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Pam Grier

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26 maggio 1949 · Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

Biografia

Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress. Described by director Quentin Tarantino as cinema's first female action star, she achieved fame for her starring roles in a string of 1970s action, blaxploitation, and women in prison films for American International Pictures and New World Pictures. Her accolades include nominations for an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Satellite Award, and a Saturn Award. Grier came to prominence with her titular roles in the films Coffy (1973) and Foxy Brown (1974); her other major films during this period included The Big Doll House (1971), Women in Cages (1971), The Big Bird Cage (1972), Black Mama, White Mama (1973), Scream Blacula Scream (1973), The Arena (1974), Sheba, Baby (1975), Bucktown (1975), and Friday Foster (1975). She portrayed the title character in Quentin Tarantino's crime film Jackie Brown (1997), and also appeared in Escape from L.A. (1996), Jawbreaker (1999), Holy Smoke!, (1999), Bones (2001), Just Wright (2010), Larry Crowne (2011), and Poms (2019). On television, Grier portrayed Eleanor Winthrop in the Showtime comedy-drama series Linc's (1998–2000), Kate "Kit" Porter on the Showtime drama series The L Word (2004–2009), and Constance Terry in the ABC sitcom Bless This Mess (2019–2020). She received praise for her work in the animated series Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1999).

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Locandina di Jackie Brown
Jackie Brown
Film · 1997 · ★ 7,4
Locandina di Mars Attacks!
Mars Attacks!
Film · 1996 · ★ 6,4
Locandina di Smallville
Smallville
Serie · 2001 · ★ 8,2
Locandina di Law & Order - Unità vittime speciali
Law & Order - Unità vittime speciali
Serie · 1999 · ★ 8,0
Locandina di Willy, il principe di Bel-Air
Willy, il principe di Bel-Air
Serie · 1990 · ★ 7,9
Locandina di Fuga da Los Angeles
Fuga da Los Angeles
Film · 1996 · ★ 5,9
Locandina di This Is Us
This Is Us
Serie · 2016 · ★ 8,2
Locandina di L'amore all'improvviso
L'amore all'improvviso
Film · 2011 · ★ 6,0
Locandina di Un mitico viaggio
Un mitico viaggio
Film · 1991 · ★ 6,3
Locandina di Fantasmi da Marte
Fantasmi da Marte
Film · 2001 · ★ 5,2
Locandina di L'uomo con i pugni di ferro
L'uomo con i pugni di ferro
Film · 2012 · ★ 5,5
Locandina di Bob's Burgers
Bob's Burgers
Serie · 2011 · ★ 7,8

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