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Paltan (पलटन) (film)

Paltan (पलटन) is a 2018 Hindi war drama directed by J.P. Dutta about the 1967 Nathu La and Cho La clashes, starring Jackie Shroff, Arjun Rampal, and Sonu Sood; it flopped with about 7 crore India net against a 35 crore budget.

Pam & Tommy

Pam & Tommy is a 2022 Hulu eight-part limited series by Robert Siegel, starring Lily James and Sebastian Stan as Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee, dramatizing the 1995 theft and viral leak of their honeymoon tape; made without Anderson's consent, it earned ten Emmy nominations and one win.

Pam Beesly

Pam Beesly (Pamela Morgan Halpert, née Beesly), fictional receptionist-turned-office-administrator on NBC's The Office (2005–2013), played by Jenna Fischer; US counterpart of Dawn Tinsley, wife of Jim Halpert.

Pam Dawber

Pam Dawber (Pamela Gene Dawber), born 1951, Detroit, is an American actress who played Mindy McConnell on Mork & Mindy (1978–82) opposite Robin Williams and starred in My Sister Sam; later married to Mark Harmon and seen on NCIS.

Pam Ferris

Pam Ferris (Pamela E. Ferris, born 1948) is a Welsh actress known for Ma Larkin in The Darling Buds of May, Miss Trunchbull in Matilda, Aunt Marge in Harry Potter, and Sister Evangelina in Call the Midwife.

Pam Grier

Pam Grier (Pamela Suzette Grier, born 1949, Winston-Salem, NC), American actress and first Black female action star, famous for blaxploitation films Coffy and Foxy Brown and for Tarantino's Jackie Brown (1997).

Pam St Clement

Pam St Clement (born Pamela Ann Clements, 1942, Harrow-on-the-Hill) is the English actress who played EastEnders matriarch Pat Evans/Butcher from 1986 to 2012, famous for dangly earrings, then returned as a ghost and joined Casualty and Rivals.

Pambattam (பம்பட்டம்)

Pambattam (பாம்பாட்டம்), also spelled Paambattam, is a 2024 Tamil horror thriller directed by V. C. Vadivudaiyan, starring Jeevan in a dual role and Mallika Sherawat as a snakebite-killed queen; released 23 February 2024, it flopped with ₹0.45 crore gross.

Pamela Abdy

Pamela Abdy (born 1973) is an American film producer and studio executive, Co-Chair and CEO of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group with Michael De Luca from 2022 until their October 2026 exit after the Paramount Skydance merger; previously MGM Motion Picture Group President and New Regency President of Production.

Pamela Adlon

Pamela Adlon (born 1966) is an American actress, voice actress, writer, producer, and director. Emmy winner as Bobby Hill on King of the Hill; co-creator, director, and star of FX's Better Things (2016–2022); directed Babes (2024).

Pamela Bach

Pamela Bach (Pamela Ann Weissenbach, Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff), American actress born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, known for Kaye Morgan on Baywatch and Dr. Ellen Baskin on Sirens; ex-wife of David Hasselhoff (1989–2006); died March 5, 2025, in Los Angeles.

Pamela Franklin

Pamela Franklin (born 1950, Yokohama, Japan) is a retired British actress, debut at 11 as Flora in The Innocents (1961), award-winning Sandy in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), 1970s scream queen, retired 1981.

Pamela Gidley

Pamela Gidley (1965-2018), American actress and model, played Teresa Banks in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992); debut in Thrashin' (1986), films Cherry 2000, TV roles on Tour of Duty, The Pretender, and CSI.

Pamela Hensley

Pamela Hensley (born 1950, Glendale, California) is an American actress and author, known as Princess Ardala in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century and C.J. Parsons in Matt Houston; retired from acting in 1985.

Pamela Mason

Pamela Mason (Pamela Helen Ostrer, 1916–1996), known professionally as Pamela Kellino, English actress, screenwriter, author and talk-show host; creative partner and first wife of James Mason, co-writer of The Upturned Glass and Charade.

