Post by petrolino on Oct 30, 2017 3:39:41 GMT
Pamela Grier was born May 26th, 1949, in America's fastest trending electronic superstate, North Carolina. She's the daughter of Gwendolyn Sylvia (née Samuels), a homemaker and nurse, and Clarence Ransom Grier, Jr., who worked as a mechanic and Technical Sergeant in the United States Air Force. Due to her strict father's military career, her family moved about frequently during her childhood. They stopped off in Denver, Colorado, where she worked in regional theatre productions and took part in beauty contests to earn her college tuition fees.
Grier worked as a receptionist at American International Pictures (AIP). She established herself as a major player in producer Roger Corman's rolling stock company during the 1970s, cementing strong partnerships with Jack Hill and independent filmmaker Arthur Marks. Grier is an Emmy nominated performer and a Golden Globe nominee. Premiere action director Quentin Tarantino has gone on record saying Grier may have been one of cinema's first female action stars alongside Roberta Collins and Claudia Jennings, paving an ample way for Sigourney Weaver and Linnea Quigley to ramp the action up several artistic decibels.
Pam Grier received her Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in 2011. That same year, she received an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Langston University. She remains a permanent resident of the great state of Colorado.
"I’m still getting offers, 40 years later. Let’s see who has a forty-year career. Me and Betty White. The legacy is not just me, it’s all of us and our love for film, whether it’s Bertolucci or Fellini or Roger Corman, or whomever we love, we become those certain things. It’s very complex. It’s not even a log-line."
- Pam Grier, GQ
- Pam Grier, GQ
Grier worked as a receptionist at American International Pictures (AIP). She established herself as a major player in producer Roger Corman's rolling stock company during the 1970s, cementing strong partnerships with Jack Hill and independent filmmaker Arthur Marks. Grier is an Emmy nominated performer and a Golden Globe nominee. Premiere action director Quentin Tarantino has gone on record saying Grier may have been one of cinema's first female action stars alongside Roberta Collins and Claudia Jennings, paving an ample way for Sigourney Weaver and Linnea Quigley to ramp the action up several artistic decibels.
Pam Grier
Pam Grier received her Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in 2011. That same year, she received an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Langston University. She remains a permanent resident of the great state of Colorado.
1970 Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (Russ Meyer) - Partygoer
1971 The Big Doll House (Jack Hill) - Grear
1971 Women In Cages (Gerardo De Leon) - Alabama
1972 Hit Man (George Armitage) - Gozelda
1972 The Big Bird Cage (Jack Hill) - Blossom
1972 Cool Breeze (Barry Ppllack) - Mona
1973 Black Mama White Mama (Eddie Romero) - Lee Daniels
1973 Scream Blacula Scream (Bob Kelljan) - Lisa
1973 Coffy (Jack Hill) - Coffy
1973 The Twilight People (Eddie Romero) - Ayesa The Panther Woman
1974 The Arena (Steve Carver & Joe D'Amato) - Mamawi
1974 Foxy Brown (Jack Hill) - Foxy Brown
1975 Sheba, Baby (William Girdler) - Sheba Shayne
1975 Bucktown (Arthur Marks) - Aretha
1975 Friday Foster (Arthur Marks) - Friday Foster
1976 Drum (Steve Carver) - Regine
1977 Greased Lightning (Michael Schultz) - Mary Jones
1977 Twilight Of Love (Luigi Scattini) - Sandra
1981 Fort Apache, The Bronx (Daniel Petrie) - Charlotte
1983 Something Wicked This Way Comes (Jack Clayton) - Dust Witch
1983 Tough Enough (Richard Fleischer) - Myra
1984 The Vindicator (Jean-Claude Lord) - Hunter
1985 Stand Alone (Alan Beattie) - Cathryn Bolan
1986 On The Edge (Rob Nillson) - Cora
1987 The Allnighter (Tamar Simon Hoffs) - Sgt. McLeesh
1988 Above The Law (Andrew Davis) - Delores 'Jacks' Jackson
1989 The Package (Andrew Davis) - Ruth Butler
1990 Class Of 1999 (Mark L. Lester) - Ms. Connors
1991 Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (Pete Hewitt) - Ms. Wardroe
1993 Posse (Mario Van Peebles) - Phoebe
1996 Mars Attacks! (Tim Burton) - Louise Williams
1996 Escape From L.A. (John Carpenter) - Hershe Las Palmas
1996 Original Gangstas (Larry Cohen) - Laurie Thompson
1997 Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino) - Jackie Brown
1997 Fakin' Da Funk (Tim Chey) - Annabelle Lee
1997 Strip Search (Rod Hewitt) - Janette
1999 Holy Smoke! (Jane Campion) - Carol
1999 In Too Deep (Michael Rymer) - Det. Angela Wilson
1999 No Tomorrow (Master P) - Diane
1999 Jawbreaker (Darren Stein) - Detective Vera Cruz
2000 Snow Day (Chris Koch) - Tina
2000 Wilder (Rodney Gibbons) Det. Della Wilder
2000 Fortress 2: Re-Entry (Geoff Murphy) - Susan Mendenhall
2001 Love The Hard Way (Peter Sehr) - Det. Linda Fox
2001 Ghosts Of Mars (John Carpenter) - Commander Helena Braddock
2001 Bones (Ernest Dickerson) - Pearl
2002 Baby Of The Family (Jonee Ansa) - Mrs. Williams
2002 The Adventures Of Pluto Nash (Ron Underwood) - Flura Nash
2005 Back In The Day (James Hunter) - Mrs. Cooper
2010 Just Wright (Sanaa Hamri) - Janice Wright
2010 The Invited (Ryan McKinney) - Zelda
2011 Larry Crowne (Tom Hanks) - Frances
2012 Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day (Neema Barnette) - Detective Barrick
2012 The Man With The Iron Fists (RZA) - Jane
2012 Mafia (Ryan Combs) - James Womack
2017 Bad Grandmas (Srikant Chellappa) - Coralee
Currently filming ...
