Alyson Reed

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Alyson Reed
Born	(1958-01-11) January 11, 1958 Anaheim, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actress, dancer, singer
Years active	1978–present
Website	http://theofficialalysonreed.com

Alyson Reed (born January 11, 1958) is an American dancer and actress.

Life and career

Alyson Reed was born in Fullerton and grew up in Anaheim, California. She began ballet at age 4, started performing in musicals at age 7, and was working professionally by age 12. Reed performed as Alice in Wonderland at the Disneyland theme park and was also a performer at Knott's Berry Farm. Reed attended Anaheim High School, where she graduated in 1976. An active student, Alyson Reed was a varsity songleader and played the role of Nancy in the school's stage production of Oliver! during her junior year. As a senior, Reed was the first female in school history to serve as Associated Student Body President, and played the title role in the school's stage production of Sweet Charity. In February 1978, she was in the short lived musical Barbary Coast.

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. 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 sequel High School Musical 2. She reprised her role as Ms. Darbus in High School Musical 3: Senior Year.

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
1985	A Chorus Line	Cassie	Film
1989	Skin Deep	Alex	Film
1993	Lost in the Wild	Tommy	Television film
1995	Frasier	Cindy Carruthers	in episode "Someone to Watch Over Me"
	Manhattan Merengue!	Susan Kelly	Film
1994–2000	Party of Five	Mrs. Reeves	Recurring role, 9 episodes
1996	The Secret She Carried	Donna Snow	Television film
1996	Murphy Brown	Waitress	Episode "The Bus Stops Here"
	Sisters	Virginia Sprague	Episode "Dreamcatcher"
	Norma Jean & Marilyn	Natalie Kelly	Television film
2001	Taking Back Our Town	Roseanne	Television film
2001–2003	The Agency	Lesley Turnbull	Recurring role, 5 episodes
2002	Providence	Lenore Decker	Recurring role, 4 episodes
2004	George Lopez	Mrs. Reynolds	Episode "Why You Crying?"
2005	Numb3rs	Eva Salton	Episode: "Structural Corruption"
2006	High School Musical	Jane Darbus	Disney Channel Original Movie
2007	High School Musical 2	Jane Darbus	Disney Channel Original Movie
2008	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	Jane Darbus	Film
2012	Desperate Housewives	Judge Conti	Episode: "Give Me the Blame"
2012	Mad Men	Greg Harris' mother	Episode: "Mystery Date"
2013	Bones	Susan Lauderbach	Episode: "The Mystery in the Meat"
2014	Grey's Anatomy	Anne	Episode: "Throwing It All Away"
2014–2015	Modern Family	Angela	Episodes: "Spring-A-Ding-Fling", "Spring Break"
2017	Chance	Lindsay	Recurring role (season 2)
2020	Love Is Love Is Love	Jackie

External links

• The Official Alyson Reed
• Alyson Reed at the Internet Broadway Database
• Alyson Reed at IMDb