Pam Grier

Pam Grier Movies and TV Shows

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 the films Coffy (1973) and Foxy Brown (1974); her other major films during this period included The Big Doll House (1971), Women in Cages (1971), The Big Bird Cage (1972), Black Mama, White Mama (1973), Scream Blacula Scream (1973), The Arena (1974), Sheba, Baby (1975), Bucktown (1975), and Friday Foster (1975). She portrayed the title character in Quentin Tarantino's crime film Jackie Brown (1997), and also appeared in Escape from L.A. (1996), Jawbreaker (1999), Holy Smoke!, (1999), Bones (2001), Just Wright (2010), Larry Crowne (2011), and Poms (2019). On television, Grier portrayed Eleanor Winthrop in the Showtime comedy-drama series Linc's (1998–2000), Kate "Kit" Porter on the Showtime drama series The L Word (2004–2009), and Constance Terry in the ABC sitcom Bless This Mess (2019–2020). She received praise for her work in the animated series Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1999). Description above from the Wikipedia article Pam Grier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal info

  • Gender: Female
  • Date of birth: 26/05/1949 (75 years old)
  • Place of birth: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
  • nationality: American
  • height: 1.73 m
  • Net worth: $10,000,000
  • twitter: PamGrier
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the UK
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
IMDB 4.6
TMDB 61%
role:
Majorie Washburn
2023

Horror

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

4.6
61%
Them
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 76%
role:
Athena
2021

Drama

Mystery

7.5
76%
2019

Romance

TV Movie

6.2
69%
QT8: The First Eight
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 73%
role:
Self (archive footage)
2019

Documentary

7.3
73%
Poms
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 66%
role:
Olive
2019

Comedy

Drama

6.1
66%
Bless This Mess
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 66%
role:
Constance
2019

Comedy

6.9
66%
2019

Documentary

7.5
72%
Being Rose
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 45%
role:
Lily
2017

Drama

5.8
45%
Bad Grandmas
IMDB 4.6
TMDB 49%
role:
Coralee
2017

Action

Comedy

Crime

4.6
49%
2015

Crime

Drama

TV Movie

6.6
72%
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 71%
role:
Self (archive footage)
2013

Documentary

7.3
71%
2012

Action

5.4
55%
2012

Drama

5.1
40%
Corman's World
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 73%
role:
Herself - Actress
2011

Documentary

7.6
73%
Larry Crowne
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 59%
role:
Frances
2011

Comedy

Drama

Romance

6.1
59%
2010

Documentary

7.3
69%
Just Wright
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 63%
role:
Janice Wright
2010

Comedy

Drama

Romance

5.9
63%
The L Word
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 77%
role:
Kit Porter
2004

Drama

7.7
77%
2002

Action

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

3.9
44%
Bones
IMDB 4.4
TMDB 47%
role:
Pearl
2001

Action

Horror

Thriller

4.4
47%
Ghosts of Mars
IMDB 4.9
TMDB 51%
role:
Commander Helena Braddock
2001

Action

Horror

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

4.9
51%
Fortress 2
IMDB 4.5
TMDB 51%
role:
Susan Mendenhall
2000

Action

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

4.5
51%
Snow Day
IMDB 5.2
TMDB 51%
role:
Tina
2000

Adventure

Comedy

Family

5.2
51%
Holy Smoke
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 55%
role:
Carol
1999

Comedy

Drama

5.9
55%
In Too Deep
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 67%
role:
Det. Angela Wilson
1999

Action

Crime

Drama

Thriller

6.2
67%
Jawbreaker
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 62%
role:
Detective Vera Cruz
1999

Comedy

5.7
62%
Two Guys and a Girl
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 72%
role:
Louise Williams
1998

Comedy

7.4
72%
Jackie Brown
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 73%
role:
Jackie Brown
1997

Action

Adventure

Drama

7.5
73%
Escape from L.A.
IMDB 5.7
TMDB 59%
role:
Hershe Las Palamas
1996

Action

Adventure

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.7
59%
Sliders
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 76%
role:
Ms. Wardroe
1995

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.4
76%
Class of 1999
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 60%
role:
Ms. Connors
1990

Action

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.9
60%
The Package
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 60%
role:
Ruth Butler
1989

Action

Crime

Thriller

6.4
60%
Above the Law
IMDB 6.0
TMDB 61%
role:
Delores 'Jacks' Jackson
1988

Action

Thriller

6.0
61%
1983

Mystery

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.7
65%
1981

Crime

Drama

6.7
65%
Foxy Brown
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 64%
role:
Foxy Brown
1974

Action

Crime

Thriller

6.5
64%
Coffy
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 67%
role:
"Coffy" Coffin
1973

Action

Crime

Thriller

6.8
67%
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 64%
role:
Fourth Woman (as Pamela Grier)
1970

Comedy

Drama

Thriller

6.1
64%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the UK starring or involving Pam Grier are, for example, Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, A Christmas Wish and QT8: The First Eight.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, iTunes and Google Play.
The best StreamFat ratings are The L Word (7.7), Sliders (7.5) and Jackie Brown (7.4).