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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.
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, and then played a judge and single mother in the short-lived NBC sitcom The Home Court. 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 and portrayed the mother of main character Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) on Parks and Recreation.
In 2005 Reed portrayed executive producer Esther Shapiro in , a fictionalized television movie based on the creation and production of the 1980s prime time soap opera Dynasty.
Reed has also worked for Storyline Online, reading Stellaluna.
| 1980 | Belle Starr | |||
| Melvin and Howard | Bonnie Dummar | |||
| 1981 | Eyewitness | Linda Mercer | ||
| 1982 | Young Doctors in Love | Nurse Norine Sprockett | ||
| 1983 | Trudy Cooper | |||
| 1984 | The Goodbye People | Nancie Scot | ||
| 1986 | Iza | |||
| Gigi Hightower | ||||
| 1987 | Rachel River | Mary Graving | ||
| 1989 | Chattahoochee | Earlene | ||
| 1990 | Redlands | Maude | Video short | |
| Cadillac Man | Tina | |||
| Kindergarten Cop | LAPD Detective Phoebe O'Hara | |||
| 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 | Dotty | |||
| 2020 | Language Arts | Sister Giorgia | ||
| 2023 | The Burial | Annette O'Keefe |
| 1976 | Spencer's Pilots | Susan | Episode: "The Hitchhiker" |
| 1977 | Sandi Farrell | Main role | |
| 1978 | All's Well That Ends Well | Helena | TV film |
| 1981 | Inmates: A Love Story | Sunny | |
| 1983 | 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 | |
| Various (voice) | TV miniseries documentary | ||
| 1992 | Woman with a Past | Dee Johnson | TV film |
| 1992–1993, 2003, 2021 | 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 | Projectionist | Season 1, Episode 4 | |
| 1995 | Deadly Whispers | Carol Acton | TV film |
| Buford's Got a Gun | Laurie | ||
| 1995–96 | Judge Sydney J. Solomon | Main role | |
| 1996 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Roberta Deeks | Recurring role |
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