Cast & creator
Pamela Reed
Best known for The Simpsons, Grey's Anatomy, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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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television credits
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1951–2023 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (68)
Showing 68 of 68 credits
The Simpsons
Ruth Powers (voice)
1989
Grey's Anatomy
Mrs. Banks
2005
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Donna Hoppe
2000
Criminal Minds
Mary Bidwell
2005
NCIS: Los Angeles
Roberta Deeks
2009
Parks and Recreation
Marlene Knope
2009
L.A. Law
Norma Heisler
1986
American Playhouse
Judith Ashe
1982American Playhouse
Mary Graving
1982
Judging Amy
Sarah
1999
Perception
Mrs. Penderhalt
2012
Jericho
Gail Green
2006
Eli Stone
Mrs. Stone
2008
The Critic
Projectionist (voice)
1994
The Civil War
Various (voice)
1990
Grand
Janice Pasetti
1990
Pepper Dennis
Lynn Dinkle
2006
Kindergarten Cop
Phoebe
1990
Tanner '88
T.J. Cavanaugh
1988
The Home Court
Judge Sydney J. Solomon
1995
The Burial
Annette O'Keefe
2023
The Right Stuff
Trudy Cooper
1983
Bean
Alison Langley
1997
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Grace Carmichael
1951
Tanner on Tanner
T.J. Cavanaugh
2004
The Long Riders
Belle Starr
1980
Proof of Life
Janis Goodman
2000
The Andros Targets
Sandi Farrell
1977
Spencer's Pilots
1976
Junior
Angela
1994
The Best of Times
Gigi Hightower
1986
Family Album
Denise Lerner
1994
Cadillac Man
Tina
1990
Young Doctors in Love
Nurse Norine Sprockett
1982Family Album
Denise Lerner
1993
Hemingway
Mary Welsh
1988
The Clan of the Cave Bear
Iza
1986
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Judge Lambrey
1998
Passed Away
Terry Scanlan Pinter
1992
Eyewitness
Linda Mercer
1981
The Long Dumb Road
Dotty
2018
Bob Roberts
Carol Cruise
1992
Carriers
Holly Parker
1998
Life of the Party
Evelyn
2005
Melvin and Howard
Bonnie Dummar
1980
Outside In
Aunt Bette
2018
The Man Next Door
Wanda Gilmore
1996
Woman With a Past
Dee Johnson
1992
Inmates: A Love Story
Sunny
1981
I Want to Live
Edie Bannister
1983
Deadly Whispers
Carol Acton
1995
Realizing The Right Stuff
Self
2003
Language Arts
Sister Giorgia
2021
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't
Fran Henkel
2005
Chattahoochee
Earlene
1990
All's Well That Ends Well
Helena
1978
The Goodbye People
Nancie Scot
1984
The Architect
Colin's Mother
2016
Standing on Fishes
Janice
1999
Critical Choices
Arlene Dickens
1996
Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure
Esther Shapiro
2005
Rachel River
Mary Graving
1989
Savannah Sunrise
Loraine Miles
2016
Scandal Sheet
Helen Grant
1985
Heart of Steel
Valerie
1983
Born Too Soon
Elizabeth Mehren
1993
Caroline?
Grace Carmichael
1990
Santa Fe
Nancy Vigil
1997