Pamela Reed

Template:Short description Template:For Template:BLP sources Template:Infobox person 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.<ref name= "reedtighe">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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 Template:Film show year.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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,<ref name=TVGuide>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and then played a judge and single mother in the short-lived NBC sitcom The Home Court.<ref name=TVGuide /> 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<ref name=TVGuide /> and portrayed the mother of main character Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) on Parks and Recreation.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=TVGuide />

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.<ref name="NYT 2005-01">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=TVGuide />

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref	Notes
1980	Template:Sortname	Belle Starr	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Melvin and Howard	Bonnie Dummar	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1981	Eyewitness	Linda Mercer	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1982	Young Doctors in Love	Nurse Norine Sprockett	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1983	Template:Sortname	Trudy Cooper	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1984	The Goodbye People	Nancie Scot
1986	Template:Sortname	Iza
	Template:Sortname	Gigi Hightower	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1987	Rachel River	Mary Graving
1989	Chattahoochee	Earlene	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1990	Redlands	Maude		Video short
	Cadillac Man	Tina	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
	Kindergarten Cop	LAPD Detective Phoebe O'Hara	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1992	Passed Away	Terry Scanlan Pinter
	Bob Roberts	Carol Cruise
1994	Junior	Angela
1997	Santa Fe	Nancy Vigil
	Bean	Alison Langley
1998	Why Do Fools Fall in Love	Judge Lambrey
1999	Standing on Fishes	Janice
2000	Proof of Life	Janis Goodman
2005	Life of the Party	Evelyn
2016	Savannah Sunrise	Loraine
	The Architect	Coln's Mother
2017	Outside In	Aunt Bette
2018	Template:Sortname	Dotty
2020	Language Arts	Sister Giorgia
2023	The Burial	Annette O'Keefe

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	Spencer's Pilots	Susan	Episode: "The Hitchhiker"
1977	Template:Sortname	Sandi Farrell	Main role
1978	All's Well That Ends Well	Helena	TV film
1981	Inmates: A Love Story	Sunny
1983	Template:Sortname	Paige	Episode: "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt"
	I Want to Live	Edie Bannister	TV film
	Heart of Steel	Valerie
1985	Scandal Sheet	Helen Grant
1988	Hemingway	Mary Welsh	TV miniseries
	Tanner '88	T.J. Cavanaugh
	L.A. Law	Norma Heisler	Episode: "Romancing the Drone"
1990	Grand	Janice Pasetti	Main role
	Caroline?	Grace Carmichael	TV film
	Template:Sortname	Various (voice)	TV miniseries documentary
1992	Woman with a Past	Dee Johnson	TV film
1992–1993, 2003, 2021	Template:Sortname	Ruth Powers (voice)	Episodes: "New Kid on the Block", "Marge on the Lam", "The Strong Arms of the Ma", "The Wayz We Were"
1993	Born Too Soon	Elizabeth Mehren	TV film
	Family Album	Denise Lerner	TV miniseries
1994	Template:Sortname	Projectionist	Season 1, Episode 4
1995	Deadly Whispers	Carol Acton	TV film
	Buford's Got a Gun	Laurie
1995–96	Template:Sortname	Judge Sydney J. Solomon	Main role
1996	Template:Sortname	Wanda Gilmore	TV film
	Critical Choices	Arlene
1998	Carriers	Holly Parker
2001	The Kennedys	Pamela Kennedy
2003	Book of Days	Grady
	Judging Amy	Sarah	Episode: "Shock and Awe"
2004	Tanner on Tanner	T.J. Cavanaugh	TV miniseries
	JAG	Major General Willsey	Episode: "Whole New Ball Game"
2005	Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure	Esther Shapiro	TV film
	Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't	Fran Henkel
2006	Pepper Dennis	Lynn Dinkle	Recurring role
2006–08	Jericho	Gail Green	Regular role
2008	Eli Stone	Mrs. Stone	Episode: "Pilot", "Heartbeat"
2009	Template:Sortname	Asst. Dir. Ida Paulson	Episode: "Counterfeit", "No Turning Back"
2009–11	United States of Tara	Beverly Craine
2009–12	Parks and Recreation	Marlene Griggs-Knope
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	Perception	Mrs. Penderhalt	Episode: "86'd"
2014	Criminal Minds	Mary Bidwell	Episode: "Boxed In"
2015–2023	NCIS: Los Angeles	Roberta Deeks	Recurring role

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