ACTOR

Pam Grier

1949 - Today

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Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress, singer, and martial artist. Described by Quentin Tarantino as cinema's first female action star (although, many believe Cheng Pei-pei actually holds that distinction), she achieved fame for her starring roles in a string of 1970s action, blaxploitation and women in prison films for American International Pictures and New World Pictures. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pam Grier has received more than 9,652,858 page views. Her biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Pam Grier is the 1,489th most popular actor (up from 1,529th in 2019), the 2,523rd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,634th in 2019) and the 691st most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Pam Grier ranks 1,489 out of 13,578. Before her are Heather Locklear, Lynda Carter, Bruce Spence, Cyd Charisse, Fernando Fernán Gómez, and Richard Roundtree. After her are Mikhail Ulyanov, George Chakiris, Jane Darwell, Jeanne Duval, James Franco, and Dennis Farina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Pam Grier ranks 158. Before her are Vera Wang, Hyon Yong-chol, Christopher Hitchens, Trevor Horn, Thierry Sabine, and Aurelio De Laurentiis. After her are Dusty Hill, Mineko Iwasaki, Horst Seehofer, Tommy Ramone, Phil Lynott, and Anne Schedeen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pam Grier ranks 2,523 out of 20,380. Before her are Bill Viola (1951), Heather Locklear (1961), Lynda Carter (1951), David Julius (1955), Cyd Charisse (1922), and Richard Roundtree (1942). After her are George Chakiris (1934), Jane Darwell (1879), Annie Sprinkle (1954), Donald Judd (1928), Archie Shepp (1937), and James Franco (1978).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Pam Grier ranks 691. Before her are Katherine Helmond (1929), Julie Newmar (1933), Heather Locklear (1961), Lynda Carter (1951), Cyd Charisse (1922), and Richard Roundtree (1942). After her are George Chakiris (1934), Jane Darwell (1879), James Franco (1978), Dennis Farina (1944), Barbara Eden (1931), and Chris Pine (1980).

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Television and Movie Roles

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Above the Law
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