Pamela Reed
{{Short description|American actress}}
{{For|the ultrarunner|Pam Reed}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Pamela Reed
| image = Pamela Reed 1977.JPG
| caption = Reed in 1977
| birth_name =
| birth_date =
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| years_active = 1976–present
| occupation = Actress
| spouse = {{marriage|Sandy Smolan|1988}}
| children = 2
| education = University of Washington (BFA)
}}
Pamela Reed is an American actress. She is known for playing Arnold Schwarzenegger's police partner Phoebe O'Hara in the 1990 film Kindergarten Cop and portraying the matriarch Gail Green in Jericho. She appeared as Marlene Griggs-Knope on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation. She is also well known as the exasperated wife Alison Langley in Bean.
Early life and education
Reed received her B.F.A. at the University of Washington.{{cite news |last=Berson |first=Misha |url= http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/pamela-reed-kevin-tighe-at-home-in-act-production/ |title=Pamela Reed, Kevin Tighe at home in ACT production |work=The Seattle Times |date=May 31, 2013 |access-date=July 21, 2017}}{{Cite web|title=Pamela Reed {{!}} School of Drama {{!}} University of Washington|url=https://drama.washington.edu/people/pamela-reed|website=drama.washington.edu|access-date=2020-05-21}}
Career
Reed earned a Drama Desk Award for the off-Broadway play Getting Out and an Obie Award for "sustaining excellence in performance in theater". She was a regular in the cast of the 1977 CBS drama The Andros Targets. She had minor film and television work in the 1980s. She won a CableAce Award for Best Actress for the HBO series Tanner '88 (1988). She also co-starred with Daryl Hannah in the film {{film show year|The Clan of the Cave Bear|1985}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/17/movies/screen-clan-of-the-cave-bear.html|website=The New York Times|date=1986-01-17|author=Janet Maslin|author-link=Janet Maslin|title='Clan Of The Cave Bear'}}
Her notable film roles include The Long Riders (1980), The Right Stuff (1983), The Best of Times (1986), Kindergarten Cop (1990), Junior (1994), Deadly Whispers (1995), Bean (1997), and Proof of Life (2001).
Reed played Janice Pasetti in the quirky NBC sitcom Grand,{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/pamela-reed/credits/168821/|title=Pamela Reed|website=TVGuide.com|publisher=TV Guide|access-date=10 February 2020}} and then played a judge and single mother in the short-lived NBC sitcom The Home Court. She has provided the voice for the character Ruth Powers in 4 episodes of the animated TV series The Simpsons and guest-voiced in an episode of the 1994–1995 animated series The Critic. She played a main role in Jericho and portrayed the mother of main character Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) on Parks and Recreation.{{cite web| url= https://www.avclub.com/parks-and-recreation-canvassing-1798206077 |title= Parks And Recreation: "Canvassing" | first= Keith |last= Phipps |website= The A.V. Club | date= 16 April 2009| access-date= 12 March 2015}}
In 2005 Reed portrayed executive producer Esther Shapiro in Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure, a fictionalized television movie based on the creation and behind the scenes production of the 1980s prime time soap opera Dynasty.{{cite web| url= http://tv.nytimes.com/2005/01/01/arts/television/01heff.html|title=Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure: If You've Got It, Flaunt It: ABC Trumpets an 80's Hit |last= Heffernan| first= Virginia| date= 1 January 2005|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 26, 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.der-denver-clan.de/de/dynasty_behind.207.html| title= Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure: Credits| publisher= Der-denver-clan.de|access-date=February 27, 2009}}
Reed has also worked for Storyline Online, reading Stellaluna.
