Pam Grier

Author of Foxy: My Life in Three Acts

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Foxy Pam Grier

Monday, July 05, 2010

Pam Grier, best known for her roles as Foxy Brown, Friday Foster, Coffy, and Jackie Brown, talks about her life and career. In her memoir Foxy: My Life in Three Acts, she discusses her relationships with famous men like Richard Pryor, her experiences as a backup singer and a blaxploitation star, and her battle with cancer.

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Foxy Pam Grier

Tuesday, May 04, 2010

Pam Grier, best known for her roles as Foxy Brown, Friday Foster, Coffy, and Jackie Brown, talks about her life and career. In her memoir Foxy: My Life in Three Acts, she discusses her relationships with famous men like Richard Pryor, her experiences as a backup singer and a blaxploitation ...

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Leonard's Questions: Pam Grier

Tuesday, May 04, 2010

Pam Grier stopped by our studios to talk to Leonard Lopate to tell us what books she's reading.

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Pam Grier on Her Rise as a Blaxploitation Film Star

Tuesday, May 04, 2010

Actress Pam Grier is best known for her roles as a blaxploitation star in the 1970s films "Coffy" and "Foxy Brown." Two decades later, she made a comeback, playing "Jackie Brown" in Quentin Tarantino's homage to her early career. She's written a new memoir, "Foxy: My Life in Three Acts," detailing her rise to fame and her struggles as a young girl dealing with sexual violence and racial prejudice.

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Excerpt from Pam Grier's 'Foxy: My Life in Three Acts'

Monday, May 03, 2010

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Excerpt from "Foxy: My Life in Three Acts"

CHAPTER 1

Stunt Work

I was snuggled in my mother’s arms in the backseat of the old Buick. My dad’s Air Force buddy was at the wheel, driving us from Fort Dix Air Force Base to Colorado, where Dad was being transferred. I’d been born into a military family, making my first move by car at three weeks old, since blacks were rarely seen on trains. And, of course, there was no way we could afford to fly, even if trains planes had been available.

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