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Alyson Reed | |
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| Years active | 1978–present |
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| Years active | 1978–present |
Reed made her Broadway debut in Dancin' in 1978. Additional Broadway credits include "Oh Brother", Dance a Little Closer , Cabaret , A Grand Night for Singing , and Marilyn: An American Fable . She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Cabaret and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical for Marilyn. [1] In 1992, she starred opposite Michael O'Keefe in the national touring company of A Few Good Men in the role of Lt. Cmdr. Galloway, and also toured as Cassie/Val in A Chorus Line, and Catherine in Pippin. She has numerous regional credits and can be heard on various cast albums.
Reed's most notable screen role was Cassie in Richard Attenborough's film adaptation of A Chorus Line , and she also appeared in the comedy Skin Deep with John Ritter. Her many television credits range from: Modern Family, Mad Men, Grey's Anatomy and Bones back to Matlock , L.A. Law , Murder, She Wrote , Frasier , Law & Order , Without a Trace , ER , Judging Amy , Chicago Hope , The X-Files to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , Nip/Tuck , Crossing Jordan , Numb3rs , Boston Legal , NYPD Blue and Desperate Housewives .
She became known to younger viewers for the role of Ms. Darbus in the popular Disney Channel movie High School Musical and its sequels High School Musical 2 and High School Musical 3: Senior Year . [2]
Reed lent her voice to the video game Diablo III , providing the voice of the witch Adria.
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1985 | A Chorus Line | Cassie | Film |
| 1989 | Skin Deep | Alex | Film |
| 1990 | Matlock | Chrissie Dubin | Episode: "The Cookie Monster" |
| WIOU | Det. Beekler | Episodes: "Do the Wrong Thing", "Mother Nature's Son" | |
| 1991 | L.A. Law | Joan Dawson | Episode: "Rest in Pieces" |
| DEA | Ginny Taylor | Episodes: "White Lies", "Zero Sum Game" | |
| The Family Man | Doctor | Episode: "Scenes from a Marriage" | |
| Jake and the Fatman | Beth Fitzroy | Episode: "I'll Never Be the Same" | |
| 1993 | The Disappearance of Nora | Phyllis | Television film |
| Lost in the Wild | Tommy | Television film | |
| 1994 | Ghostwriter | Honey Hawke | Recurring role, 4 episodes |
| 1995 | Law & Order | M.E. Heather Coyle | Episode: "Seed" |
| Frasier | Cindy Carruthers | Episode: "Someone to Watch Over Me" | |
| Murder, She Wrote | Wendy Maitlin | Episode: "Game, Set, Murder" | |
| Manhattan Merengue! | Susan Kelly | Film | |
| 1995–1999 | Party of Five | Mrs. Reeves | Recurring role, 9 episodes |
| 1996 | The Secret She Carried | Donna Snow | Television film |
| Murphy Brown | Waitress | Episode: "The Bus Stops Here" | |
| Sisters | Virginia Sprague | Episode: "Dreamcatcher" | |
| Norma Jean & Marilyn | Natalie Kelly | Television film | |
| 2001 | Taking Back Our Town | Roseanne | Television film |
| 2001–2003 | The Agency | Lesley Turnbull | Recurring role, 5 episodes |
| 2002 | Providence | Lenore Decker | Recurring role, 4 episodes |
| 2004 | George Lopez | Mrs. Reynolds | Episode: "Why You Crying?" |
| 2005 | Numbers | Eva Salton | Episode: "Structural Corruption" |
| 2006 | High School Musical | Ms. Darbus | Disney Channel Original Movie |
| 2007 | High School Musical 2 | Ms. Darbus | Disney Channel Original Movie |
| 2008 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | Ms. Darbus | Film |
| 2012 | Desperate Housewives | Judge Conti | Episode: "Give Me the Blame" |
| 2012 | Mad Men | Greg Harris' mother | Episode: "Mystery Date" |
| 2013 | Bones | Susan Lauderbach | Episode: "The Mystery in the Meat" |
| 2014 | Grey's Anatomy | Anne | Episode: "Throwing It All Away" |
| 2014–2015 | Modern Family | Angela | Episodes: "Spring-a-Ding-Fling", "Spring Break" |
| 2015 | Silicon Valley | Louise | Episode: "Two Days of the Condor" |
| 2017 | Chance | Lindsay | Recurring role (season 2) |
| 2019 | Ad Astra | Janice Collins | Film |
| 2020 | Love Is Love Is Love | Jackie | Segment: "Late Lunch" |
| 2023 | High School Musical: The Musical: The Series | Alyson Reed/Ms. Darbus | Recurring role (season 4) |
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