Personal life
Reed met Sandy Smolan when he directed her in Rachel River. They married in 1988 and have two adopted children, Reed and Lily.{{cite web|url=http://jericho.wetpaint.com/page/Pamela+Reed?t=anon|title=Pamela Reed|accessdate=March 27, 2024|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110718034916/http://jericho.wetpaint.com/page/Pamela+Reed?t=anon |archivedate = July 18, 2011|url-status=live}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Ref ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2" |1980
|{{sortname|The|Long Riders}} | |
| Melvin and Howard
|Bonnie Dummar | |
| 1981
|Linda Mercer | |
| 1982
|Nurse Norine Sprockett | |
| 1983
|{{sortname|The|Right Stuff|The Right Stuff (film)}} |Trudy Cooper | |
| 1984
|Nancie Scot | | |
| rowspan="2" |1986
|{{sortname|The|Clan of the Cave Bear|The Clan of the Cave Bear (film)}} |Iza | | |
| {{sortname|The|Best of Times|The Best of Times (1986 film)}}
|Gigi Hightower | |
| 1987
|Mary Graving | | |
| 1989
|Earlene | |
| rowspan="3" |1990
|Redlands |Maude | |Video short |
| Cadillac Man
|Tina | |
| Kindergarten Cop
|LAPD Detective Phoebe O'Hara | |
| rowspan="2" |1992
|Terry Scanlan Pinter | | |
| Bob Roberts
|Carol Cruise | | |
| 1994
|Angela | | |
| rowspan="2" |1997
|Santa Fe |Nancy Vigil | | |
| Bean
|Alison Langley | | |
| 1998
|Judge Lambrey | | |
| 1999
|Standing on Fishes |Janice | | |
| 2000
|Janis Goodman | | |
| 2005
|Evelyn | | |
| rowspan="2" |2016
|Loraine | | |
| The Architect
|Coln's Mother | | |
| 2017
|Aunt Bette | | |
| 2018
|{{sortname|The|Long Dumb Road}} |Dotty | | |
| 2020
|Language Arts |Sister Giorgia | | |
| 2023
|Annette O'Keefe | | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1976
|Susan |Episode: "The Hitchhiker" |
| 1977
|{{sortname|The|Andros Targets}} |Sandi Farrell |Main role |
| 1978
|All's Well That Ends Well |Helena | rowspan="2" |TV film |
| 1981
|Inmates: A Love Story |Sunny |
| rowspan="3" |1983
|{{sortname|The|Mississippi|The Mississippi (TV series)}} |Paige |Episode: "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" |
| I Want to Live
|Edie Bannister | rowspan="3" |TV film |
| Heart of Steel
|Valerie |
| 1985
|Helen Grant |
| rowspan="3" |1988
|Hemingway |Mary Welsh | rowspan="2" |TV miniseries |
| Tanner '88
|T.J. Cavanaugh |
| L.A. Law
|Norma Heisler |Episode: "Romancing the Drone" |
| rowspan="3" |1990
|Janice Pasetti |Main role |
| Caroline?
|Grace Carmichael |TV film |
| {{sortname|The|Civil War|The Civil War (TV series)}}
|Various (voice) |TV miniseries documentary |
| 1992
|Woman with a Past |Dee Johnson |TV film |
| 1992–1993, 2003, 2021
|{{sortname|The|Simpsons}} |Ruth Powers (voice) |Episodes: "New Kid on the Block", "Marge on the Lam", "The Strong Arms of the Ma", "The Wayz We Were" |
| rowspan="2" |1993
|Elizabeth Mehren |TV film |
| Family Album
|Denise Lerner |TV miniseries |
| 1994
|{{sortname|The|Critic}} |Projectionist |Season 1, Episode 4 |
| rowspan="2" |1995
|Carol Acton | rowspan="2" |TV film |
| Buford's Got a Gun
|Laurie |
| 1995–96
|{{sortname|The|Home Court}} |Judge Sydney J. Solomon |Main role |
| rowspan="2" |1996
|{{sortname|The|Man Next Door|nolink=1}} |Wanda Gilmore | rowspan="5" |TV film |
| Critical Choices
|Arlene |
| 1998
|Carriers |Holly Parker |
| 2001
|The Kennedys |Pamela Kennedy |
| rowspan="2" |2003
|Grady |
| Judging Amy
|Sarah |Episode: "Shock and Awe" |
| rowspan="2" |2004
|T.J. Cavanaugh |TV miniseries |
| JAG
|Major General Willsey |Episode: "Whole New Ball Game" |
| rowspan="2" |2005
|Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure | rowspan="2" |TV film |
| Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
|Fran Henkel |
| 2006
|Lynn Dinkle |Recurring role |
| 2006–08
|Regular role |
| 2008
|Mrs. Stone |Episode: "Pilot", "Heartbeat" |
| 2009
|{{sortname|The|Beast|The Beast (2009 TV series)}} |Asst. Dir. Ida Paulson | rowspan="3" |Episode: "Counterfeit", "No Turning Back" |
| 2009–11 |
| 2009–12 |
| rowspan="2" |2010
|Proposition 8 Trial Re-Enactment |Dr. M. V. Lee Badgett |TV series documentary |
| Grey's Anatomy
|Mrs. Banks |Episode: "Valentine's Day Massacre" |
| 2011–12
|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation |Donna Hoppe |Episode: "Genetic Disorder", "Risky Business Class" |
| 2012
|Mrs. Penderhalt |Episode: "86'd" |
| 2014
|Mary Bidwell |Episode: "Boxed In" |
| 2015–2023
|Roberta Deeks |Recurring role |
References
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External links
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Category:American film actresses
Category:American stage actresses
Category:American television actresses