Reed's father died before she was born, leaving her mother with five children and pregnant.
[1] After her mother remarried, the family moved to Phoenix, where Reed grew up.
[1] After she left Arizona State, Reed danced at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, and in 1975 she was one of 12 dancers who, along with a singer, entertained in the Middle East and Europe.
After they returned to the United States, she joined the national touring company of A Chorus Line.
[3] Reed's additional television credits include roles in Promised Land, Beverly Hills, 90210, Touched by an Angel, Cheers, Magnum, P.I., The Colbys, Simon & Simon, Hotel, I Had Three Wives, Knight Rider, T.J. Hooker, Fantasy Island, Texas, and Newhart.