Patricia Richardson

  

Patricia Castle Richardson, born on 23rd February 1951, is an American actor from the United States. She is famous for her character Jill Taylor on ABC's sitcom Home Improvement. For this role , she was nominated twice for the Golden Globe Award and twice for the Primetime Emmy Award as Outstanding Lead Actress In the field of Comedy Series. Her performance on Ulee's Gold (1997) earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination.



 



 Early life



 Richardson was educated at various schools which included Holton-Arms School as well as Hockaday School. She graduated in 1972 of Southern Methodist University, where she was close to classmates Beth Henley and Stephen Tobolowsky, who was slated to be a cast member in the series Home Improvement, but had other commitments to the contract when the series began filming. Tobolowsky recommended the idea that Richardson be considered to play the part as Jill Taylor, after Frances Fisher was too serious.


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