Pam Grier

• Birthplace: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
• Birthday: May 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 starring roles in a slew of Black-oriented action pictures that juxtaposed her apparent femininity with an extremely violent streak in flicks like "Hit Man" (1972), "Sheba Baby" (1975), "Bucktown" (1975), and a…more