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Pamela Reed

Acting Born Apr 2, 1949 Tacoma, Washington, USA 24 credits

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.

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Full filmography

  • Grey's Anatomy (2005) as Mrs. Banks
  • The Simpsons (1989) as Ruth Powers (voice)
  • Criminal Minds (2005) as Mary Bidwell
  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) as Donna Hoppe
  • NCIS: Los Angeles (2009) as Roberta Deeks
  • Parks and Recreation (2009) as Marlene Knope
  • Judging Amy (1999) as Sarah
  • L.A. Law (1986) as Norma Heisler
  • Perception (2012) as Mrs. Penderhalt
  • Jericho (2006) as Gail Green
  • Eli Stone (2008) as Mrs. Stone
  • The Critic (1994) as Projectionist (voice)
  • Pepper Dennis (2006) as Lynn Dinkle
  • The Civil War (1990) as Various (voice)
  • Bean (1997) as Alison Langley
  • Tanner '88 (1988) as T.J. Cavanaugh
  • Grand (1990) as Janice Pasetti
  • The Home Court (1995) as Judge Sydney J. Solomon
  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Grace Carmichael
  • The Right Stuff (1983) as Trudy Cooper
  • The Burial (2023) as Annette O'Keefe
  • Tanner on Tanner (2004) as T.J. Cavanaugh
  • Junior (1994) as Angela
  • Kindergarten Cop (1990) as Det. Phoebe O'Hara