Pamela Suzette ‘Pam’ Grier was born on May 26, 1949 in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina. 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” (1972), “Coffy” (1973), “Foxy
Brown” (1974) and “Sheba Baby” (1975). Her career was revitalized in 1997 after
her appearance 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 also known for her work on television, for 6 seasons she
portrayed Kate 'Kit' Porter on the television series ‘The L Word’. She received
an Emmy Award nomination for her work in the animated program ‘Happily Ever
After: Fairy Tales for Every Child’. Director Quentin Tarantino remarked that
she may have been cinema's first female action star.Pam has appeared in only one Euro-western “Posse” (1992) playing the role of Phoebe.
Today we celebrate Pam Griers 65th birthday.
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