History Creator / PamGrier

* OneOfUs: Grier is a self-described bookish nerd in real life.
** The ''Film/MarsAttacks'' role appealed to her because of the comics she grew up reading.
** Or the [[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6145145374623872052 sketch]] on ''Series/{{MADtv}}'' where she plays a black superhero from the future who goes back to the 1950s to reassure a bunch of black heroes from that era that their contribution to black hero-ing is indeed important.

[[caption-width-right:261:{{Badass}}ery, thy name is Pamela Grier.]]

* {{Badass}}: Pretty much all of her parts were as badass {{ActionGirl}}s.

-->--'''[[http://www.acidlogic.com/im_pamgrier.htm John Saleeby]]''', ''Interesting Motherfuckers''

* ''[[Film/{{Blacula}} Scream Blacula Scream]]''

* SpiritedYoungLady: Essentially [[{{Reconstruction}} reconstructed]] the trope for modern day. As Creator/QuentinTarantino noted, her characters combined sweetly elegant femininity with empowered confidence and being {{Badass}}. Bonus points for often KickingAssInAllHerFinery.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: DC Comics character Amanda Waller is noticeably overweight, and tends to have her hair rather short, making her look rather...well...mannish. So Grier playing her in ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' is quite a beauty upgrade.

* OneOfUs: Grier is a self-described bookish nerd in real life. The ''Film/MarsAttacks'' role appealed to her because of the comics she grew up reading.

* VictoriasSecretCompartment: In ''Film/FoxyBrown'' her character hides a gun in her bra.

* SpiritedYoungLady: Essentially [[{{Reconstruction}} reconstructed]] the trope for modern day. As Creator/QuentinTarantino noted, her characters combined sweetly elegant femininity with empowered confidence and ability for KickingAssInAllHerFinery.

* MsFanservice:
** Especially in her early films, she spent a lot of time wearing lingerie, {{Stripperific}} clothes or no clothes at all.
** Her boobs were an important part of a whole generation of men's puberties.

* BMovie: Grier is actually not a bad actress, so it's unfortunate that she has mostly starred in B-movies, except for ''Film/JackieBrown''.

* ''Series/Smallville'' (As Amanda Waller)

Born May 26, 1949, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Pam Grier is more than just a woman, she's an ''icon''. Any time you see [[ActionGirl a woman kicking ass]] in movies, you can thank her.

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-->--'''''[[http://www.acidlogic.com/im_pamgrier.htm Interesting Motherfuckers]]'''''

->''"Never fear. Pam Grier is here."''
-->-- Voiceover in ''Film/FridayFoster'' trailer.

* ''[[Film/{{Blacula}} Scream, Blacula, Scream]]''

* RapeAsBackstory: She was gang raped as a child and again as a teenager, followed by an attempted rape as a young woman. She says it inspired her to play strong women and never be a victim.

* {{Badass}}

* SassyBlackWoman

* ActionGirl: Before [[{{Franchise/Alien}} Ellen Ripley]] and [[{{Franchise/Terminator}} Sarah Connor]] [[TropeCodifier codified]] this trope in movies, she pretty much [[TropeMaker defined]] it.

* {{Blaxploitation}}: She and Tamara [=Dobson=] became the genre's leading actresses.
* HotChickInABadassSuit: TwoWords: ''Film/JackieBrown''.

** Especially in her early films she spent a lot of time wearing lingerie, {{Stripperific}} clothes or no clothes at all.

* OneOfUs: a self-described bookish nerd in real life. The ''MarsAttacks'' role appealed to her because of the comics she grew up reading.

* RapeAsBackstory: Gang raped as a child and again as a teenager followed by an attempted rape as a young woman. Says it inspired her to play strong women and never be a victim

* ''The Big Doll House''
* ''Women In Cages''

->''"Don't fear. Pam Grier is here."''

* ''Sheba Baby''
* ''Friday Foster''
* ''Literature/SomethingWickedThisWayComes''

* MsFanservice: Her boobs were an important part of a whole generation of men's puberties.

** Or the [[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6145145374623872052 sketch]] on ''MadTV'' where she plays a black superhero from the future who goes back to the 1950s to reassure a bunch of black heroes from that era that their contribution to black hero-ing is indeed important.

* HotChickInABadassSuit: TwoWords: ''JackieBrown''.

* ''TheBigDollHouse''
* ''WomenInCages''

* ''ShebaBaby''
* ''FridayFoster''
* ''SomethingWickedThisWayComes''

* ''TheLWord''

* ActionGirl: Before [[Film/{{Alien}} Ellen Ripley]] and [[TheTerminator Sarah Connor]] [[TropeCodifier codified]] this trope in movies, she pretty much [[TropeMaker defined]] it.

* {{Blaxploitation}}: She and TamaraDobson became the genre's leading actresses.