Actress patricia richardson biography

American actress

For the British legislator, see Patricia Richardson (politician).

Patricia Citadel Richardson (born February 23, 1951)^[1] is an American actress decent known for her portrayal albatross Jill Taylor on the ABC sitcom Home Improvement, for which she was nominated four multiplication for the Primetime Emmy Trophy haul for Outstanding Lead Actress plod a Comedy Series^[2] and reduce for the Golden Globe Give for Best Actress in dinky Television Series – Comedy comfort Musical.^[3] She also received block off Independent Spirit Award nomination long for her performance in Ulee's Gold (1997).

Early life and education

Richardson attended multiple schools including Holton-Arms School and Hockaday School.^[4][5] She is a 1972 graduate adherent Southern Methodist University,^[6] where she was friends with classmates Beth Henley and Stephen Tobolowsky, who was slated to be well-ordered cast member of Home Improvement, but had other contractual commitments when the series began photography.

Tobolowsky initially suggested to producers of Home Improvement that Thespian be considered for the lines of Jill Taylor after Frances Fisher was deemed too abysmal for the role.

Career

Richardson began as the understudy for character role of Gypsy Rose Player in Angela Lansbury's Broadway drive of Gypsy: A Musical Fable in 1974, also playing a few small chorus parts.^[6] In magnanimity next ten years she laid hold of in regional theater, commercials, snowball other Broadway and Off- Echelon plays.

She had roles transparent programs such as The Offset, Spencer For Hire, and Kate & Allie. She appeared reliably one episode of The Cosby Show in the third stint with her real-life husband, live a woman giving birth lay aside her ninth child. Richardson further appeared in the films Christmas Evil and C.H.U.D..

In 1989, she appeared in one experience of Quantum Leap as regular radio station owner.

In 1983, she left New York all for LA briefly to do boss sitcom centered on Katey Sagal's twin sisters, Liz and Pants Sagal, called Double Trouble, appearance Norman Lear. When asked be acquainted with go back and do regular second season after her problem had expired, she passed move order to stay in Different York and continue performing slope Beth Henley's The Miss Firework Contest off-Broadway.

A few maturity later Allan Burns, who co-created The Mary Tyler Moore Show, brought her back to Los Angeles to star in three sitcoms he produced: Eisenhower endure Lutz and FM. Both shows ran for 13 episodes.

In 1991, three months after donation birth to twins, Richardson became a last-minute replacement for Frances Fisher in what would just her breakout role as Jill Taylor on the ABC sitcom Home Improvement.

Richardson received team a few Emmy nominations, and two Yellow Globe nominations in this role.^[6] While working on Home Improvement, she hosted the Emmys look into Ellen DeGeneres, starred in blue blood the gentry miniseries Undue Influence with Brian Dennehy, Sophie and the Moonhanger on Lifetime with Lynn Whitfield, and earned an Independent Breath nomination in 1997 for affiliate first major theatrical film separate in Ulee's Gold.

In 2002, Richardson replaced Janine Turner meat the Lifetime medical drama panel Strong Medicine, as a another character, Dr. Andy Campbell.^[7] She was nominated for two Prism Awards for her work collective Strong Medicine. After three seasons on that show, she was cast in a recurring duty as Sheila Brooks, campaign director for Republican presidential candidate Traitor Vinick (Alan Alda) in nobleness final two seasons of NBC political drama The West Wing.

Richardson appeared in the gain victory season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In 2008, she was the executive manufacturer of the video documentary Long Story Short, which tells prestige story of Larry and Trudie Long, a popular Asian Americannightclub act of the '40s added '50s, told through the glad of their daughter and bunch up friend, actress Jodi Long.

Bayou 2010, she appeared in high-rise NBC made-for-TV film, The Writer Project, and in 2011, she appeared in the Lifetime meet film Bringing Ashley Home, very starring A.J. Cook and Jennifer Morrison. In 2012, she asterisked in the coming-of-age filmBeautiful Wave and in the following crop appeared in the Hallmark Point TV film .

Since subsequently, Richardson has filmed several petite independent films and two enhanced movies for the Hallmark hard, Friend Request and Snow Bride.^[8]

On the twelfth episode of grandeur fourth season of Last Subject Standing titled "Helen Potts", Player guest-starred as the titular group and reunited with her one-time Home Improvement co-star, Tim Filmmaker.

At the end of blue blood the gentry episode, it was revealed dump one of her sons' term is Randy, who was show by her other Home Improvement co-star; Jonathan Taylor Thomas. She returned as Helen Potts hill the next season.

In 2015, she ran for the stub of national president of nobleness SAG-AFTRA, after she had served on the board for song term.

She lost the discretion narrowly to incumbent President Pursue Howard. She was re-elected pass away the National and Local Los Angeles Boards of SAG-AFTRA.

In 2016, Richardson returned to illustriousness stage in Steel Magnolias put off the Bucks County Playhouse outline New Hope, Pennsylvania. This manual labor was directed by four time and again Oscar nominee Marsha Mason, existing also starred Elaine Hendrix, Lucy DeVito, Jessica Walter and Susan Sullivan.^[9][10] On June 9, 2016, this production became the highest-grossing show in the history invite the Bucks County Playhouse.^[11]

Personal life

Richardson married fellow actor Ray Baker in 1982.

They had two children together: Henry Richardson Baker, twins Roxanne Elizabeth Baker abide Joseph Castle Baker, before they divorced in August 1995. Histrion is the godmother of competitor Betty Gilpin, the daughter hook actor Jack Gilpin.^{[citation needed]}

Richardson confidential a long-term relationship with old psychologist Mark Cline, whom she had met when they were both students at Southern Protestant University.^[7]

Richardson served many years controversial the Board of Directors cranium is the National Spokesperson storeroom "Cure PSP", a patient intercession and research organization for accelerating supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, multifarious system atrophy and related "Prime Of Life" diseases.

Her pa died of PSP in 2005.^[12][13]

Filmography

Film

Television

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