Who is Pam Grier's Husband? Details of Her Relationship History

Here are all the details on Pam Grier's husband and her relationship history!

Born Pamela Suzette Grier on May 26, 1949, to mother Gwendolyn Sylvia, a nurse and father Clarence Ransom Grier, Jr., an air force mechanic, Grier is an American actress that remained a major African-American actress since 1970. Praised by the great Quentin Tarantino as Hollywood's first female action star, Pam starred in Tarantino's 1997 crime film Jackie Brown which earned her a Satellite Award and a nomination for a Golden Globes for Best Actress.

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Grier, however, began her career as a switchboard operator at American International Pictures (AIP). Late discovered by director Jack Hill, Pam was cast in his women-in-prison films such as The Big Doll House (1971) and The Big Bird Cage (1972). She soon shot through Hollywood's glory from these movies and went on to become a prominent actress in the industry. Within five years of her discovery, by 1975, Pam appeared in 6 different films cementing her place in the field.

Pam Grier in blaxploitation movie 'The Bif Doll House.'
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Despite struggling a lot in her personal life, like her cancer diagnosis in 1988 or the mental stress from when she was raped at the mere age of 6, Pam Grier managed to overcome all of them and establish herself as a Hollywood star. Grier was informed that she would only survive for 18 months following her stage-four cervical cancer diagnosis, but turning the odds around through a series of rigorous treatments, she beat cancer and is in remission ever since.

Does Pam Grier Have a Husband?

Pam Grier's relationship history is no different than her turbulent personal life.

Pam Grier still remains unmarried at the age of 70.
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The 73 years old actress, even after being in numerous publicized relationships throughout her life, remains unmarried. Pam dated many famous guys and also came close to almost getting married in 1998 to music executive Kevin Evans. But the engagement ended before it reached the next step.

Lew Alcindor

Pam's romance with famed basketball player Lew Alcindor happened before Lew converted to Islam. A little while after the ex duo met, Lew Alcindor became Muslim and changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Pam Grier dated famed basketball player Lew Alcindor.
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Kareem did propose to Pam but presented a demand and an ultimatum, and she too had to change her religion or else he'd wed a Muslim bride prepared for him. Grier revealed Kareem's proposal in her memoir 'Foxy: My Life in Three Acts.'

On Pam's 21st birthday, Kareem called her and said,

If you don't commit to me today, I'm getting married at 2 this afternoon. She's a converted Muslim, and she's been prepared for me. Once you become Muslim, you might appreciate another wife.

Pam - who is worth $10 million - obviously turned down the offer and remained single until she met Freddie Prinze.

Freddie Prinze

Pam Grier and Freddie Prinze met in 1973 while promoting one of her blaxploitation movies Coffy. Instantly falling for the comedian, Pam went far enough to consider a marital life with Freddie. Yet again, an obstacle arose- this time, it wasn't religion; it was drugs.

Pam Grier dated Freddie Prinze prior to his death in 1977.
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Pam recalled,

Coke was becoming a daily thing for Freddie and the rest of his friends, but I couldn't accept it.

The Coffy star added how Prinze was paranoid when she would refuse to do drugs with him and deliberately forget protection during intercourse confessing,

I'm trying to get you pregnant. I love you, and I'm afraid you may not marry me.

The pair eventually broke up when Pam wouldn't mother Freddie's child due to his addiction. Nonetheless, they remained friends until Freddie shot himself in 1977. Yet not before he introduced Pam to Richard Pryor.

Richard Pryor

Pam Grier met Richard Pryor through her former boyfriend, Freddie. Friendship and romance between them, however, wouldn't flair up till they were both casts in 'Greased Lightning' the same year Freddie killed himself.

Pam Grier and Richard Pryor were in a relationship after the 'Greased Lightning' film.
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Richard, like his late friend Freddie, was also hooked on drugs. Richard confided in Grier, stating that he wouldn't be funny without drugs. This time around, Pam managed to clean up Richard's act and come face to face with his fears.

Alas, Richard's sobriety couldn't last for more than six months. Pam gave up on this relationship when Pryor married a different woman during their real togetherness.

Don Cornelius and Wilt Chamberlain

The Jackie Brown actress also dated Don Cornelius for a brief moment in the 1970s. Don Cornelius was the host of an American music-dance television program that first aired on October 2, 1971. Unfortunately, the information about this particular brief stint remains under wraps. 

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Pam was also romantically linked with one of America's great basketball player Wilt Chamberlain. Righter after her ties with Don Cornelius, Grier had an on and off relationship with the hoops player before the romance struck its final chord.

Kevin Evans

Pam Grier gave to love one last shot with Kevin Evans before finally calling quits to the whole so happy together game. Pam met 13 years younger Kevin when she was about 46 years old.

Pam Grier's ex-fiance Kevin Evans was 13 years younger than her.
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While conducting business dinner at the Nikko Hotel in Beverly Hills, Kevin spotted Pam and immediately approached her. Upon further conversation, both discovered that they had once lived in the same house, and Kevin had slept in the very bedroom that Pam did. Almost two and a half years later, the twosome was engaged to be married and even planned on having a kid together.

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Too bad, the engagement ended a year later before Pam and Kevin could ever enter into holy matrimony.

Regardless of all her failed relationships and other personal problems, Pam Grier endured and emerged victorious in the end. 

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