
Pamela Reed
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.
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Acting History
2023
The Burial as Annette O'Keefe
2021Language Arts as Sister Giorgia
2018The Long Dumb Road as Dotty
2018Outside In as Aunt Bette
2016Savannah Sunrise as Loraine Miles
2016The Architect as Colin's Mother
2012Perception as Mrs. Penderhalt
2009NCIS: Los Angeles as Roberta Deeks
2009Parks and Recreation as Marlene Knope
2008Eli Stone as Mrs. Stone
2006Jericho as Gail Green
2006Pepper Dennis as Lynn Dinkle
2005Criminal Minds as Mary Bidwell
2005Grey's Anatomy as Mrs. Banks
2005Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't as Fran Henkel
2005Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure as Esther Shapiro
2005Life of the Party as Evelyn
2004Tanner on Tanner as T.J. Cavanaugh
2000Proof of Life as Janis Goodman
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Donna Hoppe
1999Judging Amy as Sarah
1999Standing on Fishes as Janice
1998Why Do Fools Fall In Love as Judge Lambrey
1998Carriers as Holly Parker
1997Bean as Alison Langley
1997Santa Fe as Nancy Vigil
1996Critical Choices as Arlene Dickens
1996The Man Next Door as Wanda Gilmore
1995The Home Court as Judge Sydney J. Solomon
1995Deadly Whispers as Carol Acton
1994Junior as Angela
1994The Critic as Projectionist (voice)
1993Family Album as Denise Lerner
1993Born Too Soon as Elizabeth Mehren
1992Bob Roberts as Carol Cruise
1992Passed Away as Terry Scanlan Pinter
1992Woman With a Past as Dee Johnson
1990Kindergarten Cop as Det. Phoebe O'Hara
1990The Civil War as Various
1990Cadillac Man as Tina
1990Caroline? as Grace Carmichael
1990Chattahoochee as Earlene
1990Grand as Janice Pasetti
1989The Simpsons as Ruth Powers (voice)
1989Rachel River as Mary Graving
1988Hemingway as Mary Welsh
1988Tanner '88 as T.J. Cavanaugh
1986L.A. Law as Norma Heisler
1986The Best of Times as Gigi Hightower
1986The Clan of the Cave Bear as Iza
1985Scandal Sheet as Helen Grant
1984The Goodbye People as Nancie Scot
1983Heart of Steel as Valerie
1983The Right Stuff as Trudy Cooper
1983I Want to Live as Edie Bannister
1982Young Doctors in Love as Nurse Norine Sprockett
1981Eyewitness as Linda Mercer
1981Inmates: A Love Story as Sunny
1980Melvin and Howard as Bonnie Dummar
1980The Long Riders as Belle Starr
1978All's Well That Ends Well as Helena
1977The Andros Targets as Sandi Farrell
1976Spencer's Pilots
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Grace Carmichael









