Pam Grier

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Career

Grier was born in Los Angeles, California, where she was hired to work the switchboard at American International Pictures in 1967. (AIP). She is said to have been discovered by director Jack Hill, who starred her in his women-in-prison films The Big Doll House (1971) and The Big Bird Cage (1972). While under AIP's care, she became a staple of early 1970s blaxploitation films, beginning with Jack Hill's Cozy (1973), in which she plays a nurse seeking revenge on drug dealers. In the trailer, her character was portrayed as the "poorest one-chick hit-squad that never made landfall." The film, which contained sexual and violent elements that were typical of the period, was a box-office hit. Grier is thought to have been the first African-American female to headline an action film, as the protagonists of previous blaxploitation films were males. Roger Ebert, a writer, praised the film for its realistic female lead in his review of Coffy. Grier described her as an actress with "beautiful face and astonishing talent" as well as the fact that she had a "physical presence" that was missing from many other attractive actresses.

Grier later appeared in Foxy Brown (1974), Sheba, Baby, and Friday Foster (both 1975). Grier appeared in smaller capacities for many years after the demise of blaxploitation in the 1970s. She developed increasingly larger character roles in the 1980s, including a druggie prostitute in Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981) and a witch in Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983).

Grier appeared in Sam Sheppard's Fool for Love at the Los Angeles Theatre Center in 1985.

Grier's detective partner in Above the Law (1988) appeared in a film as Steven Seagal's detective partner. She appeared on Miami Vice from 1985 to 1989, appeared on Martin, Night Court, and The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. She appeared on the television show Crime Story from 1986 to 1988. Daniel Petrie, the film's director, was worried about "repercussions from interracial love scenes" in Rocket Gibraltar (1988). She appeared on Sinbad, Preston Chronicles, The Cosby Show, The Wayans Brothers Show, and Mad TV. Grier appeared in Snoop Dogg's video for "Doggy Dogg World" in 1994.

Grier appeared in the late 1990s as a cast member of the Showtime series Linc. She appeared in John Carpenter's Escape from Los Angeles and 1997, a title role in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown's films that partly paid tribute to her 1970s blaxploitation films. She has been nominated for several awards for her role in the Tarantino film. In a scene on Showtime's The L Word, Grier appeared as Kit Porter. The series lasted for six seasons before ending in March 2009. Grier appears in such television series as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (where she is a recurring character).

Amanda Waller, also known as White Queen, head agent of Checkmate, a clandestine operations company, appeared in a recurring role on the hit science-fiction film Smallville in 2010. In 2011, Larry Crowne appeared as a mentor and mentor to Julia Roberts' college professor.

Grier wrote her book Foxy: My Life in Three Acts with Andrea Cagan in 2010.

Grier was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of Maryland's Eastern Shore in 2011. She received an honorary Doctorate of Science degree from Langston University in the same year.

"[s]o pioneer were the characters Grier portrayed in Grier's career," Grier said.

Pam Grier Community Garden and Education Center with the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum was established. Among other things, the primary aim is to educate people about organic gardening, health, and diet. In 2011, Grier's garden was named in honor of him.

Pam, Grier's memoir, is based on her memoir, and it will be published in January 2018.

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) announced in April 2022 that their fourth season, The Plot Thickens, would focus on Grier's life and work.

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