Pam Grier

American actress

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blaxploitation movies

  • Coffy
    In blaxploitation movies

    …men (and occasionally women, notably Pam Grier) in control of their own destinies—were made, in genres including horror (notably Blacula, 1972), westerns (Buck and the Preacher, 1972), comedy (Watermelon Man, 1970), drama (Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes, 1974), and, by far the most-popular subgenre, action (Shaft,

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femme fatale

  • The quintessential film noir femme fatale
    In femme fatale

    The femmes fatales played by Pam Grier in Foxy Brown (1974), Anne Parillaud in La Femme Nikita (1990), and Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, and Darryl Hannah in Kill Bill (2003–04) are street-smart gunrunners, trained assassins, and martial arts experts. They are as physically strong as they are…

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