Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress. She came to fame in the early 1970s, after starring in a string of moderately successful women in prison films and blaxploitation films, and has generally remained in the public eye, starring in B-movies such as 1974's Foxy Brown, and in mainstream films such as Quentin Tarantino's 1997 film, Jackie Brown. Biography Early life Grier was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S., the daughter of Gwendolyn Sylvia (née Samuels), a homemaker and nurse, and Clarence Ransom Grier, who worked as a mechanic and Technical Sergeant in the United States Air Force.http://www.filmreference.com/film/88/Pam-Grier.html She has one sister and one brother. She is a cousin of former football star Rosey Grier. Because of her father's military career, Pam's family moved frequently during her childhood, to various places such as England, and eventual

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