Pam Grier - Fact Sheet

Profession: Actress

At first Pam didn't find any roles and accepted low paying jobs to tide her over. She finally hit the big time after trying out for B-movie artisan Roger Corman's The Big Doll House (1971) -- the precursor to many straight-to-video "women in chains" or "babes-in-bonds exploitation" flicks -- the film that launched her career. She also landed roles in the two 1972 sequels, The Big Bird Cage and Black Mama, White Mama (on the set of which she almost died from a tropical disease while filming in the Philippines -- it took her a year to recover). Despite their lack of any artistic ambition, the series of feminine jailhouse flicks were a success. Black Mama, White Mama introduced her name to the rest of Hollywood and she would become the first lady of Blaxploitation Cinema, which would conquer the theaters throughout the early '70s. 

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Pam Grier Photo Galleries	# of Pictures
Glamour	1
Glamour + Candid + Screen Capture	25
Glamour + Candid + Screen Capture	25
Glamour + Candid + Screen Capture	7
Glamour + Candid + Screen Capture	30
Glamour + Candid + Screen Capture	25
Glamour + Candid + Screen Capture	21
Screen Capture	45
Screen Capture	8
Screen Capture + Candid	16

Pam Grier Video Galleries	# of Movies
Screen Capture	2
Sexy	1