Qball Posted August 29, 2007 Share Posted August 29, 2007 Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an iconic American actress. She came to fame in the early 1970s, after starring in a string of moderately successful women-in-prison and blaxploitation films, and has generally remained in the public eye, starring in B-movies such as 1974's Foxy Brown, and in mainstream films such as Quentin Tarantino's 1997 film, Jackie Brown. But due to her box office smash films, Pam Grier has became the Queen Of 70's films. Grier moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1967, where she was initially hired as a receptionist at the American International Pictures company. She was discovered by director Roger Corman, who cast her in his women in prison films The Big Doll House (1971) and The Big Bird Cage (1972). She became a staple of early 1970s blaxploitation movies, playing big, bold, buxom roles, beginning with 1973's Coffy, in which Pam plays a nurse who seeks revenge on drug dealers; her film character was advertised in the trailer as the "baddest one-chick hit-squad that ever hit town!" The film, which was filled with sexual and violent elements typical of the genre, was a box office hit, and Grier was noted as the first African-American female to headline a film, as protagonists of previous blaxploitation films were all male. In his review of Coffy, film critic Roger Ebert noted that Pam Grier was an actress of "beautiful face and astonishing form" and that she possessed a kind of "physical life" missing from other actresses. Grier subsequently played similar characters in the films Foxy Brown (1974), Friday Foster, and Sheba, Baby (both 1975). With the demise of blaxploitation, Grier's career went on hiatus for several years. She acquired progressively larger character roles in the 1980s, including notably the stoned prostitute in Fort Apache the Bronx (1981), a witch in Something Wicked this Way Comes (1983), and Steven Seagal's detective partner in Above the Law (1988). She made a guest appearance on Miami Vice in 1985, and made a guest appearance on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air as a woman who slept with her daughter's boyfriend, Will Smith. Grier highlighted a successful television series during the 1990s on BET. She again appeared in 1997 as the titular stewardess in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown, which many consider her best work to date. As of 2004, she appears in the cable television series The L Word as Kit Porter and occasionally guest-stars in such television series as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (where she is a recurring character). More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Grier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Qball Posted August 29, 2007 Author Share Posted August 29, 2007 Pam in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qball Posted August 29, 2007 Author Share Posted August 29, 2007 Pam in Holy Smoke (starring Kate Winslet and Harvey Keitel) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eriatarka Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Thanks Qball! She was incredibly hot in her prime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ness Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Didn't she cut off a guy's penis in one of those Foxy Brown movies or something? That's just so malicious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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