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It's the best honor when someone wants to use as their professional title the name of a character that you portrayed.

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Pam Grier
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: May 26
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Aikidoka
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Karateka
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Pamela Suzette Grier
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