Pam Grier

Pam Grier as Helena Bradock in Screen Gems' John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars - 2001

Biography

Born 05/26/1949

Voluptuous African-American leading lady and second lead of the 1970s and 80s who primarily appeared in low-budget exploitation and Blaxploitation movies. Grier burst on the scene as one of a bevy of sexy inmates harassed by a sadistic prison warden in "The Big Doll House" (1971). She followed with...
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Highlights

  • In 2004, Played the sister of Jennifer Beals' character in the showtime series "The L Word," a story about the lives and loves of a group of lesbian friends
  • In 2003, Along with Adrien Brody and Jon Seda, co-starred in the crime drama "Love The Hard Way"
  • In 2002, Co-starred in "The Adventures of Pluto Nash"

Family & Companions

  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: involved romantically in the early 1970s
  • Kevin Evans: born in 1961; together since c. 1996; has a son from a previous relationship; announced engagement in January 1998
  • Richard Pryor: together c. 1977

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