Pam Grier
Pam Grier
Pamela Suzette "Pam" Grieris an American actress. She became famous in the early 1970s after starring in a string of moderately successful women in prison and blaxploitation films like The Big Bird Cage, Coffy, Foxy Brownand Sheba Baby. She starred in Quentin Tarantino's film Jackie Brown, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. She has also been nominated for a SAG Award as well as a Satellite Award for her performance in Jackie Brown. Grier is...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth26 May 1949
CityWinston-Salem, NC
CountryUnited States of America
My mother really wanted me to be in possibly a beauty pageant, not only for if I could win, but it helped improve my self-image because of trauma in my childhood and other issues.
My family was very, very receptive to all; all races, religions.
I grew up in a family where we weren't allowed to talk about beauty or to put any emphasis on physical appearance.
I came from poverty and was part of those circumstances.
I really hate to see abusive behavior being passed on from generation to generation to generation, when we have access to health and counseling.
Women are allowed more freedoms and we're fighting for more freedoms, we're experiencing more freedoms won.
I don't believe that I should just do A-movies, I just do the work as an artist.
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.
I love working on The L Word because it's entertaining yet political. We're asking real, valid questions, and we're lifting the veil on the lives of a group of people who haven't been seen on television before.
I was able to be distant by portraying another person, another character, if you will, and I found myself not stuttering and not having anxiety attacks when I was portraying another soul, another being, and I found comfort in that. I think many actors do, playing someone other than themselves.
I wanted to be in film. I wanted to be a film student, possibly be a director or cinematographer, not an actor. That was my goal. I didn't believe I had the physical beauty that I'd seen projected and advertised in movies, in theater. It just wasn't for me.
I wanted to be in film. I wanted to be a film student, possibly be a director or cinematographer, not an actor. That was my goal. I didn't believe I had the physical beauty that I'd seen projected and advertised in movies, in theater. It just wasn't for me.