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.

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2003Realizing The Right Stuff — Self