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First female action lead role

posted 11 years ago by alifeatthemovies
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Quentin Tarantino calls Pam Grier the first female action start because of this role. I suppose he is right, but can anyone think of an earlier film?

[–] novastar_6 11 years ago

Not really.

[–] gridoon 11 years ago

What about Honor Blackman (The Avengers and Goldfinger) from the early Sixties?

[–] TDeMona 10 years ago

The Avengers was a tv-show, not a movie (unless I'm thinking of a completely different thing than you).

Goldfinger? You mean the James Bond movie? Dude, James is the star of those. And he's definately not a female.

[–] reeder789456-879-107283 10 years ago

Barbarella

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[–] nammage 8 years ago

Believe it or not female action stars have been around at least since 1912. Mary Fuller, perhaps, being the first. Now, going around and shooting people, I think Pam Grier holds that title.

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[–] Robbmonster 8 years ago

I was going to say Barbarella, but someone beat me to it.

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[–] PaladinNJ (20308) 7 months ago

Good one

[–] Crystal (534) 5 years ago

Oh Lots

[–] millsey72 (9530) 7 months ago

What about Fay Wray in King Kong

[–] moviechatterer (13226) 7 months ago

WOKE!