days they begin to uncover secr...

Corman's World

Corman's World

2011

as Self - Actress

7.1
Acting

A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious low-budget producer and director in the US film in...

Larry Crowne

Larry Crowne

2011

as Frances

6.0
Acting

When he suddenly finds himself without his long-standing blue-collar job, Larry Crowne enrolls at his local college to start over. There, he becomes p...

Mafia

Mafia

2011

as James Womack

4.1
Acting

A renegade cop skirts the law in order to capture a ruthless crime boss.

Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1

Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1

2010

7.0
Acting

A sex in cinema retrospective that uncovers long-forgotten gems buried for years as well as some of the most significant films in the history of sex o...

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

2010

as Self

6.7
Acting

In the final decades of the 20th century, the Philippines was a country where low-budget exploitation-film producers were free to make nearly any kind...

Just Wright

Just Wright

2010

as Janice Wright

6.5
Acting

Physical therapist Leslie Wright lands the dream job of working with basketball superstar Scott McKnight, helping him recover from a career-threatenin...

The Invited

The Invited

2010

as Zelda

3.2
Acting

A young married couple who are pregnant with their first child moves into their turn-of-the-century home where they discover that a great evil has res...

Ladies of the House

Ladies of the House

2008

as Birdie

4.5
Acting

When three women are asked to refurbish a house for their church, they find that they must break down their own self-perception in order to build some...

Bad Girls Behind Bars

Bad Girls Behind Bars

2005

as Alabama (archive footage)

0.5
Acting

A camp, affectionate look at women in prison films - the girls you love to hate and hate to love.

Back in the Day

Back in the Day

2005

as Mrs. Cooper

4.7
Acting

A young man slides back into a life of crime after reuniting with a shady acquaintance from his past.

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

2003

as Self (archive footage)

5.2
Acting

Examines the relationship between sex, women, and the role of female sexuality in popular Hollywood culture, focusing on Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfie...

A Decade Under the Influence

A Decade Under the Influence

2003

as Self

8.0
Acting

A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential direc...

First to Die

First to Die

2003

as Claire Washburn

3.7
Acting

A homicide inspector -- Lindsay Boxer -- who teams with three other professional women to catch an ingenious serial killer targeting newlyweds on thei...

Jackie Brown: How It Went Down

Jackie Brown: How It Went Down

2002

as Self

7.7
Acting

A making-of documentary for the 1997 film "Jackie Brown."

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

2002

as Flura Nash

4.4
Acting

The year is 2087, the setting is the moon. Pluto Nash, the high-flying successful owner of the hottest nightclub in the universe, finds himself in tro...

BaadAsssss Cinema

BaadAsssss Cinema

2002

as Self

6.1
Acting

With archive film clips and interviews, this brief look at a frequently overlooked historical period of filmmaking acts as an introduction rather than...

Love the Hard Way

Love the Hard Way

2002

as Linda Fox

6.3
Acting

Claire, a brilliant student, seeks answers to the meaning of life in the calm of her biology laboratory. One day, she meets a mysterious young man, Ja...

Feast of All Saints

Feast of All Saints

2001

as Suzette Lermontant

4.7
Acting

Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free People of Colour, a dazzling yet damned class caught b...

Bones

Bones

2001

as Pearl

4.7
Acting

Over 20 years after his death, local legend and benefactor Jimmy Bones returns as a ghost to get revenge on those who killed him and restore his neigh...

Ghosts of Mars

Ghosts of Mars

2001

as Commander Helena Braddock

5.1
Acting

In 2176, a Martian police unit is sent to pick up a highly dangerous criminal at a remote mining post. Upon arrival, the cops find the post deserted a...

3 A.M.

3 A.M.

2001

as George

5.5
Acting

The feature film directing debut of Spike Lee protege Lee Davis takes the viewer into the world of taxi drivers. Developed in the Sundance Laboratory,...

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

2001

as Self

6.8
Acting

A 60-minute salute to American International Pictures. Entertainment lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff founded AIP (then called American Releasing Corporation) ...

Wilder

Wilder

2000

as Detective Della Wilder

4.1
Acting

The murder of the ex-wife of Doctor Sam Charney (Rutger Hauer) leads Detective Della Wilder (Pam Grier) to uncover a series of women's murders somehow...

Fortress 2

Fortress 2

2000

as Susan Mendenhall

5.1
Acting

7 years on from the original Fortress movie, Brennick and his family are still on the run. Finally, they give in, and surrender, only to find themselv...

Snow Day

Snow Day

2000

as Tina

5.1
Acting

When an entire town in upstate New York is closed down by an unexpected snowfall, a "snow day" begins when a group of elementary school kids, led by N...

No Tomorrow

No Tomorrow

1999

as Diane

4.4
Acting

When the world's most notorious criminal allies himself with a senior employee of a major shipping corporation, a lethal deal is struck to secure a mu...

