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Pam Grier Opens Up About Acting Career at 75: What the Trailblazing Actress Has Learned

Pam Grier opens up about her acting career at age 75 and what she has learned since making her Hollywood acting debut in this exclusive interview with Closer.

“My family wanted me to go to school to be a nurse or a doctor,” explains Pam, who caught the eye of producer Roger Corman. Michael Tullberg/Getty ImagesBut even as Pam began appearing in women-in-prison films like 1971’s The Big Doll House, she never expected to become a full-time actress. “I know who I want to play [former boyfriends] Richard Pryor, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Freddie Prinze,” says Pam, who delights in still being considered a trailblazer.

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