Foxy My Life in Three Acts

by Grier, Pam; Cagan, Andrea

• ISBN13: 9780446548489
• ISBN10: 0446548480
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-07-21
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Summary

In this sexy, often shocking, memoir, you get to know the real Pam Grier in all her battles and triumphs, her disappointments and her victories. This book contains two 8-page black and white photo inserts and is broken down into Three Parts: The Early Years, 'Fros and Freaks, and Finding the Balance.Chapters include: * ARMY BRAT * MEETING MONSTERS * ANIMALS OVER PEOPLE * THE SUMMER OF FAILED LOVE * MOVING TO THE PULSE and many more to bring things up to date.

Author Biography

Pam Grier started her career in the early 1970s, starring in a string of moderately successful women-in-prison films and blaxploitation films, and has generally remained in the public eye, starring in movies such as Coffy, Foxy Brown, and Jackie Brown.

Pam also played Kit Porter on the controversial hit show The L Word on Showtime. She occasionally guest stars in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, where she plays a recurring character. She spends her free time on her ranch in Colorado.

Table of Contents

The Early Years 1949-1970	p. 1
Stunt Work	p. 3
Marky and Me	p. 13
Keeping Secrets	p. 21
Big Horse	p. 25
A New Perspective	p. 33
Home Strife	p. 41
Going Gospel	p. 49
Beauty and the Beast	p. 59
Westward Bound	p. 69
'Fros and Freaks 1970-1989	p. 75
Going Hollywood	p. 77
A Tall Gentleman	p. 83
My Boyfriend and His God	p. 91
Me, an Actress?	p. 97
The Big Doll House	p. 101
The Paisley Head Scarf	p. 109
Lightning, Thunder, and Blood	p. 117
Scheherazade	p. 123
Donatello	p. 131
Freddie and Me	p. 139
Fame and Relationships	p. 145
	p. 157
An Unlikely Couple	p. 157
Three Strikes and I'm Outta There!	p. 165
Loss	p. 175
The Actor Prepares	p. 181
Becoming Charlotte	p. 185
Mingling with the Stars	p. 193
Haunting	p. 199
Finding the Balance 1990-The Present	p. 207
The C Word	p. 209
Separating the Men from the Boys	p. 217
On the Move Again	p. 223
Ghosts of Boyfriends Past	p. 231
Meeting Jackie Brown	p. 235
Working with Quentin	p. 239
Caleb	p. 245
New Beginnings	p. 251
The L Word	p. 257
How I Became a Scandal	p. 263
You Say Good-bye, I Say Hello	p. 269
Epilogue	p. 275
Acknowledgments	p. 279
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