Pamela Adlon (born July 9, 1966 in New York City, New York, and often credited as "Pamela Segall"note , "Pamela Segall-Adlon", or "Pamela S. Adlon") is an American actress who works in both live-action and voice-over.
She started her career in onscreen roles, appearing in the far superior sequel to Grease, Grease 2, and on The Facts of Life. However, when things got rough as she got older, she decided to get into voice acting. Adlon generally voices prepubescent and pubescent boys (some of whom are notorious for being very loud, very weird, and/or very energetic if they're prepubescent. The pubescent boys she plays are either bullies, not very intelligent, or socially awkward), such as Bobby Hill on King of the Hill, the title character in the Pajama Sam games, Milo Oblong on The Oblongs, and Otto Osworth on Time Squad (for which she was nominated for an Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Television Production for the first episode, "Eli Whitney's Flesh-Eating Mistake"), though she has voiced girls, such as Ashley Spinelli on Recess, Moose (real name Margaret Rose) Pearson on Pepper Annnote , and the Debbies (a gaggle of look-alike snobby blondes who live on the rich side of Hill Valley) on The Oblongs.
Despite being known as a voice actress, Adlon also still works on camera, having appeared on Californication and Louie (where she was also a producer), and starring on Better Things, which earned her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. She has three daughters (Gideon Adlon, Odessa A'zion, and Rocky Valentine) with her ex-husband Felix Adlon, and Better Things' plot was based on her life with them. Like Pamela, all three of them are actresses.
Notable Roles played by Pamela Adlon:
- 101 Dalmatians: The Series: Lucky
- American Dragon: Jake Long: Monica
- The Animatrix: Jue and Manabu
- Best Fiends: Hank
- Better Things: Sam Fox
- The Big Bang Theory: Halley Wolowitz
- Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot: Rusty
- Bobby's World: Derek Generic
- Bumblebee: Sally Watson
- Californication: Marcy Runkle
- Devil May Care: Regina
- Disney Fairies: Vidia
- The Facts of Life: Kelly Affinado
- The Ghost and Molly McGee: Leah Stein-Torres
- Grease 2: Dolores Rebchuck
- History of the World Part II: Fanny Mudman
- King of the Hill: Bobby Hill, Clark Peters, others
- The King of Staten Island: Gina
- The Loud House: Tabby
- Louie: Pamela
- Lucky Louie: Kim
- Milo Murphy's Law: Bridgette Murphy
- Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2023): Rabbi Ryda
- The Oblongs: Milo Oblong
- Out There: Joanie
- Pajama Sam: Pajama Sam
- Pepper Ann: Margaret "Moose" Pearson
- Phantom 2040: Sparks
- Phineas and Ferb: Melanie, Buford's mother
- Pound Puppies (2010): Gwen, Taboo, various other minor roles
- Quack Pack: Dewey
- Recess: Ashley Spinelli
- Sgt Bilko: Sgt. Raquel Barbella
- Sofia the First: Rosie
- Squirrel Boy: Andy Johnson
- Star vs. the Forces of Evil: Azniss, Pamanda, Shonda, Shinda, Teta
- Teacher's Pet: Trevor, Taylor, Tyler
- Teen Titans Go!: Rose Wilson/Ravager
- ThunderCats (2011): Pumyra
- This Is Us: Dr. Leigh
- Time Squad: Otto Osworth
- Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust: Leila
- WordGirl: Eileen the Birthday Girl
- Young Sheldon: Debbie Wolowitznote
Tropes
- Cross-Dressing Voices: Adlon, like Tara Strong, E.G. Daily, Debi Derryberry, and even Tress MacNeille, is known for voicing prepubscent and pubescent boys. Some of her most well-known boy roles include: Bobby Hill, Rusty, Derek Generic (she was the replacement voice for an actual teen actor who had to quit because of puberty affecting his voice), Milo Oblong, Hank, Dewey, Otto Osworth, and Scooter Lad.
