8.1
TV
Acting
Pamela Dunlap
- Born
- (age 83)
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Credits
- 100 titles
Biography
Pamela Dunlap is known for many movie roles starting on Ironside (1967), more recently I Am Sam (2001), The Holiday (2006), Changeling (2008), and most recently Wetlands (2017). She is known for many guest appearances on television series, Happy Days (1974), Law & Order (1990), Boston Legal (2004), and five appearances on Mad Men (2007), Castle (2009), Girls (2012), and Maron (2013). She is bi-coastal, living in New York City and Los Angeles, California USA. While in New York she has been seen on Broadway in "Musical Comedy Murders of 1940," "Redwood Curtain," and "Yerma," and in several Off-Broadway roles. In Southern California, she has performed at the Los Angeles Ahmanson Theater, Costa Mesa South Coast Repertory, LA Theatre Works, and the Los Angeles Fountain Theater. At The Fountain she played Rochelle - a middle-aged, out-of-shape Jewish woman who's undergoing a crisis of faith - Dunlap was persuaded to join a flamenco class for other middle-aged, women. The production united two of the Fountain's specialties - plays and the subject of flamenco.
Signature work
Known For
8.1
TV
7.1
Movie
The Holiday
7.6
Movie
Changeling
8.0
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7.6
TV
The Blacklist
8.2
TV
Bones
7.6
Movie
I Am Sam
8.2
TV
Charmed
7.6
TV
NCIS
8.0
TV
Castle
7.6
TV
Elementary
5.9
Movie
Suburbicon
8.1
TV
Mad Men
8.4
TV
The Resident
8.3
TV
New Amsterdam
7.8
TV
Blue Bloods
7.1
Movie
The Goldfinch
7.7
TV
Frasier
Acting credits 100
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed TV | Trevor's Neighbor (2 ep) |
| 2026 | The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins TV | Sandra (1 ep) |
| 2022 | The Watcher TV | Carol Flanagan (1 ep) |
| 2022 | Funny Pages Film | Judge |
| 2021 | Fourth Grade Film | Vera |
| 2021 | Dr. Death TV | Mee-Maw (2 ep) |
| 2019 | The Goldfinch Film | Mrs. Vogel |
| 2019 | The Kitchen Film | Mary - Kathy's Mother |
| 2019 | The Enemy Within TV | Jeanie (1 ep) |
| 2018 | New Amsterdam TV | Erma Mirojnik (1 ep) |
| 2018 | Stuck Film | Grandma Jenkins |
| 2018 | The Resident TV | Lilian Courtland (1 ep) |
| 2017 | Suburbicon Film | Mrs. Krup |
| 2017 | Wetlands Film | Mrs. Harrington |
| 2016 | The List Film | Ruby |
| 2016 | The Wedding Party Film | Aunt Sylvia |
| 2015 | Mothers of the Bride Film | Elaine Stansbury |
| 2015 | Kittens in a Cage TV | Ma (2 ep) |
| 2014 | Doll & Em TV | Dianne (2 ep) |
| 2013 | The Blacklist TV | Ms. Moore (1 ep) |
| 2013 | 3 Geezers! Film | Mary |
| 2013 | Maron TV | Carol (2 ep) |
| 2013 | Newsreaders TV | Neena Nerny (1 ep) |
| 2012 | Elementary TV | Esther Kelton (1 ep) |
| 2012 | Major Crimes TV | Lorraine North (1 ep) |
| 2012 | Girls TV | Barb (1 ep) |
| 2012 | Squaresville TV | Mrs. Auchenbacher (1 ep) |
| 2011 | Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! Film | Sue |
| 2011 | Austin & Ally TV | Ms. Krum (1 ep) |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods TV | Djuge Dolan (1 ep) |
| 2010 | The Hard Times of RJ Berger TV | Sex Ed Teacher (1 ep) |
| 2009 | Stolen Film | Shelly the Waitress |
| 2009 | 16 to Life Film | Kate's Grandma |
| 2009 | Castle TV | Secretary (1 ep) |
| 2008 | Changeling Film | Mrs. Fox |
| 2007 | Mad Men TV | Pauline Francis (6 ep) |
| 2006 | The Holiday Film | Woman on Plane |
| 2006 | Brothers and Sisters TV | Patricia Bower (1 ep) |
| 2006 | Hannah Montana TV | Mrs. Elderman (1 ep) |
| 2005 | Commander in Chief TV | Gilda Rockwell (8 ep) |
| 2005 | How I Met Your Mother TV | Miss Cruickshank (1 ep) |
| 2005 | Bones TV | Mrs. Jenkins (1 ep) |
| 2004 | Boston Legal TV | Yellowstone, Adams (1 ep) |
| 2004 | Mind the Gap Film | Elsa |
| 2003 | NCIS TV | Mom (1 ep) |
| 2003 | Sin Film | ER Nurse |
| 2002 | Clockstoppers Film | Vice Principal |
| 2001 | I Am Sam Film | Grace |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent TV | Prudence Sands (1 ep) |
| 2001 | The Guardian TV | Agent Calfas (1 ep) |
| 2000 | Bette TV | (1 ep) |
| 2000 | Gideon's Crossing TV | Marge (1 ep) |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine TV | Nurse Grinaldi (1 ep) |
| 1999 | Third Watch TV | Head Nurse, Vivian Hill (1 ep) |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV | Mrs. Elliot (1 ep) |
| 1999 | Judging Amy TV | Mrs. Chancer (1 ep) |
| 1998 | Charmed TV | Janice (1 ep) |
| 1998 | Cousin Skeeter TV | Mrs. Pasternak (1 ep) |
| 1997 | Die Gang TV | Francis McGuire (1 ep) |
| 1996 | For the Future: The Irvine Fertility Scandal Film | Supervisor Maryann |