Portrait of Pamela Reed

Pamela Reed

Acting

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.

Born: April 2, 1949

Place of Birth: Tacoma, Washington, USA

Filmography

2023
The Burial

as Annette O'Keefe

2021
Language Arts

as Sister Giorgia

2018
2018
Outside In

as Aunt Bette

2016
Savannah Sunrise

as Loraine Miles

2016
The Architect

as Colin's Mother

2012
Perception

as Mrs. Penderhalt

2009
NCIS: Los Angeles

as Roberta Deeks

2009
Parks and Recreation

as Marlene Knope

2008
Eli Stone

as Mrs. Stone

2006
Jericho

as Gail Green

2006
Pepper Dennis

as Lynn Dinkle

2005
Criminal Minds

as Mary Bidwell

2005
Grey's Anatomy

as Mrs. Banks

2005
2004
Tanner on Tanner

as T.J. Cavanaugh

2000
Proof of Life

as Janis Goodman

1999
Judging Amy

as Sarah

1999
1998
1998
Carriers

as Holly Parker

1997
Bean

as Alison Langley

1997
Santa Fe

as Nancy Vigil

1996
Critical Choices

as Arlene Dickens

1996
The Man Next Door

as Wanda Gilmore

1995
Deadly Whispers

as Carol Acton

1994
Junior

as Angela

1994
The Critic

as Projectionist (voice)

1993
Born Too Soon

as Elizabeth Mehren

1992
Bob Roberts

as Carol Cruise

1992
Passed Away

as Terry Scanlan Pinter

1992
Woman With a Past

as Dee Johnson

1990
Kindergarten Cop

as Det. Phoebe O'Hara

1990
The Civil War

as Various

1990
1990
Caroline?

as Grace Carmichael

1990
Chattahoochee

as Earlene

1990
Grand

as Janice Pasetti

1989
The Simpsons

as Ruth Powers (voice)

1989
Rachel River

as Mary Graving

1988
Hemingway

as Mary Welsh

1988
Tanner '88

as T.J. Cavanaugh

1986
L.A. Law

as Norma Heisler

1986
The Best of Times

as Gigi Hightower

1985
Scandal Sheet

as Helen Grant

1984
The Goodbye People

as Nancie Scot

1983
Heart of Steel

as Valerie

1983
The Right Stuff

as Trudy Cooper

1983
I Want to Live

as Edie Bannister

1982
Young Doctors in Love

as Nurse Norine Sprockett

1981
Eyewitness

as Linda Mercer

1980
Melvin and Howard

as Bonnie Dummar

1980
The Long Riders

as Belle Starr

1977
The Andros Targets

as Sandi Farrell

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Grace Carmichael