Hayley Wagner, Star

Hayley Wagner, Star

1999

as Sam

3.0
Acting

Having outgrown her role, a pampered child actor returns to her family and tries to be an ordinary youngster.

Holy Smoke

Holy Smoke

1999

as Carol

5.7
Acting

While on a journey of discovery in exotic India, beautiful young Ruth Barron falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru. Her desperate ...

In Too Deep

In Too Deep

1999

as Det. Angela Wilson

6.3
Acting

Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold o...

Jawbreaker

Jawbreaker

1999

as Detective Vera Cruz

6.4
Acting

When an exclusive clique of teenage socialites accidentally murder their best friend on the morning of her birthday, the three girls responsible consp...

Family Blessings

Family Blessings

1998

as Mrs. Quincy

6.0
Acting

Lee Reston is a widow whose police officer son Greg dies in a car accident. Greg's friend and fellow officer Chris Lallek tries to help the Reston fam...

Pete Rock: Soul Survivor

Pete Rock: Soul Survivor

1998

as Pam Grier

5.0
Acting
All Saints: The Video

All Saints: The Video

1998

as Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

All Saints tread the path of jazzy, funky videos, spliced with interviews with the girls themselves and live footage of their travels around the world...

Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am

Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am

1998

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

A famed athlete, linguist, scholar, lawyer, actor, singer and activist, Paul Robeson left behind an irreplaceable legacy in American life. Friends, ar...

Jackie Brown

Jackie Brown

1997

as Jackie Brown

7.4
Acting

Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use J...

Fakin' Da Funk

Fakin' Da Funk

1997

as Annabelle Lee

5.7
Acting

Chinese kid Julian, who was adopted by the black family of Joe and Annabelle Lee -- and Asian exchange student May-Ling, who is housed with a black fa...

Strip Search

Strip Search

1997

as Janette

2.0
Acting

Robby Durrell is the prince of the vice squad. A man who's seen it all and done a little of it too. But when the enchanting Sela hires him to help tra...

Afro Promo

Afro Promo

1997

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

Co-curated by Jenni Olson and the late Black gay activist Karl Knapper, this entertaining showcase of vintage movie trailers traces the evolution of A...

Mars Attacks!

Mars Attacks!

1996

as Louise Williams

6.4
Acting

A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim...

Escape from L.A.

Escape from L.A.

1996

as Hershe Las Palamas

5.9
Acting

Into the 9.6-quaked Los Angeles of 2013 comes Snake Plissken. His job: wade through L.A.'s ruined landmarks to retrieve a doomsday device.

Original Gangstas

Original Gangstas

1996

as Laurie Thompson

5.6
Acting

A violent street gang, the Rebels, rule the streets of Gary, Indiana. The Rebels shoot Marvin Bookman, a store-keeper, for giving the police informati...

Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man

Sinbad: Son of a Preacher Man

1996

as Self

5.8
Acting

Experience veteran comedian Sinbad as he returns to his college town of Denver and performs at the Paramount Theatre for this next installment of his ...

Badass Supermama

Badass Supermama

1996

as (archive footage)

1.0
Acting

An homage to and investigation of the blaxploitation cinema of Pam Grier.

Serial Killer

Serial Killer

1995

as Capt. Maggie Davis

4.3
Acting

As a member of FBI Psychological Profile Unit, Selby Younger tracks Morrano, vicious and intelligent serial killer. Before getting caught, Morrano att...

Posse

Posse

1993

as Phoebe

5.3
Acting

A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. They travel to the West where their leader searches for...

A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story

A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story

1992

as Linda Holman

7.0
Acting

Based on the custody case involving Elizabeth Morgan and the subsequent Elizabeth Morgan Act.

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

1991

as Ms. Wardroe

6.3
Acting

Amiable slackers Bill and Ted are once again roped into a fantastical adventure when De Nomolos, a villain from the future, sends evil robot duplicate...

Chicago Joe and the Showgirl

Chicago Joe and the Showgirl

1990

Thanks

5.1

During World War II, an American serviceman in London decides to impress his English girlfriend by acting as an American gangster, which soon turns de...

Class of 1999

Class of 1999

1990

as Ms. Connors

6.1
Acting

The time is in the future and the youth gang violence is so high that the areas around some schools have become "free-fire zones", into which not even...

The Package

The Package

1989

as Ruth Butler

6.1
Acting

Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gal...

Above the Law

Above the Law

1988

as Delores 'Jacks' Jackson

6.1
Acting

Nico Toscani is an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his jo...

The Allnighter

The Allnighter

1987

as Sgt. McLeesh

4.9
Acting

Molly, Val and Gina are graduating college, but on their final night, frustrations are aired. Molly is still looking for real love and Val is beginnin...

