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 gluttonous partner in the 1990 movie Kindergarten Cop. Reed currently plays Gail Green on the CBS drama Jericho, which had its debut in September 2006.
Won a Cable Ace Award as Best Actress for the HBO series _"Tanner '88" (1988)_.
Received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Washington.
Earned a Drama Desk Award for the off-Broadway play "Getting Out" and an Obie award for 'sustained excellence in performance in theater.'
Helped raise money for a local fire station.
She and her husband adopted both of their children, Reed and Lily.
Had hip surgery in 1999.
Her engagement ring got stolen on the set of a movie, so she had to replace it.
Had a fire in her basement in 2001.
