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name: "Pamela Reed"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 April 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:16:00.445600+00:00"
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# Pamela Reed

Actor. Born 2 April 1949 in Tacoma, Washington, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 April 1949, Tacoma, Washington, USA

## Biography

Pamela Reed is an American actress. She was born on 2 April 1949 in Tacoma, Washington, and received a B.F.A. from the University of Washington.

Reed began her career on stage, earning a Drama Desk Award for her performance in the off-Broadway play *Getting Out* (1979) and an Obie Award for sustained excellence in performance (1983–84). Her early screen roles included *The Long Riders* (1980) and *The Right Stuff* (1983), in which she played Trudy Cooper. She is also known for film appearances in *Kindergarten Cop* (1990), *Junior* (1994) and *Bean* (1997), and for television work in *Tanner '88* (for which she received a CableACE Award), *Jericho*, *Parks and Recreation* and *NCIS: Los Angeles*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Right Stuff* (1983), Fi1m 86, as Trudy Cooper — [page](https://film.one/film/the-right-stuff.md)

## Also known for

- *Criminal Minds* (2005), Mary Bidwell
- *Kindergarten Cop* (1990), Phoebe
- *Bean* (1997), Alison Langley
- *Parks and Recreation* (2009), Marlene Knope
- *Junior* (1994), Angela
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), Donna Hoppe
- *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009), Roberta Deeks
- *Proof of Life* (2000), Janis Goodman

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