Grier Always Felt Her Heroines Were Empowering Did Grier ever worry that her blaxploitation work was too heavy on the, well, exploitation part? Because of her father's military career, the family moved frequently during her childhood to various places such as before eventually settling in , where she attended.
Pulling a gun from her bounteous Afro, Grier easily took down criminals while wearing of-the-moment crop tops and leather miniskirts, not to mention hip-huggers, halter tops, and gold hoop earrings.
In January 2018, Grier revealed a biopic based on her memoir is in the works, entitled Pam.
Her career was revitalized in 1997 after her appearance in Quentin Tarantino's film Jackie Brown.
The new decade also signaled a change in her usual Afro hairstyle.
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Getty Images: Michael Ochs Getty Images: Michael Ochs 1980 Grier began getting offered roles in larger motion pictures in the '80s, and in 1980 was cast in the Paul Newman film Fort Apache, The Bronx, which depicted the daily challenges facing a police precinct in the South Bronx.
Grier was a self-sufficient young woman, comfortable with outdoors pursuits like camping and fishing.