On the Edge

On the Edge

1986

as Cara

5.9
Acting

In one final attempt to achieve victory, an aging professional runner is training vigorously for a very tough marathon race.

The Vindicator

The Vindicator

1986

as Hunter

4.4
Acting

An employee of a secret company operation becomes the victim of the company's special weapons project. He is transformed into a robotic killing machin...

Miami Vice: The Prodigal Son

Miami Vice: The Prodigal Son

1985

as Valerie Gordon

10.0
Acting

Crockett and Tubbs head to New York to track down a Colombian drug family that is killing Federal agents, but find that they have enemies on both side...

Stand Alone

Stand Alone

1985

as Cathryn Bolan

5.2
Acting

A World War II vet is pushed to the limit when gang members and drug dealers take over his neighborhood.

Badge of the Assassin

Badge of the Assassin

1985

as Alexandra 'Alie' Horn

5.0
Acting

Three black revolutionaries gun down two New York City police officers. The subsequent investigation puts a white assistant DA and a black police dete...

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Something Wicked This Way Comes

1983

as Dust Witch

6.4
Acting

In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them. Can...

Tough Enough

Tough Enough

1983

as Myra

5.1
Acting

An aspiring country singer, whose money is disappearing faster than his career opportunities, enters a "Tough Man" amateur boxing contest to earn some...

Fort Apache, the Bronx

Fort Apache, the Bronx

1981

as Charlotte

6.5
Acting

From the sight of a police officer this movie depicts the life in New York's infamous South Bronx. In the center is "Fort Apache", as the officers cal...

Greased Lightning

Greased Lightning

1977

as Mary Jones

6.3
Acting

The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier NASCAR race.

Twilight of Love

Twilight of Love

1977

as Sandra

3.8
Acting

Richard Butler is the director of a Montreal advertising agency. When he meets Dyanne, a young beautiful model, he falls in love.

Drum

Drum

1976

as Regine

5.1
Acting

A mid-19th century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society.

Friday Foster

Friday Foster

1975

as Friday Foster

6.0
Acting

Friday Foster, a magazine photographer, goes to Los Angeles International airport to photograph the arrival of Blake Tarr, the richest black man in Am...

Bucktown

Bucktown

1975

as Aretha

5.6
Acting

Duke Johnson visits a small Southern town, intent on burying his brother. After the funeral, he learns that he must stay for 60 days, for the estate t...

Sheba, Baby

Sheba, Baby

1975

as Sheba Shayne

5.7
Acting

Sheba, a Chicago private detective returns back home to Louisville, Kentucky, to help her father fight mobsters.

Foxy Brown

Foxy Brown

1974

as Foxy Brown

6.2
Acting

A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.

The Arena

The Arena

1974

as Mamawi

5.4
Acting

Female gladiators fight to the death. Inspired by the story of Spartacus, follow the adventures of a bevy of slave girls who, upon finding themselves ...

Scream Blacula Scream

Scream Blacula Scream

1973

as Lisa Fortier

5.8
Acting

After an aging voodoo priestess dies, her arrogant son Willis Daniel's believes he is next in line to lead. He is outraged when Lisa, his mother's ado...

Coffy

Coffy

1973

as Coffy

6.6
Acting

After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilan...

Black Mama, White Mama

Black Mama, White Mama

1973

as Lee Daniels

5.4
Acting

When two troublemaking female prisoners (one a revolutionary, the other a former harem-girl) can't seem to get along, they are chained together and ex...

Hit Man

Hit Man

1972

as Gozelda

4.9
Acting

Bernie Casey portrays Tyrone and Pamela Grier plays a sultry skin-flick star in this first Americanized remake of the iconic Michael Caine action film...

The Big Bird Cage

The Big Bird Cage

1972

as Blossom

5.7
Acting

Women rebel against slave labor in a filthy jungle prison where they feed sugar cane to a mechanical maw.

The Twilight People

The Twilight People

1972

as Ayesa, the Panther Woman

4.5
Acting

A kidnapped diver is taken to an island inhabited by a mad scientist and his half-animal, half-human creations.

Cool Breeze

Cool Breeze

1972

as Mona

5.1
Acting

A paroled crook masterminds a $3 million jewelry theft to fund a bank for businessmen.

Women in Cages

Women in Cages

1971

as Alabama

4.9
Acting

Carol Jeffries is a naive American woman staying in the Philippines. She is given ten years in prison after being set up by her drug-dealer boyfriend,...

The Big Doll House

The Big Doll House

1971

as Grear

5.6
Acting

Female prisoners in a Philippine jail are being subjected to sadistic torture. Five of the women -- along with the help of two men -- plot an escape.

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

1970

as Fourth Woman

6.2
Acting

An all-girl rock band moves to Hollywood in the hope of achieving success, only to fall into a whirlpool of wickedness and decadence.