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Pamela Suzette "Pam" Grier (born May 26, 1949 in Winston-Salem , North Carolina ) is an American actress .
Life
Pam Grier is one of four children of Air Force mechanic Clarence Grier and nanny Gwendolyn Samuels. She grew up in Denver , Colorado .
As a student at the University of Los Angeles, she was a backing singer for the composer and singer Bobby Womack . Its song Across 110th Street became the theme song of the film Jackie Brown years later .
1970s
Grier was discovered by New World Pictures' Roger Corman , who first cast her as an actress in women's prison films such as The Big Doll House and The Big Bird Cage . In the early 1970s, she became the star of the blaxploitation genre through her portrayals as a busty and energetic woman. These roles brought her a five-year contract with Samuel Z. Arkoff of American International Pictures a. The most famous films of this time include Jack Hills Coffy - the Big Cat (1973) and Foxy Brown (1974), as well as Friday Foster and William Girdler's Sheba, Baby (1975). For American International, she also played William Marshall's Vampire Sacrifice in the Blacula sequel Scream, Blacula, Scream! (1973).
Her early films such as Woman in Cages and The Big Doll House were shot in the Philippines. There she became infected with a tropical virus from which she almost died. She lost her hair and her eyesight for more than a month. It took her almost a year to recover from it.
Grier was the first African American woman to appear on the cover of MS. Magazine (August 1975 issue). Ebony Magazine named her one of the "100 Most Fascinating Women of the 20th Century".
1980s
In the 1980s she managed to get back into the game with the crime series Miami Vice as well as with Ray Bradbury and Walt Disney Pictures Something Wicked This Way Comes . In 1988 she played the role of Delores "Jax" Jackson on the side of Steven Seagal in the action film Nico . After a cancer diagnosis in the same year, doctors gave her a survival time of 18 months.
1990s and 2000s
Grier was slated for a role in Pulp Fiction (1994), but she agreed too late, so Rosanna Arquette got the role of Jody . In Tim Burton's Mars Attacks! (1996) showed Grier comedic talent. She made her big comeback in 1997 in the lead role in the Quentin Tarantino film Jackie Brown . In her title role as a stewardess, she was able to draw on her film past as well as fully utilize her acting talent. She was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Image Award . Tarantino named the character after Jackie Burke's novel Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard as a tribute to Foxy Brown in Jackie Brown to.
On October 17, 1998, Pam Grier received the Career Achievement Award at the 34th Annual Chicago International Film Festival .
In 2001 she played in John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars and with Snoop Dogg in Bones . Between 2004 and 2008 she was in the US television series The L Word - When Women Love Women in the role of Kate "Kit" Porter .
In 2010, Grier was the first actress who was allowed to impersonate the DC comic book character Amanda Waller in the American television series Smallville . In 2012 she appeared at the Shock Stock in Toronto and presented her last film, Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day , shot in 2011 .
Grier lives with her horses on a farm in Colorado .
Awards
1998:
- Screen Actors Guild Awards , nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for Jackie Brown
- Satellite Awards , nominated for the "Golden Satellite Award" in the category Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical for Jackie Brown
- Image Awards, nominated in the category Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture for Jackie Brown
- Golden Globes , USA, nominated in the category Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical for Jackie Brown
- Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films , USA, nominated for the Saturn Award in the Best Actress category for Jackie Brown
1999:
- Image Awards, nominated in the category Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Linc’s
2000:
- Image Awards, nominated in the Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series category for Linc’s
- Daytime Emmy Awards , nominated for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (episode The Empress' Nightingale)
- Csapnivalo Awards , winner of the "Golden Slate" in the Best Female Performance category for Jackie Brown
2002:
- Image Awards, nominated in the category Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Spezial for 3.AM
- Black Reel Awards , nominated in the categories Network / Cabel - Best Actress for 3.AM and Theatrical - Best Actress for Bones
2003:
- Image Awards, nominated in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series category for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2004:
- Image Awards, nominated in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series category for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2005:
- Image Awards, nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for The L Word
2006:
- Image Awards, nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for The L Word
2008:
- Image Awards, nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for The L Word
Filmography
- 1970: Flowers without fragrance (Beyond the Valley of the Dolls)
- 1971: Big Doll House
- 1971: Women behind prison walls (Women in Cages)
- 1972: Cool Breeze
- 1972: Hit Man
- 1972: The Big Bird Cage
- 1972: Twilight People
- 1973: Women in Chains (Black Mama, White Mama)
- 1973: Coffy - the big cat (Coffy)
- 1973: The Scream of Death (Scream, Blacula, Scream!)
