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 as Marlene Griggs-Knope on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation.

Biography[link]

Personal life[link]

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.

Career[link]

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 has recently played a main role in Jericho and appeared as Leslie Knope's (Amy Poehler) mother on Parks and Recreation.^[2]

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]

Reed has also worked for Storyline Online, reading Stellaluna.

Filmography[link]

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) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation .... (10 Episodes, 2011) Quotes[link] "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." References[link] ^ 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.  External links[link] Biography portal Pamela Reed Bio at CBS - Jericho Pamela Reed at the Internet Movie Database v t e Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (1975–2000) Frances Sternhagen (1975) Rachel Roberts (1976) Rosemary De Angelis (1977) Eileen Atkins (1978) Pamela Reed (1979) Lois de Banzie (1980) Swoosie Kurtz (1981) Amanda Plummer (1982) Judith Ivey (1983) Christine Baranski (1984) Judith Ivey (1985) Joanna Gleason (1986) Mary Alice (1987) Christine Estabrook (1988) Tovah Feldshuh (1989) Frances Conroy (1990) Irene Worth (1991) Christine Baranski (1992) Madeline Kahn (1993) Jane Adams (1994) Tara Fitzgerald (1995) Elaine Stritch (1996) Dana Ivey (1997) Allison Janney (1998) Anna Friel (1999) Marylouise Burke (2000) Complete list (1975–2000) (2001–2025) Persondata Name Reed, Pamela Alternative names Short description Date of birth April 2, 1949 Place of birth Tacoma, Washington, United States Date of death Place of death

Matt Malloy is an American character actor. He has had numerous roles in both film and TV often portraying the beleaguered everyman. Malloy's only starring role to date was alongside Aaron Eckhart in the critically acclaimed black comedy, In the Company of Men. He also notably guest-starred on 6 episodes of Six Feet Under in 2004 and 2005, and co-starred in the film The Stepford Wives with Nicole Kidman. He is also known for his one-shot role as Dr. Griffiths on Charmed, in an episode where one of the protagonists was killed.

Malloy has contributed voice work for several episodes of the long-running WBEZ radio program, This American Life.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Matt Malloy at the Internet Movie Database
• Matt Malloy at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)

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Ilana Levine (born December 5, 1968) is an American actress. She played the role of Lucy van Pelt in the 1999 revival of the Broadway play You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown. She is married to actor Dominic Fumusa. They have two children, Georgia and Caleb. She has also appeared on television in episodes of shows including Seinfeld, NYPD Blue, Lois & Clark, and Law & Order, and in films including Kissing Jessica Stein, Ira and Abby, Storytelling, and Failure to Launch.

External links[link]

• Ilana Levine at the Internet Movie Database
• Ilana Levine at the Internet Broadway Database

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Tanner '88 is a political mockumentary miniseries written by Garry Trudeau and directed by Robert Altman. First broadcast by HBO during the months leading up to the 1988 U.S. presidential election, it purports to tell the behind-the-scenes story of the campaign of a former Michigan U.S. representative Jack Tanner during his bid to secure the Democratic party's nomination for the national race for President of the United States.

The story is told from a number of different points of view, including Tanner, his campaign staff, the small army of news reporters that constantly follow the candidate, and volunteers. Many political figures of the time appear (some in cameos, some extended), including Bruce Babbitt, Bob Dole, Kitty Dukakis, Gary Hart, Jesse Jackson, and Pat Robertson. Trudeau and Altman revisited the story 16 years later in Tanner on Tanner.

Plot summary[link]

Representative Jack Tanner of Michigan (Michael Murphy) is an obscure liberal Democratic politician who struggles to find a voice in the early 1988 Democratic primaries. His campaign manager, T.J. Cavanaugh (Pamela Reed), uses an unscripted, impassioned hotel-room speech caught on camera as part of an advertising campaign focusing on Tanner's authenticity and integrity. Using the slogan "For Real", Tanner emerges from a wide field of contenders to battle for the nomination against two high-profile and better-funded candidates: Jesse Jackson and eventual nominee Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis.

With Tanner are his college-aged daughter Alexandra (Cynthia Nixon), whose illness was why he earlier left politics and who has left college for the duration of the campaign, and his girlfriend Joanna Buckley (Wendy Crewson), Dukakis' deputy campaign manager. Others who appear on camera are Emile Berkoff (Jim Fyfe), a compulsive statistician with a crush on Alexandra; Deke Conners (Matt Malloy), an EEast Village filmmaker hired to produce Tanner campaign ads; and Andrea Spinelli (Ilana Levine), T.J.'s innocent and ditzy but well-meaning assistant. The candidate's father, General John Tanner (E.G. Marshall), who has a contentious relationship with his son, also occasionally appears.

Although Tanner does not win the nomination, he does run a serious and credible race. The series ends on a cliffhanger after Dukakis officially becomes the Democratic candidate and Tanner considers a third party run.

Cabinet[link]

Several members of Tanner's prospective cabinet are mentioned, with several making statements to the press accepting the appointment should he become president. Those mentioned include:^[1]

• Lee H. Hamilton, Secretary of State
• Lee Iacocca, Secretary of Defense
• Ralph Nader, Attorney General
• Robert Redford, Secretary of the Interior
• Jim Hightower, Secretary of Agriculture
• Studs Terkel, Secretary of Labor
• Gloria Steinem, Secretary of Health and Human Services
• Joan Claybrook, Secretary of Transportation
• Nicholas von Hoffman, Chairman of the Federal Reserve
• Barbara Jordan, Ambassador to the United Nations
• Art Buchwald, Ambassador to France

Episodes[link]

The miniseries was produced and first broadcast on Home Box Office, scheduled irregularly over the real-life seven-month campaigning period from February through August 1988.

In 2004, the Sundance Channel rebroadcast the series, adding new one- to two-minute preludes created by Trudeau and Altman to each episode "in which the actors reflect, in character, on the '88 campaign from the perspective of the present day"^[3] That October Sundance produced a four episode sequel, Tanner on Tanner.