Pamela Adlon Biography

Pamela Fionna Adlon (ne Segall; born July 9, 1966) is an American actress, voice actress, screenwriter, and producer. Adlon is known for voicing Bobby Hill on King of the Hill, for which she won an Emmy Award, and the title character from the Pajama Sam video games. She is also known for playing Dolores in Grease 2 and Ashley Spinelli on the animated series Recess, and for her appearances on Californication and Louie, on which she is also a consulting producer. As of 2016, Adlon stars in the FX comedy television series Better Things which she co-created with Louis C.K.

Early life

Adlon was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of TV comedy writer-producer (and author of comic books and science fiction pulp novels) Donald "Don" Maxwell Segall (1933-1994) and Marina L. Segall. Her father produced The Dave Garroway Show, which became AM New York, and then The Today Show. He was a page at NBC with Gil Cates. He wrote erotic fiction under various pseudonyms, including Troy Conway. Adlon's father was from a Jewish family from Boston, Massachusetts, and her mother is English. Her mother converted to Judaism. Adlon said her parents met at the USO in Paris.

As a child, Adlon lived in the Carnegie House building at 100 West 57th Street. She has said that she and her family lived bi-coastally, moving between Los Angeles and New York because her father was a journeyman writer and producer for TV. She started performing at age nine; one of her father's friends had a radio studio, so she would do voice over work there, and while in Los Angeles, she did acting work. She attended Sarah Lawrence College for a semester. After moving to Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, she shared a house with Anna Gunn.

Career

Adlon said voice-overs saved her career. Successful as her child-actress years had been, she struggled to find parts in her 20s.

Adlon voiced Arthur Read in Arthur's Thinking Games. Adlon's best known role is playing Bobby Hill on the animated TV show King of the Hill, for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 2002. Though she is mostly known for voicing young boys, Adlon has voiced two girl characters (both of which have boylike qualities): Margaret "Moose" Pearson in Pepper Ann and Ashley Spinelli in Recess.

Notable live-action roles include Girl Joey in the 1984 teen comedy film Bad Manners, Kelly Affinado on The Facts of Life, Marcy Runkle on Showtime's Californication, and Pamela on FX's Louie (she is also a consulting producer for the show).

Adlon was nominated for an Annie Award for her role as Otto Osworth on Cartoon Network's Time Squad. In 2006-07, she played the voice of Andy in Cartoon Network's Squirrel Boy animated series and co-starred with Louis C.K. as his wife in the short-lived HBO sitcom Lucky Louie. She also stars as the friend of Louie (a fictional character based on himself, Louis C.K.) in his FX single-camera show, Louie. She is in episodes of seasons 1, 2, 4, and 5. For the 5th season, she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.

Adlon voiced Pajama Sam in the video games Pajama Sam: No Need to Hide When It's Dark Outside, Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and Lightning Aren't So Frightening, Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat from Your Head to Your Feet, and Pajama Sam's Games to Play on Any Day.

In 2015, FX gave a pilot order for Better Things, which is a comedy created by and starring Adlon. She plays an actress raising three daughters. The pilot was written by Adlon and Louis C.K. who also directed it. It was picked up to a 10-episode series on August 7, 2015. The show, which premiered on September 8, 2016, is semi-autobiographical. Adlon received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Better Things.

As of December 2016, she is doing the voice of Baby Halley on The Big Bang Theory.

Personal life

In 1996, Adlon married Felix O. Adlon, the son of German director Percy Adlon. They divorced in 2010; he currently lives in Germany. They have three daughters, to whom Adlon has said she is a single parent.

Adlon splits her time between Manhattan, New York and Los Angeles, California.

Adlon is Jewish.

Filmography

Film

Title	Year	Role	Notes
Grease 2	1982	Dolores Rebchuck
Bad Manners	1984	Girl Joey
Willy/Milly	1986	Willy/Milly Niceman
Say Anything...	1989	Rebecca
Kiki's Delivery Service		Ket	Voice English dub - Disney version
After Midnight		Cheryl	Segment: "Allison's Story"
The Gate II: Trespassers	1990	Liz
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane		Pussycat
FernGully: The Last Rainforest	1992	Fairy #2	Voice
Bed of Roses	1996	Kim
Sgt. Bilko		Sgt. Raquel Barbella
Father Frost		Marphuska
Two Guys Talkin' About Girls		Tracy	Direct-to-video
Plump Fiction	1997	Vallory Cox
Princess Mononoke		Rice Seller, Iron Town Woman, additional voices	Voice English dub
Eat Your Heart Out		Samantha
Some Girl	1998	Jenn
Waiting for Woody			Voice Short film
Dirk and Betty	2000	Daisy
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust		Leila	Voice
Gen		Additional voices	Voice Direct-to-video
Recess: School's Out	2001	Ashley Spinelli	Voice
The Trumpet of the Swan		A.G. Skinner	Voice
Net Worth
The Animatrix	2003	Jue, Manabu	Voice Segments: "Final Flight of the Osiris" & "Beyond"
Brother Bear		Additional voices	Voice
Teacher's Pet	2004	Trevor, Taylor, Tyler	Voice
Lucky 13	2005
Tinker Bell	2008	Vidia	Voice
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure	2009	Vidia	Voice Uncredited
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue	2010	Vidia	Voice
Conception	2011	Tay
Secret of the Wings	2012	Vidia	Voice
Dino Time		Ernie Fitzpatrick	Voice
9 Full Moons	2013	Rachel Stevens
I Know That Voice		Herself	Documentary
Pixie Hollow Bake Off		Vidia	Voice Short film
The Pirate Fairy	2014	Vidia	Voice
First Girl I Loved	2016	Sharon
Bumblebee	2018		Filming

