Pam Grier random trivia

Named as one of Ebony Magazine's "100 Most Fascinating Women of the 20th Century". Her early films such as Women in Cages (1971) and The Big Doll House (1971) were filmed in the Phillipines. While there she contracted a deadly tropical disease and nearly died. She lost her hair and was temporarily blind for almost a month. It took nearly a year for her to recover. Cousin of actor Roosevelt Grier.