- 1974: The Arena
- 1974: Foxy Brown
- 1975: Bucktown
- 1975: Friday Foster
- 1975: Sheba Baby
- 1976: The slave hell of the Mandingos (Drum)
- 1977: Stock Car Race - Hell hunt on hot slopes (Greased Lightning)
- 1977: La Notte dell'alta marea
- 1979: Roots : The Next Generations
- 1980: Love Boat (The Love Boat)
- 1981: The Bronx (Fort Apache, the Bronx)
- 1983: Something Wicked This Way Comes
- 1983: The Fighter (Tough Enough)
- 1985: Badge of the Assassin
- 1985: Runner (On the Edge)
- 1985: Stand Alone
- 1985: Miami Vice
- 1986: The Micro-Chip-Man (The Vindicator)
- 1986: Night Court
- 1986: Crime Story
- 1987: Nachtschwärmer (The Allnighter)
- 1987: The Bill Cosby Show (The Cosby Show)
- 1988: Frank's Place
- 1988: Nico (Above the Law)
- 1989: The Killer Brigade (The Package)
- 1989: Midnight Caller
- 1990: The Class of 1999 (Class of 1999)
- 1990: Under the California Sun (Knots Landing)
- 1991: Bill & Ted's Crazy Journey into the Future (Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey)
- 1991: Monsters
- 1992: Take Our Daughter 's Hands (A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story)
- 1992: Pacific Station
- 1993: Posse - The Revenge of Jessie Lee (Posse)
- 1994: The Sinbad Show
- 1994: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)
- 1995: Shadow Killer (Serial Killer)
- 1995: Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
- 1995: The Marshal
- 1996: Escape from LA (Escape from LA)
- 1996: Mars Attacks!
- 1996: Original Gangstas
- 1996: Sparks
- 1996: The Wayans Bros.
- 1997: Fakin 'Da Funk
- 1997: Jackie Brown
- 1997: Strip Search (Strip Search)
- 1998: Pinky and the Brain
- 1998: MADtv
- 1999: The Fortress II: The Return (Fortress 2: Re-Entry)
- 1999: Holy Smoke
- 1999: Hayley Wagner, star
- 1999: Undercover - In Too Deep (In Too Deep)
- 1999: The Sweet Death (Jawbreaker)
- 1999: Pridemoors II
- 1999: No Tomorrow
- 1999: Law & Order: New York (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
- 1999: Family Blessings
- 1999: The Wild Thornberrys
- 1999: Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
- 1999: For Your Love
- 1999: Linc's
- 2000: Snow Day (Snow Day)
- 2000: Bad Boys Hunting (Wilder: Profession Detective)
- 2001: 3 am - three hours after midnight (3 AM)
- 2001: Bones - Death is just the beginning (Bones)
- 2001: Ghosts of Mars (John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars)
- 2001: Love the Hard Way
- 2001: The Feast of All Saints
- 2001: Strange Frequency
- 2002: Justice League: A Knight of Shadows, Part 1
- 2002: Justice League: A Knight of Shadows, Part 2
- 2002: Pluto Nash - In the fight against the moon mafia (The Adventures of Pluto Nash)
- 2002: Baby of the Family
- 2002: Night Visions
- 2002: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- 2003: A Decade Under the Influence
- 2003: BaadAsssss Cinema
- 2003: First to Die
- 2004: Back in the Day
- 2004–2009: The L Word ( The L Word , TV series)
- 2005: Back in the Day
- 2008: Ladies of the House
- 2010: Smallville
- 2010: Just Wright
- 2011: Larry Crowne
- 2012: Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day
- 2012: Mafia
- 2012: The Man with the Iron Fists
- 2015: Cleveland Abduction (TV movie)
- 2017: Bad Grandmas
- 2017: Being Rose
- 2018: This Is Us (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2019: Dancing Queens (Poms)
- 2019: Bless This Mess (TV series, 6 episodes)
literature
- Jessie Carney Smith: Notable Black American women , Volume 2, 1995
Web links
- Pam Grier in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Ebony: Pam Grier - More than Just a Sex Symbol June 1976 (English)
- Pam Grier at filmreference.com (English)
- Pam Grier in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Horror CONfidential: Shock Stock 2012 Part 2 ( Memento of the original from May 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung of August 19, 2008: In the interview: Pam Grier ( Memento of the original of August 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grier, Pam |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grier, Pamela Suzette (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Winston-Salem , North Carolina , United States |