Trailblazing Blaxploitation Star Judy Pace Dies at 83
Judy Pace, a pioneering Black actress known for Blaxploitation classics like Cotton Comes to Harlem and for Brian’s Song, died peacefully in her sleep at 83. She earned an NAACP Image Award for Best Actress, founded the Kwanza Foundation to support Black women in film, and is survived by her daughters Shawn Pace Mitchell and Julia Pace Mitchell, among other relatives.