Acting · Tacoma, Washington, USA · Born April 2, 1949
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.
MovieThe Burial
2023
as Annette O'Keefe
MovieLanguage Arts
2021
as Sister Giorgia
MovieThe Long Dumb Road
2018
as Dotty
MovieOutside In
2018
as Aunt Bette
MovieSavannah Sunrise
2016
as Loraine Miles
MovieThe Architect
2016
as Colin's Mother
TVPerception
2012
as Mrs. Penderhalt
TVNCIS: Los Angeles
2009
as Roberta Deeks
TVParks and Recreation
2009
as Marlene Knope
TVEli Stone
2008
as Mrs. Stone
TVJericho
2006
as Gail Green
TVPepper Dennis
2006
as Lynn Dinkle
TVCriminal Minds
2005
as Mary Bidwell
TVGrey's Anatomy
2005
as Mrs. Banks
MovieJane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
2005
as Fran Henkel
MovieDynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure
2005
as Esther Shapiro
MovieLife of the Party
2005
as Evelyn
TVTanner on Tanner
2004
as T.J. Cavanaugh
MovieRealizing The Right Stuff
2003
as Self
MovieProof of Life
2000
as Janis Goodman
TVCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Donna Hoppe
TVJudging Amy
1999
as Sarah
MovieStanding on Fishes
1999
as Janice
MovieWhy Do Fools Fall In Love
1998
as Judge Lambrey
MovieCarriers
1998
as Holly Parker
MovieBean
1997
as Alison Langley
MovieSanta Fe
1997
as Nancy Vigil
MovieCritical Choices
1996
as Arlene Dickens
MovieThe Man Next Door
1996
as Wanda Gilmore
TVThe Home Court
1995
as Judge Sydney J. Solomon
MovieDeadly Whispers
1995
as Carol Acton
MovieJunior
1994
as Angela
TVFamily Album
1994
as Denise Lerner
TVThe Critic
1994
as Projectionist (voice)
Family Album
1993
as Denise Lerner
MovieBorn Too Soon
1993
as Elizabeth Mehren
MovieBob Roberts
1992
as Carol Cruise
MoviePassed Away
1992
as Terry Scanlan Pinter
MovieWoman With a Past
1992
as Dee Johnson
MovieKindergarten Cop
1990
as Det. Phoebe O'Hara
TVThe Civil War
1990
as Various (voice)
MovieCadillac Man
1990
as Tina
MovieCaroline?
1990
as Grace Carmichael
MovieChattahoochee
1990
as Earlene
TVGrand
1990
as Janice Pasetti
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Ruth Powers (voice)
MovieRachel River
1989
as Mary Graving
TVHemingway
1988
as Mary Welsh
TVTanner '88
1988
as T.J. Cavanaugh
TVL.A. Law
1986
as Norma Heisler
MovieThe Best of Times
1986
as Gigi Hightower
MovieThe Clan of the Cave Bear
1986
as Iza
MovieScandal Sheet
1985
as Helen Grant
MovieThe Goodbye People
1984
as Nancie Scot
MovieHeart of Steel
1983
as Valerie
MovieThe Right Stuff
1983
as Trudy Cooper
MovieI Want to Live
1983
as Edie Bannister
MovieYoung Doctors in Love
1982
as Nurse Norine Sprockett
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Judith Ashe
MovieEyewitness
1981
as Linda Mercer
MovieInmates: A Love Story
1981
as Sunny
MovieMelvin and Howard
1980
as Bonnie Dummar
MovieThe Long Riders
1980
as Belle Starr
MovieAll's Well That Ends Well
1978
as Helena
TVThe Andros Targets
1977
as Sandi Farrell
TVSpencer's Pilots
1976
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Grace Carmichael
