But Grier physical beauty and softcore talent.

Pam Grier in pictures&video at Mrskincash! Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA) one of three children by Clarence Ransom Grier, an Air Force mechanic and technical sergeant, and wife Gwendolyn Samuels, a nurse. Her father's career kept the family in constant transit, with most of her adolescence spent in Europe. When Grier was 14, the family settled in Denver, CO, where she experienced difficulty in connecting with children her own age. Tuition costs in Denver's Metropolitan State Colleg forced her to seek money via beauty pageants, and in 1967, she participated in the Miss Colorado Universe contest in hopes of landing the prize money. She did not win, but caught the eye of Hollywood agent David Baumgarten. She initially declined his invitation to come to Los Angeles, but the urging of her mother and due tragic death of a boyfriend in Vietnam, persuaded her to head West to seek her fortune and a new life. Grier arrived in Los Angeles in 1967 and began working as the switchboard operator for Baumgarten's Agency of the Performing Arts while taking acting classes. After introducing herself to the company's leading director, the legendary Roger Corman, she began making small appearances in some of their raunchy, Filipino-lensed women-in-prison films, including "The Big Doll House" (1971), "Women in Cages" (1971) and "The Big Bird Cage" (1972). The films were pure exploitation that required Grier to do little more than look good in little to no clothing. But Grier stood apart from most of the B-actresses and softcore talent.