Pamela Reed

Acting

Pamela Reed

Born
(age 77)
Birthplace
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Credits
67 titles

Biography

Pamela Reed (born April 2, 1949) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her TV roles as Roberta Deeks on NCIS: LA, Marlene Griggs-Knope on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation, matriarch Gail Green on Jericho, Judge Sydney J. Solomon on the sitcom The Home Court, Denise Lerner on the sitcom Family Album, Janice Pasetti on the sitcom Grand, Mary Welsh on the miniseries Hemingway, T.J. Cavanaugh on the miniseries Tanner '88, and Sandy Farrell on The Andros Targets.

Her best known film roles are as Arnold Schwarzenegger's hypoglycemic partner Phoebe O'Hara in Kindergarten Cop, Judge Lambrey in Why Do Fools Fall in Love?, Alison Langley in Bean, Angela in Junior, Carol Cruise in Bob Roberts, Tina in Cadillac Man, Gigi Hightower in The Best of Times, Trudy Cooper in The Right Stuff, and Belle Starr in The Long Riders.

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 67

YearTitleRole
2023 The Burial Film Annette O'Keefe
2021 Language Arts Film Sister Giorgia
2018 The Long Dumb Road Film Dotty
2018 Outside In Film Aunt Bette
2016 Savannah Sunrise Film Loraine Miles
2016 The Architect Film Colin's Mother
2012 Perception TV Mrs. Penderhalt (1 ep)
2009 NCIS: Los Angeles TV Roberta Deeks (14 ep)
2009 Parks and Recreation TV Marlene Knope (9 ep)
2008 Eli Stone TV Mrs. Stone (2 ep)
2006 Jericho TV Gail Green (29 ep)
2006 Pepper Dennis TV Lynn Dinkle (4 ep)
2005 Criminal Minds TV Mary Bidwell (1 ep)
2005 Grey's Anatomy TV Mrs. Banks (1 ep)
2005 Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't Film Fran Henkel
2005 Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure Film Esther Shapiro
2005 Life of the Party Film Evelyn
2004 Tanner on Tanner TV T.J. Cavanaugh (4 ep)
2003 Realizing The Right Stuff Film Self
2000 Proof of Life Film Janis Goodman
2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation TV Donna Hoppe (2 ep)
1999 Judging Amy TV Sarah (1 ep)
1999 Standing on Fishes Film Janice
1998 Why Do Fools Fall In Love Film Judge Lambrey
1998 Carriers Film Holly Parker
1997 Bean Film Alison Langley
1997 Santa Fe Film Nancy Vigil
1996 Critical Choices Film Arlene Dickens
1996 The Man Next Door Film Wanda Gilmore
1995 The Home Court TV Judge Sydney J. Solomon (20 ep)
1995 Deadly Whispers Film Carol Acton
1994 Junior Film Angela
1994 Family Album TV Denise Lerner (2 ep)
1994 The Critic TV Projectionist (voice) (1 ep)
1993 Family Album TV Denise Lerner (8 ep)
1993 Born Too Soon Film Elizabeth Mehren
1992 Bob Roberts Film Carol Cruise
1992 Passed Away Film Terry Scanlan Pinter
1992 Woman With a Past Film Dee Johnson
1990 Kindergarten Cop Film Phoebe
1990 The Civil War TV Various (voice) (9 ep)
1990 Cadillac Man Film Tina
1990 Caroline? Film Grace Carmichael
1990 Chattahoochee Film Earlene
1990 Grand TV Janice Pasetti (25 ep)
1989 The Simpsons TV Ruth Powers (voice) (4 ep)
1989 Rachel River Film Mary Graving
1988 Hemingway TV Mary Welsh (4 ep)
1988 Tanner '88 TV T.J. Cavanaugh (12 ep)
1986 L.A. Law TV Norma Heisler (1 ep)
1986 The Best of Times Film Gigi Hightower
1986 The Clan of the Cave Bear Film Iza
1985 Scandal Sheet Film Helen Grant
1984 The Goodbye People Film Nancie Scot
1983 Heart of Steel Film Valerie
1983 The Right Stuff Film Trudy Cooper
1983 I Want to Live Film Edie Bannister
1982 Young Doctors in Love Film Nurse Norine Sprockett
1982 American Playhouse TV Judith Ashe, Mary Graving (1 ep)
1981 Eyewitness Film Linda Mercer
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