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Patricia Richardson(I)

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  • Producer
  • Director
IMDbProStarmeterTop 5,00060
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Twenty-five years later after "Chantilly Lace". Travels back and forth between films, With unpredictable humor and searing honesty they confront old resentments, celebrate new milestones, and rediscover the unbreakable bond among friends who knew one another when and are there for one another now.
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Whiskey-voiced Patricia Richardson is best known as Jill Taylor on Home Improvement (1991). For her work, she was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and four Emmy Awards. She also starred in two other comedies: Eisenhower & Lutz (1988) with Scott Bakula, and FM (1989) with Robert Hays. After pregnancy with twins and Home Improvement she took off a few years to be with her children. Offered a shorter contract that worked around her parenting, she joined Lifetime's Strong Medicine as Dr. Andy Campbell, introduced after Janine Turner's departure from the show. (2002-2004) She was nominated for her work twice by the Prism Awards. She was a recurring guest star on The West Wing during the show's last two years as Alan Alda's Chief of Staff. Patricia co-hosted The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1994) with Ellen DeGeneres, and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for her first starring role in a movie opposite Peter Fonda in Ulee's Gold. (1997). Patricia has served 8 years on the National and Los Angeles Local Boards of SAGAFTRA, previously served as First Vice President, then 2019-2021 as President of the largest local in the union, the LA Local , or the "Los Angeles Local Union Performers" (on Facebook), which Membership First created for LA members in the pandemic along with popularly attended Town Halls. She's continuing to serve on both boards and remains a proud member of Membership First, which has been running the largest, ( 80,000 ), most employed ( members earn 57% of all earnings), and informed local in the union for some years.
BornFebruary 23, 1951
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  • Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys
    • 13 nominations total

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Patricia Richardson
With Son Joe Castle Baker in New York for Second Stage Fundraiser
Peter Fonda, Patricia Richardson, Ulee’s Gold
Cubby - at the SAG Foundation
Patricia Richardson and Skye McCole Bartusiak in Blonde (2001)
Patricia Richardson and Skye McCole Bartusiak in Blonde (2001)
Patricia Richardson in Blonde (2001)
Patricia Richardson and Polly Holliday in Koti kuntoon (1991)
Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, and Mariangela Pino in Koti kuntoon (1991)
Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Patricia Richardson, and Zachery Ty Bryan in Koti kuntoon (1991)
Patricia Richardson in Kova laki: Erikoisyksikkö (1999)
Patricia Richardson and Ron Silver in West Wing (1999)

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Tim Allen, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Patricia Richardson, Zachery Ty Bryan, Earl Hindman, and Taran Noah Smith in Koti kuntoon (1991)
Koti kuntoon
7.2
TV Series
  • Jill Taylor
Patricia Richardson and Rosa Blasi in Strong medicine - kovaa lääkettä (2000)
Strong medicine - kovaa lääkettä
6.7
TV Series
  • Dr. Andy Campbell
Peter Fonda in Uleen kulta (1997)
Uleen kulta
7.0
  • Connie Hope
  • 1997
Rob Lowe, Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Dulé Hill, Moira Kelly, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, and Bradley Whitford in West Wing (1999)
West Wing
8.9
TV Series
  • Sheila Brooks

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Actress

  • Helen Slater, Talia Shire, JoBeth Williams, and Jill Eikenberry in Chantilly Bridge (2023)
    Chantilly Bridge
    7.6
    • Shelley
    • 2023
  • James Pickens Jr., Ellen Pompeo, and Chandra Wilson in Greyn anatomia (2005)
    Greyn anatomia
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Tessa Hobbes
    • 2022–2023
  • Casper Van Dien and Tom Wopat in County Line: No Fear (2022)
    County Line: No Fear
    7.0
    • Maddie Hall
    • 2022
  • Tom Wopat and Kelsey Crane in County Line: All In (2022)
    County Line: All In
    5.3
    • Maddie
    • 2022
  • Blacklist (2013)
    Blacklist
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Matilda Davis
    • 2022
  • Mark Harmon, Maria Bello, Wilmer Valderrama, Rocky Carroll, David McCallum, Sean Murray, Brian Dietzen, Emily Wickersham, and Diona Reasonover in NCIS Rikostutkijat (2003)
    NCIS Rikostutkijat
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Judy Price Fielding
    • 2021
  • Tia Mowry and Jesse Hutch in A Very Vintage Christmas (2019)
    A Very Vintage Christmas
    6.2
    TV Movie
    • Margaret
    • 2019
  • Patricia Richardson and Mark Blane in Cubby (2019)
    Cubby
    4.8
    • Peggy Nabel
    • 2019
  • Blindspot (2015)
    Blindspot
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Dr. Nora Lee Roga
    • 2019
  • Andrew W. Walker and Rachel Boston in A Christmas in Tennessee (2018)
    A Christmas in Tennessee
    6.7
    TV Movie
    • Martha
    • 2018
  • Jay Speedy Weingarten and Cole Kush in Dayworld (2018)
    Dayworld
    8.0
    TV Short
    • Mother
    • 2018
  • Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting (2018)
    Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
    6.5
    • Delores D'Amboise
    • 2018
  • Jeff Fahey, Patricia Richardson, and Tom Wopat in County Line (2017)
    County Line
    6.0
    • Maddie Hall
    • 2017
  • Tim Allen and Nancy Travis in Miehen paikka (2011)
    Miehen paikka
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Helen Potts
    • 2015–2016
  • Friend Request (2014)
    Friend Request
    6.5
    TV Movie
    • May
    • 2014

Producer

  • Long Story Short (2008)
    Long Story Short
    6.5
    Video
    • executive producer
    • producer
    • 2008

Director

  • Tim Allen, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Patricia Richardson, Zachery Ty Bryan, Earl Hindman, and Taran Noah Smith in Koti kuntoon (1991)
    Koti kuntoon
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1999

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Home Improvement: 20th Anniversary Complete Collection
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Home Improvement: 20th Anniversary Complete Collection
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Home Improvement: 20th Anniversary Complete Collection
Home Improvement: 20th Anniversary Complete Collection
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Home Improvement: 20th Anniversary Complete Collection
Home Improvement: 20th Anniversary Complete Collection
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Home Improvement: 20th Anniversary Complete Collection
Home Improvement: 20th Anniversary Complete Collection
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Home Improvement: 20th Anniversary Complete Collection
Home Improvement: 20th Anniversary Complete Collection
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Home Improvement: 20th Anniversary Complete Collection
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Home Improvement: 20th Anniversary Complete Collection
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Home Improvement: 20th Anniversary Complete Collection
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  • Alternative name
    • Pat Richardson
  • Height
    • 1.66 m
  • Born
    • February 23, 1951
    • Bethesda, Maryland, USA
  • Spouse
    • Ray BakerJune 20, 1982 - August 31, 1995 (divorced, 3 children)
  • Children
      Henry Richardson Baker
  • Relatives
      Ann(Sibling)
  • Other works
    TV commercial for Until There's a Cure
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    • 3 Magazine Cover Photos

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    1972 graduate of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX.
  • Quotes
    I always hated perfect TV moms because I always thought that was unrealistic.
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    Having a hairstyle that features sharp, sassy bangs
  • Nickname
    • Pat

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