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Pam Grier

Age: 60
Height: 5' 8"

Birth Place: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Born: May. 26th, 1949

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Pam Grier's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
The L Word	Kit Porter
Crime Story	Suzanne Terry
Linc's	Eleanor Brait&hellip
Pacific Station	Grace Ballard

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Pam was one of four children born to Air Force mechanic Clarence Grier and Gwendolyn Samuels, a nurse. One sister died from cancer in 1990 and the son of that sister committed suicide because of his mother's illness. Pam herself was diagnosed with cancer in 1988 and given 18 months to live which has had an effect on how she has chosen to live. She has never been wed, although she has been romantically linked to Richard Pryor and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (I) in the past.

TRIVIA:

Profiled in "Women of Blaxploitation: How the Black Action Film Heroine Changed American Popular Culture" by Yvonne D. Sims (McFarland, 2006).
Measurements: 38-22-36 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Graduated from East High School, Denver, Colorado.
(17 October 1998) Awarded a "Career Achievement Award" at the 34th Annual Chicago International Film Festival.
Dated comedian 'Richard Pryor' (qv).
Was the first Black woman to appear on the cover of MS. Magazine (August 1975 issue).
While a student at UCLA, she sang back-up for singer-composer 'Bobby Womack' (qv). Interestingly, Womack's composition and 1972 recording of the song "Across 110th Street" was the theme song of the film _Jackie Brown (1997)_ (qv), which marked a major comeback for Grier in the starring and title role. She was nominated for a Golden Globe and an NAACP Image Award for her performance.
When she met her boyfriend they found out they both grew up in Denver, Colorado. Upon further conversation she found out that he grew up in her house, after her family moved out.