Pamela Reed

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Pamela Reed
Reed in 1977
Born	Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
Education	University of Washington (BFA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1976–present
Spouse	Sandy Smolan ​ (m. 1988)​
Children	2

Pamela Reed is an American actress. She is known for playing Arnold Schwarzenegger's hypoglycemic police partner 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 in Bean .

Early life and education

Reed received her B.F.A. at the University of Washington. ^{[1] [2]}

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 The Clan of the Cave Bear (1985). ^[3]

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 , ^[4] and then played a judge and single mother in the short-lived NBC sitcom The Home Court . ^[4] 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 ^[4] and portrayed the mother of main character Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) on Parks and Recreation . ^{[5] [4]}

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 . ^{[6] [7] [4]}

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. ^[8]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Ref	Notes
1980	The Long Riders	Belle Starr	[9]
	Melvin and Howard	Bonnie Dummar	[10]
1981	Eyewitness	Linda Mercer	[11]
1982	Young Doctors in Love	Nurse Norine Sprockett	[12]
1983	The Right Stuff	Trudy Cooper	[13]
1984	The Goodbye People	Nancie Scot
1986	The Clan of the Cave Bear	Iza
	The Best of Times	Gigi Hightower	[14]
1987	Rachel River	Mary Graving
1989	Chattahoochee	Earlene	[15]
1990	Redlands	Maude		Video short
	Cadillac Man	Tina	[16]
	Kindergarten Cop	Det. Phoebe O'Hara	[17]
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	The Long Dumb Road	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	The Andros Targets	Sandi Farrell	Main role
1978	All's Well That Ends Well	Helena	TV film
1981	Inmates: A Love Story	Sunny
1983	The Mississippi	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
	The Civil War	Various (voice)	TV miniseries documentary
1992	Woman with a Past	Dee Johnson	TV film
1992–1993, 2003, 2021	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"
1993	Born Too Soon	Elizabeth Mehren	TV film
	Family Album	Denise Lerner	TV miniseries
1994	The Critic	Projectionist	Season 1, Episode 4
1995	Deadly Whispers	Carol Acton	TV film
	Buford's Got a Gun	Laurie
1995–96	The Home Court	Judge Sydney J. Solomon	Main role
1996	The Man Next Door	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	The Beast	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

References

1. Berson, Misha (May 31, 2013). "Pamela Reed, Kevin Tighe at home in ACT production". The Seattle Times . Retrieved July 21, 2017.
2. "Pamela Reed | School of Drama | University of Washington". drama.washington.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
3. Janet Maslin (1986-01-17). "'Clan Of The Cave Bear'". The New York Times .
4. "Pamela Reed". TVGuide.com. TV Guide . Retrieved 10 February 2020.
5. Phipps, Keith (16 April 2009). "Parks And Recreation: "Canvassing"". The A.V. Club . Retrieved 12 March 2015.
6. Heffernan, Virginia (1 January 2005). "Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure: If You've Got It, Flaunt It: ABC Trumpets an 80's Hit". The New York Times . Retrieved February 26, 2009.
7. "Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure: Credits". Der-denver-clan.de. Retrieved February 27, 2009.
8. "Pamela Reed". Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
9. Maslin, Janet (1980-05-16). "Film: 'The Long Riders,' With Gangs of the West:Oh Brothers!". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-05-21.
10. Ebert, Roger. "Melvin and Howard movie review (1981) | Roger Ebert". www.rogerebert.com. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
11. Canby, Vincent (1981-02-27). "William Hurt in 'Eyewitness'". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-05-21.
12. Maslin, Janet (1982-07-17). "'Young Doctors in Love'". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-05-21.
13. Ebert, Roger. "The Right Stuff movie review & film summary (1983) | Roger Ebert". www.rogerebert.com. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
14. Goodman, Walter (1986-01-31). "Film: 'Best of Times,' Football Story". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-05-21.
15. Maslin, Janet (1990-04-20). "Review/Film; True-Life Drama of Mental Hospital". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-05-22.
16. Canby, Vincent (1990-05-18). "Review/Film; Robin Williams as Cad In 'Cadillac Man'". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-05-22.
17. James, Caryn (1990-12-21). "Review/Film; A School for Scandal, but a Scandal of a Different Sort". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-05-22.

External links

• Pamela Reed at IMDb