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INTRO

Pam Grier is cinema’s ultimate badass. In the 1970s, she single-handedly revolutionized the action genre, becoming the first woman to headline a string of massive, profitable action films. Long before Hollywood routinely put weapons in women's hands, Pam was commanding the silver screen with a rare blend of fierce independence, volcanic sexuality, and no-nonsense grit.

Decades later, she achieved cultural immortality all over again when Quentin Tarantino wrote Jackie Brown specifically to honor her legendary aura.

Backstory

Born Pamela Suzette Grier in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 1949, she grew up moving frequently due to her father’s career as a U.S. Air Force mechanic, eventually settling in Denver, Colorado. Her childhood was marked by tremendous hardship, including surviving a brutal sexual assault by two boys when she was six years old—a trauma that heavily shaped her lifelong steel-willed protective instincts.

Moving to Los Angeles in 1967, she worked as a receptionist at American International Pictures (AIP) until she was discovered by director Jack Hill. He cast her in groundbreaking women-in-prison films like The Big Doll House (1971), paving the way for her cultural reign as the undisputed Queen of Blaxploitation in hits like Coffy (1973) and Foxy Brown (1974).

Vitals

AttributeProfile & Data

Height 5' 8"

Weight 140 to 150 lbs (Fit, solid, and athletic

Measurements 38D- 24 - 36 (During her 1970s action peak)

Body Type Tall, broad-shouldered, exceptionally curvy, and heavily muscled from a lifetime of outdoor ranch work

Looks Luminous golden-brown skin, a glorious, sprawling afro (or soft, cascading waves later in life), intense dark eyes, and a warm, striking smile that could turn into a piercing glare in a fraction of a second

Age 77 years old (Born May 26, 1949)