Pamela Reed

Pamela Reed Biography

Pamela Reed (born April 2, 1949) is an American actress. She is known for playing Ruth Powers in various episodes of TV's The Simpsons, as Arnold Schwarzenegger's hypoglycemic partner in the 1990 movie Kindergarten Cop and as the matriarch Gail Green in Jericho. She currently appears in a recurring role as Marlene Griggs-Knope on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation.

Personal life

Reed was born in Tacoma, Washington, the daughter of Vernie Reed. She received her B.F.A. at the University of Washington. Reed has been married to Sandy Smolan since 1988. Since 2004, she has resided in Hancock Park, California, with her husband and two children, Reed and Lily, both adopted.

Career

Reed earned a Drama Desk Award for the off-Broadway play Getting Out and an Obie award for "sustaining excellence in performance in theater". She had minor film and television work in the 1980s. She won a Cable Ace Award for Best Actress for the HBO series Tanner '88 (1988). Her notable film roles include The Long Riders (1980), The Right Stuff (1983), Kindergarten Cop (1990), Junior (1994), 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 had also guest-voiced in an episode of the 1994-1995 animated series The Critic. She played a main role in Jericho and appeared as Leslie Knope's (Amy Poehler) mother on Parks and Recreation.

In 2005 Reed portrayed Executive Producer Esther Shapiro in Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure, a fictionalized television movie based on the creation and behind the scenes production of the 1980s prime time soap opera Dynasty.

Reed has also worked for Storyline Online, reading Stellaluna.

Filmography

Spencer's Pilots (1976) TV series guest star, 1 episode
The Andros Targets (1977) TV series .... Sandi Farrell (unknown episodes)
All's Well That Ends Well (1978) (TV) .... Helena
Melvin and Howard (1980) .... Bonnie Dummar
The Long Riders (1980) .... Belle Starr
Until She Talks (1981) (TV) .... College Girl
Inmates: A Love Story (1981) (TV) .... Sunny
Eyewitness (1981) .... Linda Mercer
Young Doctors in Love (1982) .... Nurse Norine Sprockett
Heart of Steel (1983) (TV) .... Valerie
The Right Stuff (1983) .... Trudy Cooper
I Want to Live (1983) (TV) .... Edie Bannister
The Goodbye People (1984) .... Nancie Scot
Scandal Sheet (1985) (TV) .... Helen Grant
The Best of Times (1986) .... Gigi Hightower
The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986) .... Iza
Rachel River (1987) .... Mary Graving
L.A. Law .... Norma Heisler (1 episode, 1988)
Tanner '88 .... T.J. Cavanaugh (11 episodes, 1988)
Hemingway (1988) TV mini-series .... Mary Welsh
Chattahoochee (1989) .... Earlene
Kindergarten Cop (1990) .... Detective Phoebe O'Hara
Cadillac Man (1990) .... Tina
Caroline? (1990) (TV) .... Grace Carmichael
Redlands (1990) (V) .... Maude
Grand .... Janice Pasetti (26 episodes, 1990)
Bob Roberts (1992) .... Carol Cruise
Passed Away (1992) .... Terry Scanlan Pinter
Woman with a Past (1992) (TV) .... Dee Johnson
The Simpsons .... Ruth Powers (3 episodes, 1992"2003)

Family Album (1993) TV series .... Denise Lerner (unknown episodes)
Born Too Soon (1993) (TV) .... Elizabeth Mehren
Junior (1994) .... Angela
The Critic .... Jay's No.1 Fan (1 episode, 1994)
The Home Court (1995) TV series .... Judge Sydney J. Solomon (unknown episodes)
Deadly Whispers (1995) (TV) .... Carol Acton
Buford's Got a Gun (1995) (TV) .... Laurie
Critical Choices (1996) (TV) .... Arlene
The Man Next Door (1996) (TV) .... Wanda Gilmore
Bean (1997) .... Alison Langley
Santa Fe (1997) .... Nancy Vigil
Carriers (1998) (TV) .... Holly Parker
Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998) .... Judge Lambrey
Standing on Fishes (1999) .... Janice
Proof of Life (2000) .... Janis Goodman
The Kennedys (2001) (TV) .... Pamela Kennedy
Judging Amy .... Sarah (1 episode, 2003)
Book of Days (2003) (TV) .... Grady
JAG .... Major General Willsey (1 episode, 2004)
Tanner on Tanner .... T.J. Cavanaugh (4 episodes, 2004)
Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't (2005) (TV) .... Fran Henkel
Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure (2005) (TV) .... Esther Shapiro
Life of the Party (2005) .... Evelyn
Pepper Dennis .... Lynn Dinkle (4 episodes, 2006)
Jericho .... Gail Green (23 episodes, 2006"2008)
Eli Stone .... Mrs. Stone (2 episodes, 2008)
Parks and Recreation .... Marlene Griggs-Knope (recurring, 2009")
The Beast .... Paulson (1 episode, 2009)
United States of Tara .... Beverly (1 episode, 2009)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation .... (1 Episode, 2011)

Greys Anatomy 2010 Valentines Massacre Mrs.Banks

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