Pamela Reed
Born	Pamela Reed April 2, 1949 (1949-04-02) (age 60) Tacoma, Washington, United States

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

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Personal Life 1.2 Career 2 Filmography 3 Quotes 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Personal Life

Reed was born in Tacoma, Washington, the daughter of Vernie Reed.^[1] 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.

[edit] 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 Right Stuff, Kindergarten Cop, Junior, Bean, and Proof of Life. 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 a episode of the 1994-1995 animated series The Critic. She has recently played a main role in Jericho and appeared as Leslie Knope's (Amy Poehler) mother on Parks and Recreation.^[2] She also portrayed a great Belle Starr in the 1980 film The Long Riders. The film was notable for casting four sets of brothers; Keaches, Carradines, Quaids and Guests brothers.

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.^[3][4]

Ms. Reed has also worked for Storyline Online, reading Stellaluna.

[edit] Filmography

Parks and Recreation .... Marlene Knope (1 episode, 2009) The Beast .... Paulson (1 episode, 2009) United States of Tara .... Beverly (1 episode, 2009) Eli Stone .... Mrs. Stone (2 episodes, 2008) Jericho .... Gail Green (23 episodes, 2006-2008) Pepper Dennis .... Lynn Dinkle (4 episodes, 2006) 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 JAG .... Maj. Gen. Willsey (1 episode, 2004) Tanner on Tanner .... T.J. Cavanaugh (4 episodes, 2004) Judging Amy .... Sarah (1 episode, 2003) The Simpsons .... Ruth Powers (3 episodes, 1992-2003) Book of Days (2003) (TV) .... Grady The Kennedys (2001) (TV) .... Pamela Kennedy Proof of Life (2000) .... Janis Goodman Standing on Fishes (1999) .... Janice Carriers (1998) (TV) .... Holly Parker Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998) .... Judge Lambrey Bean (1997) .... Alison Langley Santa Fe (1997) .... Nancy Vigil Critical Choices (1996) (TV) .... Arlene The Man Next Door (1996) (TV) .... Wanda Gilmore 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 Junior (1994) .... Angela The Critic .... Jay's No.1 Fan (1 episode, 1994) Family Album (1993) TV series .... Denise Lerner (unknown episodes) Born Too Soon (1993) (TV) .... Elizabeth Mehren Bob Roberts (1992) .... Carol Cruise Passed Away (1992) .... Terry Scanlan Pinter Woman with a Past (1992) (TV) .... Dee Johnson Grand .... Janice Pasetti (26 episodes, 1990) Kindergarten Cop (1990) .... Detective Phoebe O'Hara Cadillac Man (1990) .... Tina Caroline? (1990) (TV) .... Grace Carmichael Redlands (1990) (V) .... Maude Chattahoochee (1989) .... Earlene L.A. Law .... Norma Heisler (1 episode, 1988) Tanner '88 .... T.J. Cavanaugh (11 episodes, 1988) Hemingway (1988) TV mini-series .... Mary Welsh Rachel River (1987) .... Mary Graving The Best of Times (1986) .... Gigi Hightower The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986) .... Iza Scandal Sheet (1985) (TV) .... Helen Grant The Goodbye People (1984) .... Nancie Scot Heart of Steel (1983) (TV) .... Valerie The Right Stuff (1983) .... Trudy Cooper I Want to Live (1983) (TV) .... Edie Bannister Young Doctors in Love (1982) .... Nurse Norine Sprockett Until She Talks (1981) (TV) .... College Girl Inmates: A Love Story (1981) (TV) .... Sunny Eyewitness (1981) .... Linda Mercer Melvin and Howard (1980) .... Bonnie Dummar The Long Riders (1980) .... Belle Starr All's Well That Ends Well (1978) (TV) .... Helena The Andros Targets (1977) TV series .... Sandi Farrell (unknown episodes) [edit] Quotes "In twenty years of being in Hollywood, this is what I've learned; if I want my hair to look good, I bend over and brush it - then I leave my house." [edit] References ^ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/56/Pamela-Reed.html Pamela Reed Biography (1549) ^ "Canvassing" ^ Heffernan, Virginia (January 1, 2005). "Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure: If You've Got It, Flaunt It: ABC Trumpets an 80's Hit". The New York Times. NYTimes.com. http://tv.nytimes.com/2005/01/01/arts/television/01heff.html. Retrieved February 26, 2009.  ^ "Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure: Credits". Der-denver-clan.de. http://www.der-denver-clan.de/de/dynasty_behind.207.html. Retrieved February 27, 2009.  [edit] External links Pamela Reed Bio at CBS - Jericho Pamela Reed at the Internet Movie Database This article about a United States film and TV actor or actress born in the 1940s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e