Pamela Rabe

Pamela Rabe (born Pamela June Koropatnick, 1959, Oakville, Ontario) is a Canadian-Australian actress and theatre director, known for Joan Ferguson in Wentworth, the films The Well, Sirens, Cosi, and Helpmann and AFI awards.

Pamela Reed

Pamela Reed, born 1949 in Tacoma, Washington, is an American actress, UW Drama BFA 1975, known for Kindergarten Cop, Tanner '88 (CableACE winner), and Parks and Recreation's Marlene Knope; also a Drama Desk and Obie Award stage actress.

Pamela Springsteen

Pamela Springsteen (born 1962), American actress turned photographer, younger sister of Bruce Springsteen. Known for playing killer Angela Baker in Sleepaway Camp II and III (1988-89), then a second career shooting album covers and portraits for Ice Cube, Willie Nelson and others.

Pamela Stephenson

Pamela Stephenson (Pamela Stephenson Connolly, Lady Connolly), born 1949 in Takapuna, Auckland, is a New Zealand-born actress and comedian known for Not the Nine O'Clock News, History of the World: Part I, and Superman III, later a clinical psychologist, author of Billy, and wife of Billy Connolly.

Pamela Sue Martin

Pamela Sue Martin (born 1953, Westport, Connecticut) is an American actress who played Nancy Drew in The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977-1978) and Fallon Carrington on Dynasty (1981-1984), winning a 1984 Bambi Award.

Pamela Tiffin

Pamela Tiffin (Pamela Tiffin Wonso, 1942–2020), American actress of the 1960s known for Summer and Smoke, Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three with James Cagney, Harper with Paul Newman, and Italian comedies including Straziami ma di baci saziami; retired 1974.

Pamela Voorhees

Pamela Voorhees, also called Mrs. Voorhees, is the fictional mother of Jason Voorhees and the killer of the original Friday the 13th (1980), played by Betsy Palmer and later Linda Cardellini in the 2026 Peacock prequel series Crystal Lake.

Pamelyn Ferdin

Pamelyn Ferdin, born in 1959, is a former American child actress who voiced Lucy van Pelt in Peanuts and Fern in Charlotte's Web, later becoming an animal rights advocate.

Pamilya Sagrado

Pamilya Sagrado ("Sacred Family") is a 2024 ABS-CBN Studios and Dreamscape Entertainment Philippine political action-drama teleserye starring Piolo Pascual as corrupt politician Rafael Sagrado, with Kyle Echarri and Grae Fernandez; it ran June 17 to November 15, 2024.

Pan (2015 film)

Pan (2015) is Joe Wright's Peter Pan origin-story prequel, written by Jason Fuchs for Warner Bros., starring Levi Miller, Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund, and Rooney Mara. It cost $150 million, earned $151.5 million worldwide, scored 27% on Rotten Tomatoes, and drew whitewashing criticism for Mara's Tiger Lily.

Pan and scan

Pan and scan is a film-to-video transfer method that crops the sides of widescreen images, also called full-screen versions, to fit 4:3 televisions, removing up to 44 percent of the frame; distinct from letterboxing and open matte.

Pan-Indian film

Pan-Indian film: a film, usually a South Indian production, released and dubbed in several Indian languages to reach audiences nationwide; the label began with Baahubali (2015) and was boosted by streaming.

Pan's Labyrinth

Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno) is Guillermo del Toro's 2006 Spanish-Mexican dark fantasy about young Ofelia in 1944 Francoist Spain set three tasks by a faun; it premiered at Cannes 2006 and won three Oscars.

Pana Hema Taylor

Pana Hema Taylor, also Pana Hema-Taylor, is a New Zealand actor of Ngāti Kahungunu descent born 1989, known as Nasir in Spartacus, Bert Thompson in Westside, and Jared Morehu in The Brokenwood Mysteries.

Panachai Sriariyarungruang

Panachai Sriariyarungruang (ปณชัย ศรีอาริยะรุ่งเรือง), aka Junior, born 1996, is a Thai actor and emcee under GMMTV, formerly Nadao Bangkok, known for Cherry Magic, Perfect 10 Liners, and My Romance Scammer.