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Pam Grier

1949 - Today

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Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress, singer, and martial artist. Described by 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pam Grier is the 1,418th most popular actor (up from 1,488th in 2019), the 2,663rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,523rd in 2019) and the 701st most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Pam Grier ranks 1,418 out of 13,578. Before her are Daniela Bianchi, Daryl Hannah, Lyubov Orlova, Lynda Carter, Chris Evans, and John Leguizamo. After her are Stephen Fry, Marina Berti, Iain Glen, Margot Kidder, James Whitmore, and Patty McCormack.

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Among people born in 1949, Pam Grier ranks 157. Before her are David Strathairn, Massimo D'Alema, John Savage, Clodoaldo, Michael W. Young, and Slavenka Drakulić. After her are Billy Gibbons, Philippe Petit, Alan Menken, Odilo Scherer, Ric Flair, and Irina Rodnina.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pam Grier ranks 2,663 out of 20,380. Before her are Lynda Carter (1951), Paul Goodman (1911), Chris Evans (1981), Nan Goldin (1953), Big Van Vader (1955), and Elizabeth Holmes (1984). After her are Robert Ballard (1942), Frederick William Franz (1893), Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848), Val Valentino (1956), Billy Gibbons (1949), and John Carroll (1735).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Pam Grier ranks 701. Before her are John Barrymore (1882), Cesar Romero (1907), Rick Baker (1950), Daryl Hannah (1960), Lynda Carter (1951), and Chris Evans (1981). After her are James Whitmore (1921), Patty McCormack (1945), Yaphet Kotto (1939), Frances Conroy (1953), David Schwimmer (1966), and Rhea Seehorn (1972).

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