Pamela Reed ( Birthday April 2nd), Biography, Pamela Reed Personal Life, Birthday Facts, Actress Career.

Introduction: Pamela Reed is an American television screen actress and has also starred in a couple of Hollywood movies. With her humble demeanor and mind-blowing talent, she is better known as a seasoned actress than a quintessential star.

Personal information:

Pamela Reed was born on 2 April 1949 in Tacoma, Washington.

Pamela Reed now lives in California with her husband of nineteen years-Sandy Smolan and her two adopted children

She graduated with a Degree in Arts from the University of Washington

She originally wanted to become an air-hostess before her passion for acting beckoned her into filmdom.

Movies and Memorable roles:

Being one of the most versatile actresses, Pamela Reed has experimented with all mediums of acting namely- theatre, television and movies.

She debuted in 1978 TV series, “The Andros Targets”

She is remembered as Ruth Powers from the television series of “The Simpson’s”

In 1990, Reed co-starred opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger as a detective named Phoebe O’Hara in “Kindergarten Cop”.

She appeared in many other Hollywood movies like “The Right Stuff”, “Junior, “Bean”, and “Proof of Life”, “Why Do Fools Fall in Love”, “Book of Days” and “Glory Days”.

She played the role of a judge and a single-parent in “The Home Court”, an NBC Sitcom

Another NBC sitcom “Grand” saw her in an unconventional role of Janice.

She played a housewife in a television suspense series- “Woman with a Past”.

Her stint with comedy includes her role in “Bob Roberts”, produced by Tim Robbins in 1992

She has won a lot of accolades for her role as Gail Green in the drama called “Jericho”

Pamela Reed’s other television roles include:

Mary Welsh in “Hemingway”

Norma Heisler in “LA Law”

Denise Lerner in “Family Album” and

Lynn Dinkle in “Pepper Dennis”

Awards:

Pamela Reed has been awarded many prestigious awards and honors for her outstanding work on television and her contribution to theatre.

Drama Desk Award for the off-Broadway play “Getting Out”

Obie award for "sustaining excellence in performance in theater".

Cable Ace Award in the best actress category Best Actress for the HBO series Tanner '88.