Alyson Reed
Occupations
  • Actress
  • dancer
  • singer
Years active1978–present
Websitetheofficialalysonreed.com

Alyson Reed is an American dancer and actress.

Life and career

Reed made her Broadway debut in Dancin' in 1978. Additional Broadway credits include "Oh Brother", Dance a Little Closer, Cabaret, A Grand Night for Singing, and Marilyn: An American Fable. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Cabaret and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical for Marilyn.[1] In 1992, she starred opposite Michael O'Keefe in the national touring company of A Few Good Men in the role of Lt. Cmdr. Galloway, and also toured as Cassie/Val in A Chorus Line, and Catherine in Pippin. She has numerous regional credits and can be heard on various cast albums.

Reed's most notable screen role was Cassie in Richard Attenborough's film adaptation of A Chorus Line, and she also appeared in the comedy Skin Deep with John Ritter. Her many television credits range from: Modern Family, Mad Men, Grey's Anatomy and Bones back to Matlock, L.A. Law, Murder, She Wrote, Frasier, Law & Order, Without a Trace, ER, Judging Amy, Chicago Hope, The X-Files to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Nip/Tuck, Crossing Jordan, Numb3rs, Boston Legal, NYPD Blue and Desperate Housewives.

She became known to younger viewers for the role of Ms. Darbus in the popular Disney Channel movie High School Musical and its sequels High School Musical 2 and High School Musical 3: Senior Year.[2]

Reed lent her voice to the video game Diablo III, providing the spine-tingling voice of the witch Adria.

Select filmography

Television and film roles
Year Title Role Notes
1985A Chorus LineCassieFilm
1989Skin DeepAlexFilm
1990MatlockChrissie DubinEpisode: "The Cookie Monster"
WIOUDet. BeeklerEpisodes: "Do the Wrong Thing", "Mother Nature's Son"
1991L.A. LawJoan DawsonEpisode: "Rest in Pieces"
DEAGinny TaylorEpisodes: "White Lies", "Zero Sum Game"
The Family ManDoctorEpisode: "Scenes from a Marriage"
Jake and the FatmanBeth FitzroyEpisode: "I'll Never Be the Same"
1993The Disappearance of NoraPhyllisTelevision film
Lost in the WildTommyTelevision film
1994GhostwriterHoney HawkeRecurring role, 4 episodes
1995Law & OrderM.E. Heather CoyleEpisode: "Seed"
FrasierCindy CarruthersEpisode: "Someone to Watch Over Me"
Murder, She WroteWendy MaitlinEpisode: "Game, Set, Murder"
Manhattan Merengue!Susan KellyFilm
1995–1999Party of FiveMrs. ReevesRecurring role, 9 episodes
1996The Secret She CarriedDonna SnowTelevision film
Murphy BrownWaitressEpisode: "The Bus Stops Here"
SistersVirginia SpragueEpisode: "Dreamcatcher"
Norma Jean & MarilynNatalie KellyTelevision film
2001Taking Back Our TownRoseanneTelevision film
2001–2003The AgencyLesley TurnbullRecurring role, 5 episodes
2002ProvidenceLenore DeckerRecurring role, 4 episodes
2004George LopezMrs. ReynoldsEpisode: "Why You Crying?"
2005NumbersEva SaltonEpisode: "Structural Corruption"
2006High School MusicalMs. DarbusDisney Channel Original Movie
2007High School Musical 2Ms. DarbusDisney Channel Original Movie
2008High School Musical 3: Senior YearMs. DarbusFilm
2012Desperate HousewivesJudge ContiEpisode: "Give Me the Blame"
2012Mad MenGreg Harris' motherEpisode: "Mystery Date"
2013BonesSusan LauderbachEpisode: "The Mystery in the Meat"
2014Grey's AnatomyAnneEpisode: "Throwing It All Away"
2014–2015Modern FamilyAngelaEpisodes: "Spring-A-Ding-Fling", "Spring Break"
2017 Chance Lindsay Recurring role (season 2)
2019 Ad Astra Janice Collins Film
2020 Love Is Love Is Love Jackie Segment: "Late Lunch"
2023 High School Musical: The Musical: The Series Alyson Reed/Ms. Darbus Recurring role (season 4)

References

  1. ↑ "Alyson Reed - Biography". BuddyTV. Retrieved 2012-12-25.
  2. ↑ Larsen, Peter (October 22, 2008). "Actress from O.C. gets her due in 'High School Musical'". Orange County Register.
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