Television

Title	Year	Role	Notes
The Facts of Life	1983-84	Kelly Affinado
Night Court	1984	Andy, Stella	Episode: "Bull Gets a Kid"
E/R	1984-85	Jenny Sheinfeld
The Redd Foxx Show	1986	Toni Rutledge
Wiseguy	1988	Tanya Medley
Star Trek: The Next Generation	1989	Oji
21 Jump Street	1989	Dori the Psychic
Down the Shore	1992	Miranda
Rugrats	1992-2002	Dean, Sticky, Wiseguy, Young Drew Pickles	Voice
Jungle Cubs	1996	Baloo	Voice
Bobby's World	1996-98	Derek Generic	Voice
Recess	1997-2001	Ashley Spinelli	Voice
Pepper Ann	1997-2000	Moose Pearson, Sean, additional voices	Voice
King of the Hill	1997-2009	Bobby Hill, Clark Peters, Chane Wassonason	Voice
101 Dalmatians: The Series	1997-98	Lucky	Voice
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot	1999-2003	Rusty	Voice
Teacher's Pet	2000	Tyler, Tayler, Trevor	Voice
The Wild Thornberrys	2001	Tano	Voice Episode: "Cheetahs Never Prosper"
The Oblongs...		Milo Francis Oblong, Jared Klimer, The Debbies	Voice
Time Squad	2001-03	Otto Osworth	Voice
Teamo Supremo	2002-04	Scooter Lad	Voice
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks	2003	Hector MacBadger	Voice
All Grown Up!	2003-07	Sean	Voice
Bratz	2005	Roberta	Voice
Danger Rangers	2005-2006	Carl, Martin	Voices
Squirrel Boy	2006-07	Andy Johnson	Voice
Lucky Louie	2006	Kim
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera	2007		Voice
Boston Legal	2007-08	Attorney Emma Path
Californication	2007-14	Marcy Runkle
WordGirl		Eileen, aka The Birthday Girl	Voice
The Drinky Crow Show	2008-09	Mademoiselle DeBoursay, Claire, additional voices	Voice
Monk	2009	Sarah Longson	Episode: "Mr. Monk On Wheels"
True Jackson, VP	2010	Babs	Episode: "Little Buddies"
Ben 10: Alien Force		Kevin's Mom	Voice Episode: "Vendetta"
Pound Puppies	2010-13	Gwen, various characters	Voice
Phineas and Ferb		Melanie	Voice
Zevo-3	2010-11	Angel	Voice
Louie	2010-11 2014-15	Pamela	Also writer and producer
The Mighty B!	2011	Murdock	Episode: Gorilla's in the Misdt
Love Bites		Colleen Rouscher	Pilot episode
Mongo Wrestling Alliance		Acid Alice Kleberkuh	Voice
Eric Kaplan's Sketch World		Various characters	Voice
The Problem Solverz		Sweetie Creamie, Danny	Voice
Beavis and Butt-Head		Additional voices	Voice
Unsupervised		One-Eyed Donnie	Voice Episode: "Field of Dreams... and Dogs"
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness		Fang	Voice Episode: "Challenge Day"
ThunderCats	2012	Pumyra, additional voices	Voice
Parenthood		Marlyse
Bob's Burgers	2012-16	Olsen Benner, Kristi, Teenage Girl #1	Voice
Out There	2013	Joanie Novak, Henrietta Miller	Voice
Uncle Grandpa		Mary	Voice Episode: "Driver's Test"
Jake and the Never Land Pirates	2013-present	Vidia	Voice
Sofia the First	2014	Rosey	Voice
Rake		Glenn Shepard
TripTank	2014-16	Donnie, Wanda, Tina, additional voices	Voice
Stone Quackers	2015	Binky, Mean Cop, Hawk	Voice
Teen Titans Go!		Rose Wilson	Voice Episodes: "Cool School" and "Operation: Dude Rescue"
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero		Drab Lieutenant	Voice Episode: "It's a Colorful Life"
Playing House		Pam	Episode: "Celebrate Me Scones"
Guardians of the Galaxy		Ma Raccoon, Sis Raccoon	Voice Episode: "We Are Family"
Adventure Time	2015-16	Gunther	Voice
Mr. Pickles	2016	Mary	Voice
Sanjay and Craig		Chido	Voice
Milo Murphy's Law		Brigette Murphy	Voice
Better Things	2016-present	Sam	Also creator
The Loud House	2016-present	Tabby	Voice
The Big Bang Theory	2017	Halley	Voice Season 10, Episodes: 12: "The Holiday Summation" 17: "The Comic-Con Conundrum"

Video games

Title	Year	Role	Notes
Pajama Sam series	1996-2003	Pajama Sam	Voice
Fallout	1997	Nicole	Voice
Grim Fandango	1998	Carla, Pugsy	Voice
Escape from Monkey Island	2000	Dainty Lady Figurehead	Voice
Run Like Hell	2002	Jinx	Voice
LeapFrog series	2002-03	Leap	Voice for the 2002 Phonics Program Series and 2003's Fiesta in the House/Town books
Final Fantasy X-2	2003	Shinra	Voice
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII	2013	Additional voices	Voice

Awards and nominations

Peabody Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2016	Better Things	Area of Excellence

Primetime Emmy Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2002	King of the Hill	Outstanding Voice-Over Performance
2013	Louie	Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
2014		Outstanding Comedy Series
2015
		Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
2017	Better Things	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Writers Guild of America Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2012	Louie	Best Comedy Series
2013
2015
2017	Better Things	Best New Series