My dad was black, and my mom was Cheyenne Indian.

As a strong woman, I was seen as a threat. More from this show.

Pam was born on exactly the same day as co star

So you look at things beyond just race, or even religion: I was raised Catholic, baptized a Methodist, and almost married a Muslim. Was the first black woman to appear on the cover of MS. Magazine (August 1975 issue).

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.) It never crossed my mind. I just can't. Pam Grier's House (Google Maps). They were not comfortable with showing a progressive black female in an action role. Inducted into the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum Hall of Fame in 2012-2013. "I always say it's about time.

She came to fame in the early 1970's, after starring in a string of moderately successful women in prison films and blaxploitation B-movies, such as 1974's "Foxy Brown".

(On the emotional back-story of how she landed

And so that's been my mantra since I was a little girl. I get my personal fulfillment from theater; plays are where you can take chances and really work with the moment.

And he just was so spiritual and enjoyed life and he would always say you know if you wake up breathing you're going to have a good day. The actress lives here.

Awarded a "Career Achievement Award" at the 34th Annual Chicago International Film Festival. [1/7/06, interview in the "Atlanta Journal-Constitution"] I can't talk about myself.

It takes confidence. Pam Grier is just keeping it real! I remember certain people saying: "Oh, she's taking our jobs, she's castrating men" -- as far as I was concerned, I thought: "We don't need to walk behind you, we should walk beside you." "I commuted to work really for 50 years because I couldn't have that lifestyle that I wanted of horses and ruralness.

I know I've influenced people, and I'm proud of that.

I don't shave my legs.

But as I see it, I really haven't done anything. When she met her boyfriend they found out they both grew up in Denver, Colorado. You know, I had to bump heads with a lot of men in the industry. I enjoy looking at you know two and half inches of hair and my legs," she said. Movies and TV just aren't like that.

All rights reserved. Pam Grier may be Foxy, but she says she's a Colorado country girl at heart.

It takes other people around you to set an example that you won't inflame or flame out you - you'll be OK. And it is tough to talk about it," she said." Grier made her name as the queen of Blaxploitation films in the 1970s with roles in classics like "Coffy" and "Foxy Brown," but struggled in Hollywood after the genre fell out fashion. Graduated from East High School, Denver, Colorado.

I haven't saved anybody from a burning building.

While a student at UCLA, she sang back-up for singer-composer

She is the first actress to play the DC Comics character Amanda Waller in a live-action adaptation. Sister of Rodney Grier and Gina Grier-Townsie. I never thought of television, of fans, movie stars, signing autographs. She opened up about her personal struggles in her 2010 memoir, "Foxy: My Life in Three Acts," and while promoting the book, learned a lot about the wide range of people who have been victims of sexual assault, including men: "I was surprised at the book signings how many men came up and just let me know that they feel better by me talking. "My grandfather was the first feminist in my life, from Wyoming, who taught all of us girls how to hunt, fish and shoot, so I could bring that to this show, every element and it just kind of fit," Grier said. Film and television is the bulk of my work. She also had tumultuous romances with the likes of Richard Pryor and Freddie Prinze.The second season of "Bless This Mess' launches in September.Grier also was the victim of two sexual assaults — one when she was just 6 years old. Pam was born on exactly the same day as co star Philip Michael Thomas , May 26, 1949.

[October 1998]

People see me as a strong black figure, and I'm proud of that, but I'm a mix of several races: Hispanic, Chinese, Filipino. "She credits that mantra for helping her thrive in her 70th year in a life filled with plenty of highs and lows.

Profiled in "Women of Blaxploitation: How the Black Action Film Heroine Changed American Popular Culture" by Yvonne D. Sims (McFarland, 2006).