Happy Birthday Pam Grier

“That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin; It's by my character” - Pam Grier

(Pam Grier)

Pam Grier was born on May 26th, 1949 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. At age 6 Grier was raped by 2  boys when she was left unattended at her aunt's house. Her family moved to Denver, CO. While in high school Grier appeared in a number of stage productions, and participated in beauty contests to raise money for college tuition at Metropolitan State College. In 1967 Grier moved to Los Angeles, CA. In 1971 Grier starred in The Big Doll House.

(Grier in The Big Doll House (1971))

In 1972 Grier starred in The Big Bird Cage. In 1973 Grier starred in Coffy. It was a box office hit. Grier became the 1st Black woman to headline an action movie.

(Grier in Coffy (1973))

In 1974 Grier starred in Foxy Brown.

(Grier in Foxy Brown (1974))

In 1975 she starred in Sheba, Baby and Friday Foster. In 1981 she starred in  Fort Apache, The Bronx. In 1988 she starred in Above the Law. She made guest appearances on shows like  “Martin”, “Night Court” and “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air”.

(Grier (Left) in “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air”)

In 1994 she appeared in Snoop Dogg’s music video “Doggy Dogg World”. In 1996 she starred in Jackie Brown.

(Grier in Jackie Brown (1996))

In 2010 Grier starred in the TV show “Smallville”. Also in 2010 Grier wrote a memoir on her life. In 2011 she earned her PhD in science.

(Grier in 2011)

Today she turns 67 years old and we would all like to say happy birthday Pam Grier.

Films Starring Pam Grier

• Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) as Partygoer
• The Big Doll House (1971) as Grear
• Women in Cages (1971) as Alabama
• Hit Man (1972) as Gozelda
• The Big Bird Cage (1972) as Blossom
• Cool Breeze (1972) as Mona
• Black Mama White Mama (1973) as Lee Daniels
• Scream Blacula Scream (1973) as Lisa
• Coffy (1973) as Coffy
• The Twilight People (1973) as Ayesa
• The Arena (1974) as Mamawi
• Foxy Brown (1974) as Foxy Brown
• Sheba, Baby (1975) as Sheba Shayne
• Bucktown (1975) as Aretha
• Friday Foster (1975) as Friday Foster
• Drum (1976) as Regine
• Greased Lightning (1977) as Mary Jones
• Twilight of Love (1977) as Sandra
• Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981) as Charlotte
• Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) as Dust Witch
• Tough Enough (1983) as Myra
• The Vindicator (1984) as Hunter
• Badge of the Assassin (1985) as Alexandra Horn
• Stand Alone (1985) as Cathryn Bolan
• On the Edge (1986) as Cora
• The Allnighter (1987) as Sgt. McLeesh
• Above the Law (1988) as Delores Jackson
• The Package (1989) as Ruth Butler
• Class of 1999 (1990) as Ms. Connors
• Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991) as Ms. Wardroe
• Posse (1993) as Phoebe
• Mars Attacks! (1996) as Louise Williams
• Escape from L.A. (1996) as Hershe Las Palmas
• Original Gangstas (1996) as Laurie Thompson
• Jackie Brown (1997) as Jackie Brown
• Fakin’ Da Funk (1997) as Annabelle Lee
• Holy Smoke! (1999) as Carol
• In Too Deep (1999) as Det. Angela Wilson
• Linc’s (1999) as Eleanor Braithwaite Winthrop
• Jawbreaker (1999) as Det. Vera Cruz
• Snow Day (2000) as Tina
• 3 A.M. (2000) as George
• Wilder (2000) as Det. Della Wilder
• Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (2000) as The Empress’ Nightingale
• Fortress 2: Re-entry (2000) as Susan Mendenhall
• Ghosts of Mars (2001) as Commander Helena Braddock
• Bones (2001) as Pearl
• The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002) as Flura Nash
• Back in the Day (2005) as Mrs. Cooper
• Ladies of the House (2008) as Birdie
• Just Wright (2010) as Janice Wright
• The Invited (2010) as Zelda
• Larry Crowne (2011) as Frances
• Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day (2012) as Det. Barrick
• The Man with the Iron Fists (2012) as Jane

Videos of Pam Grier

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jVAIitIP-4  “Coffy (trailer)”
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVDvu28O3WU  “Foxy Brown (1974) Trailer”
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7HkBDNZV7s  “Jackie Brown Official Trailer #1 - (1997) HD”

(P.S. sorry for the late post)