She was and still is a beautiful woman. She was the queen of blacksploitation films back in the 70's, and more recently appeared in Taratino's "Jackie Brown", and is on HBO's "The L Word".
Born in Winston-Salem North Carolina in May 1949, beautiful Pam Grier grew up at a number of Air Force bases in America and England. Eventually, her family settled in Denver, Colorado, where she graduated from high school and began taking college courses. In 1969, Grier entered a beauty contest in Colorado Springs where she was spotted by an agent. Seizing this opportunity, she left college and went to Hollywood, taking a job as a switchboard operator and studying acting. In 1970, she snagged a small role in Russ Meyer's Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, released by 20th Century Fox, and she also took a job as a switchboard operator at American International Pictures. Upon hearing that Roger Corman's New World Pictures was casting for a couple of films, she tried out for a role and got it. In late 1970, Grier went to the Phillipines to shoot Women in Cages (1971; with Roberta Collins) and The Big Doll House (1971; with Sid Haig). The popularity of these films sent Pam Grier on her way to stardom.
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