2018 Rose (Rod McCall) - Lily
2019 Old School Gangstas (Fred Williamson) – Kelly
1971 The Big Doll House (Jack Hill) - Grear
1971 Women In Cages (Gerardo De Leon) - Alabama
1972 Hit Man (George Armitage) - Gozelda
1972 The Big Bird Cage (Jack Hill) - Blossom
1972 Cool Breeze (Barry Ppllack) - Mona
1973 Black Mama White Mama (Eddie Romero) - Lee Daniels
1973 Scream Blacula Scream (Bob Kelljan) - Lisa
1973 Coffy (Jack Hill) - Coffy
1973 The Twilight People (Eddie Romero) - Ayesa The Panther Woman
1974 The Arena (Steve Carver & Joe D'Amato) - Mamawi
1974 Foxy Brown (Jack Hill) - Foxy Brown
1975 Sheba, Baby (William Girdler) - Sheba Shayne
1975 Bucktown (Arthur Marks) - Aretha
1975 Friday Foster (Arthur Marks) - Friday Foster
1976 Drum (Steve Carver) - Regine
1977 Greased Lightning (Michael Schultz) - Mary Jones
1977 Twilight Of Love (Luigi Scattini) - Sandra
1981 Fort Apache, The Bronx (Daniel Petrie) - Charlotte
1983 Something Wicked This Way Comes (Jack Clayton) - Dust Witch
1983 Tough Enough (Richard Fleischer) - Myra
1984 The Vindicator (Jean-Claude Lord) - Hunter
1985 Stand Alone (Alan Beattie) - Cathryn Bolan
1986 On The Edge (Rob Nillson) - Cora
1987 The Allnighter (Tamar Simon Hoffs) - Sgt. McLeesh
1988 Above The Law (Andrew Davis) - Delores 'Jacks' Jackson
1989 The Package (Andrew Davis) - Ruth Butler
1990 Class Of 1999 (Mark L. Lester) - Ms. Connors
1991 Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (Pete Hewitt) - Ms. Wardroe
1993 Posse (Mario Van Peebles) - Phoebe
1996 Mars Attacks! (Tim Burton) - Louise Williams
1996 Escape From L.A. (John Carpenter) - Hershe Las Palmas
1996 Original Gangstas (Larry Cohen) - Laurie Thompson
1997 Jackie Brown (Quentin Tarantino) - Jackie Brown
1997 Fakin' Da Funk (Tim Chey) - Annabelle Lee
1997 Strip Search (Rod Hewitt) - Janette
1999 Holy Smoke! (Jane Campion) - Carol
1999 In Too Deep (Michael Rymer) - Det. Angela Wilson
1999 No Tomorrow (Master P) - Diane
1999 Jawbreaker (Darren Stein) - Detective Vera Cruz
2000 Snow Day (Chris Koch) - Tina
2000 Wilder (Rodney Gibbons) Det. Della Wilder
2000 Fortress 2: Re-Entry (Geoff Murphy) - Susan Mendenhall
2001 Love The Hard Way (Peter Sehr) - Det. Linda Fox
2001 Ghosts Of Mars (John Carpenter) - Commander Helena Braddock
2001 Bones (Ernest Dickerson) - Pearl
2002 Baby Of The Family (Jonee Ansa) - Mrs. Williams
2002 The Adventures Of Pluto Nash (Ron Underwood) - Flura Nash
2005 Back In The Day (James Hunter) - Mrs. Cooper
2010 Just Wright (Sanaa Hamri) - Janice Wright
2010 The Invited (Ryan McKinney) - Zelda
2011 Larry Crowne (Tom Hanks) - Frances
2012 Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day (Neema Barnette) - Detective Barrick
2012 The Man With The Iron Fists (RZA) - Jane
2012 Mafia (Ryan Combs) - James Womack
2017 Bad Grandmas (Srikant Chellappa) - Coralee
Currently filming ...
2018 Rose (Rod McCall) - Lily
2019 Old School Gangstas (Fred Williamson) – Kelly