Shannon Cochran plays Helene Beesly, Pam Beesly's mother, in Season 2, Episode 2, Sexual Harassment. She visits Pam at The Office prior to going out to dinner with her daughter and Roy. Before leaving, Pam's mother asks her daughter which one in the office was Jim, indicating that Pam has discussed Jim with her mother. Pam calls her mother her "BFF". Shannon Cochran is replaced as Ms. Beesly by Linda Purl in Season 6.