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Acting

Pam Grier

Career: Active from 1971 to 2024, busiest in 1972 and 1999 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 34
top three billing

Average score: 48/100

Highest rated: The Big Bird Cage
79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 80 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Pam Grier Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Wonder
2.3, average 3.4
Melancholy
3.7, average 4.7
Wholesome
2.4, average 3.4
Pathos
4.5, average 5.3

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Revenge 7
Social Commentary 7
Moral Ambiguity 4
Fast-Paced 4
Action-Packed 4
Exploitation Film 4
1970s Cinema 4
Crime Thriller 4
Revenge Story 3
90s Nostalgia 3
Vigilante Justice 3
Social Decay 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

108

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

Baby of the Family

as Mrs. Williams

as Linda

2020s

6 titles · average score 61

Mystery Cuddlers

as Juniper

Pet Sematary: Bloodlines

35

as Majorie Washburn

Cinnamon

75

as Mama

As We Know It

50

as Beverly Jones

The Great North

74

TV show · as Neckbone (voice)

Them

70

TV show · as Athena

2010s

15 titles · average score 51

Bless This Mess

66

TV show · as Constance

Bad Grandmas

42

as Coralee

Being Rose

38

as Lily

This Is Us

83

TV show · as Grandma

Cleveland Abduction

63

as Carla

Kings of Cult

as (archive footage)

The Man with the Iron Fists

51

as Jane

Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the 7th Day

32

as Detective Barrick

Mafia

27

as James Womack

Bob's Burgers

70

TV show · as Evelyn (voice)

Just Wright

54

as Janice Wright

The Invited

33

as Zelda

2000s

17 titles · average score 49

Ladies of the House

49

as Birdie

Bad Girls Behind Bars

as Alabama (archive footage)

Back in the Day

51

as Mrs. Cooper

The L Word

67

TV show · as Kit Porter

Love the Hard Way

41

as Linda Fox

Bones

42

as Pearl

Ghosts of Mars

36

as Commander Helena Braddock

Smallville

76

TV show · as Amanda Waller

Feast of All Saints

65

as Suzette Lermontant

Justice League

91

TV show · as My'ria'h (voice)

Wilder

38

as Detective Della Wilder

Fortress 2

19

as Susan Mendenhall

1990s

31 titles · average score 55

Jawbreaker

40

as Detective Vera Cruz

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

73

TV show · as Assistant US Attorney Claudia Williams

In Too Deep

55

as Det. Angela Wilson

TV show · as Eleanor Braithwaite Winthrop

Jackie Brown

76

as Jackie Brown

Fakin' Da Funk

64

as Annabelle Lee

Escape from L.A.

52

as Hershe Las Palamas

Original Gangstas

52

as Laurie Thompson

Badass Supermama

as (archive footage)

Posse

43

as Phoebe

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

60

as Ms. Wardroe

Class of 1999

52

as Ms. Connors

1980s

16 titles · average score 57

The Package

60

as Ruth Butler

Above the Law

52

as Delores 'Jacks' Jackson

The Allnighter

21

as Sargeant McLeish

On the Edge

62

as Cara

The Vindicator

39

as Hunter

Stand Alone

33

as Cathryn Bolan

Badge of the Assassin

49

as Alexandra 'Alie' Horn

The Cosby Show

74

TV show · as Samantha

Miami Vice

77

TV show · as Valerie Gordon

Night Court

74

TV show · as Benet Collins

Tough Enough

58

as Myra

Fort Apache, the Bronx

57

as Charlotte

1970s

21 titles · average score 52

Greased Lightning

50

as Mary Jones

Drum

33

as Regine

Sheba, Baby

37

as Sheba Shayne

Friday Foster

54

as Friday Foster

Bucktown

56

as Aretha

Foxy Brown

57

as Foxy Brown

The Arena

43

as Mamawi

Coffy

71

as Coffy

Black Mama, White Mama

47

as Lee Daniels

Scream Blacula Scream

37

as Lisa Fortier

The Big Bird Cage

79

as Blossom

The Big Doll House

77

as Grear