
Pamela Dunlap
Known for Acting · 100 credits
- Born
- 1943-02-20 (age 83)
- Place of birth
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Also known as
- Pamela Dunlapp · Pam Dunlap
Biography
Pamela Dunlap is known for many movie roles starting on Ironside (1967), more recently I Am Sam (2001), The Holiday (2006), Changeling (2008), and most recently Wetlands (2017). She is known for many guest appearances on television series, Happy Days (1974), Law & Order (1990), Boston Legal (2004), and five appearances on Mad Men (2007), Castle (2009), Girls (2012), and Maron (2013). She is bi-coastal, living in New York City and Los Angeles, California USA. While in New York she has been seen on Broadway in "Musical Comedy Murders of 1940," "Redwood Curtain," and "Yerma," and in several Off-Broadway roles. In Southern California, she has performed at the Los Angeles Ahmanson Theater, Costa Mesa South Coast Repertory, LA Theatre Works, and the Los Angeles Fountain Theater. At The Fountain she played Rochelle - a middle-aged, out-of-shape Jewish woman who's undergoing a crisis of faith - Dunlap was persuaded to join a flamenco class for other middle-aged, women. The production united two of the Fountain's specialties - plays and the subject of flamenco.
Known For
TV Shows (67)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Mrs. Elliot

Law & Order
1990
as Judge Alice Crawford

NCIS
2003
as Mom

Bones
2005
as Mrs. Jenkins

The Blacklist
2013
as Ms. Moore

Castle
2009
as Secretary

Blue Bloods
2010
as Djuge Dolan

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Prudence Sands

How I Met Your Mother
2005
as Miss Cruickshank

Charmed
1998
as Janice

Frasier
1993
as Shirley

Elementary
2012
as Esther Kelton

Mannix
1967

The Resident
2018
as Lilian Courtland

Mad Men
2007
as Pauline Francis

Third Watch
1999
as Head Nurse / Vivian Hill

Ironside
1967

Boston Legal
2004
as Yellowstone / Adams

Judging Amy
1999
as Mrs. Chancer

Strong Medicine
2000
as Nurse Grinaldi

Mad About You
1992
as Louise

New Amsterdam
2018
as Erma Mirojnik

St. Elsewhere
1982
as Marlene

The Guardian
2001
as Agent Calfas

Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed
2026
as Trevor's Neighbor

Hannah Montana
2006
as Mrs. Elderman

Happy Days
1974

The F.B.I.
1965
as Julie

Cagney & Lacey
1982

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Detective

Brothers and Sisters
2006
as Patricia Bower

Trapper John, M.D.
1979
as Woman / Kathleen Hughes

Three's Company
1977

Major Crimes
2012
as Lorraine North

Gunsmoke
1955
as Susan Hurley / Ada Coleman

Girls
2012
as Barb

Wiseguy
1987

The High Chaparral
1967
as Trece Burnett

Matt Houston
1982

Austin & Ally
2011
as Ms. Krum

Felony Squad
1966

Commander in Chief
2005
as Gilda Rockwell

Judd, for the Defense
1967

Major Dad
1989
as Nurse Collins

Family
1976
as Gloria

Dr. Death
2021
as Mee-Maw

The Watcher
2022
as Carol Flanagan

The Enemy Within
2019
as Jeanie

CBS Summer Playhouse
1987

Maron
2013
as Carol

The Golden Palace
1992
as Dr. Ursula

Here Come the Brides
1968
as Abigail

Bette
2000

The Hard Times of RJ Berger
2010
as Sex Ed Teacher

Equal Justice
1990
as Finny's Social Worker

The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins
2026
as Sandra

Doll & Em
2014
as Dianne

Nasty Boys
1990
as Midwife

Hot Pursuit
1984

Cousin Skeeter
1998
as Mrs. Pasternak
Movies (33)

The Holiday
2006
as Woman on Plane

I Am Sam
2001
as Grace

Changeling
2008
as Mrs. Fox

Suburbicon
2017
as Mrs. Krup

The Kitchen
2019
as Mary - Kathy's Mother

The Goldfinch
2019
as Mrs. Vogel

Nick of Time
1995
as Centerpiece Poacher

Clockstoppers
2002
as Vice Principal

Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!
2011
as Sue

Stolen
2009
as Shelly the Waitress

Sin
2003
as ER Nurse

Clean and Sober
1988
as Jane

Bloody Mama
1970
as Rembrandt

Retribution
1987
as Sally Benson

Funny Pages
2022
as Judge

Wetlands
2017
as Mrs. Harrington

Mind the Gap
2004
as Elsa

Cannon
1971
as Laverne Holley

The O.J. Simpson Story
1995
as Therapist

Stuck
2018
as Grandma Jenkins

The Patricia Neal Story
1981
as Speech Therapist

Amos
1985
as Leah

Mothers of the Bride
2015
as Elaine Stansbury

Pleasures
1986
as Elaine

The Seduction of Gina
1984
as Annette

3 Geezers!
2013
as Mary

16 to Life
2009
as Kate's Grandma

Fourth Grade
2021
as Vera

For the Future: The Irvine Fertility Scandal
1996
as Supervisor Maryann

The List
2016
as Ruby

Victims
1982
as Nina Blygelder

The Wedding Party
2016
as Aunt Sylvia

Le temps des copains
1963
About Pamela Dunlap
Pamela Dunlap is known for many movie roles starting on Ironside (1967), more recently I Am Sam (2001), The Holiday (2006), Changeling (2008), and most recently Wetlands (2017). She is known for many guest appearances on television series, Happy Days (1974), Law & Order (1990), Boston Legal (2004), and five appearances on Mad Men (2007), Castle (2009), Girls (2012), and Maron (2013). She is bi-coastal, living in New York City and Los Angeles, California USA. While in New York she has been seen on Broadway in "Musical Comedy Murders of 1940," "… With 100 credits spanning from 1955 to 2026, Pamela Dunlap has appeared in 33 films and 67 TV shows.
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- The Holiday (2006) — as Woman on Plane
- I Am Sam (2001) — as Grace
- Changeling (2008) — as Mrs. Fox
- Suburbicon (2017) — as Mrs. Krup
- The Kitchen (2019) — as Mary - Kathy's Mother
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