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Pam Grier

Pam Grier

44 movies on Netflix

Biography

Pam Grier is an American actress who built her reputation in 1970s action and blaxploitation cinema before returning to leading roles decades later. Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, she moved to Los Angeles in 1967 and worked the switchboard at American International Pictures, where the director Jack Hill is believed to have discovered her. Roles in women-in-prison films led to Coffy (1973) and Foxy Brown (1974), and she is credited as the first African-American woman to lead an action film. After years of smaller and character parts, including Fort Apache, the Bronx (1981), she took the title role in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown (1997), which brought nominations for a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Her other films include Escape from L.A. (1996), Mars Attacks! (1996), Bones (2001), Just Wright (2010), Larry Crowne (2011) and Poms (2019). On television she appeared in Linc's and The L Word.

77years old

Turns 78 on May 26in 196 days

  • Born Winston-Salem
  • Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
  • Pamela Suzette Grier (birth name)

Movie Career

Films
44
Career span
51 years1972 to 2023

Genres

First and latest

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  1. First role

    Grier's first stage appearance came at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, where she performed in Sam Shepard's Fool for Love in 1985.

  2. A role that slipped away

    Grier's role in Rocket Gibraltar was cut, which she attributed to the director Daniel Petrie's fears of repercussions from interracial love scenes.

Pam Grier movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Jackie Brown1997 Crime, Drama, Thrilleras Jackie Brown

    IMDb rating 7.5408K votes

  2. The Man with the Iron Fists2012 Actionas Jane

    IMDb rating 5.466K votes

  3. Above the Law1988as Delores 'Jacks' Jackson

    IMDb rating 6.037K votes

  4. Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey1991as Ms. Wardroe

    IMDb rating 6.386K votes

  5. Larry Crowne2011as Frances

    IMDb rating 6.178K votes

  6. Ghosts of Mars2001as Commander Helena Braddock

    IMDb rating 4.962K votes

  7. Escape from L.A.1996as Hershe Las Palmas

    IMDb rating 5.787K votes

  8. Coffy1973as Coffy

    IMDb rating 6.815K votes

Most often with

Jack Hill directed three of these films, John Carpenter two and Andrew Davis two. Sid Haig appears in six of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Sid Haig, 6 films togetherSee the 6 films with Sid HaigThalmus Rasulala, 4 films togetherSee the 4 films with Thalmus RasulalaChelcie Ross, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Chelcie RossBob Minor, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Bob MinorVic Diaz, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Vic DiazEddie Garcia, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Eddie GarciaJack HillDirector, 3 filmsSee the 3 films by Jack HillJohn CarpenterDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by John CarpenterAndrew DavisDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Andrew Davis

Films together

Box office

What Pam Grier's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$625 million

25 of the 44 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 44 films: 25 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 11 figure not found.

  • 25Worldwide figure
  • 4US gross only
  • 4Never in cinemas
  • 11Figure not found

Top grosser

Mars Attacks!1996as Louise Williams$101 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 77% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Mars Attacks!1996as Louise Williams
    $101M16.2% of the total
  2. 2
    Larry Crowne2011as Frances
    $75M12.0% of the total
  3. 3
    Jackie Brown1997as Jackie Brown
    $75M12.0% of the total
  4. 4
    Fort Apache, the Bronx1981as Charlotte
    $65M10.4% of the total
  5. 5
    Snow Day2000as Tina
    $62M10.0% of the total
  6. 6
    Escape from L.A.1996as Hershe Las Palmas
    $42M6.8% of the total
  7. 7
    Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey1991as Ms. Wardroe
    $38M6.1% of the total
  8. 8
    Just Wright2010as Janice Wright
    $22M3.4% of the total
The Man with the Iron Fists (2012), $20.5 millionPosse (1993), $20.0 millionAbove the Law (1988), $18.9 millionIn Too Deep (1999), $14.0 millionGhosts of Mars (2001), $14.0 millionThe Package (1989), $10.6 millionPoms (2019), $8.6 millionSomething Wicked This Way Comes (1983), $8.4 millionBones (2001), $7.3 millionThe Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002), $7.1 millionCoffy (1973), $4.0 millionJawbreaker (1999), $3.1 millionClass of 1999 (1990), $2.5 millionScream Blacula Scream (1973), $2.0 millionHoly Smoke (1999), $1.8 millionBlack Mama, White Mama (1973), $1.0 million

$144 millionfrom the other 17 films with a worldwide figure, 23% of the total

Awards

One award and honor.

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Pam Grier's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Other honors
2018Time Machine AwardWon

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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