She played Jill on "Home Improvement". See Patricia Richardson now at 71 years old.

The show ended because she was ready to stop.


For eight years,Patricia Richardson played onHome improvement Jill, the mother with three boys Taylor and the woman in Tim, who was played by Series StarTim Allen. For the show, Richardson was named for four Emmys for an exceptional main actress in a series of comedies and the role she is still the most associated. But it's been 23 years since the series ended - Due to Richardson wishing to move on and she had many other roles from television to movies to be a real mother's three children. Read more about Richardson today.

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She always acts but took a big step back.

Taran Noah Smith and Patricia Richardson at the Kids' Choice Awards in 1997
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By the time Richardson was launched onHome improvementShe acted on stage for years and had appearances in several television shows. She still acts today, but there are periods in her summary during which she was less active. Richardson took breaks to spend more time with his family. For example, whenHome improvement finished in 1999, it was because sheI did not want to continue with the show.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"The reason I refused the ninth year ofHome improvement was because I was a single parent [divorced] and far from my children too, "she saysCloser In 2018, "I left the show and put my children first since then. That's why I continued to leave the business: to be with them." In addition, she saidCloser She "really hated fame".

You may have spotted it on television in recent years, however.

Patricia Richardson in 1999
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AfterHome improvement, Richardson continued to star in the showStrong medicine and also had a recurring role onWest Wing. More recently, she played guest roles onNc,Blind spot, andThe blacklist, and appeared in the television moviesA Christmas in Tennessee andA very vintage Christmas. She also continued toact in the theater.

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She remained in touch withHome improvement Co-stars.

Patricia Richardson at SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations:
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You may have also stained Richardson onLast man standing, Allen's Sitcom, who ran from 2011 to 2021. Richardson brings together with herHome improvement Co-Star for two episodes in 2015 and 2016. She saidEntertainment tonight In 2020 only when she came to work on her new show,She was worried that Allen had "never really forgiven [her] so as not to want to make the ninth grade [ofHome improvement. "

Richardson also talked toEntertainment tonight on the actors who played his sons on the showZacherry Ty Bryan,Jonathan Taylor Thomas, andTaran Noah SmithThat she is still in contact with Thomas in particular, as they both have worked on theSAG-AFTRA CARD.

She is a mother and a grandmother.

Like Jill Taylor, Richardson also has three children. She sharesHenri,Roxanne, andJoseph Baker with his ex-husband, actorRay baker. Baker and Richardson were married from 1982 to 1995.

"My oldest son is married to a wonderful girl, I love and live in Brooklyn," Richardson saidCloser In 2018. "My second son is a truly talented comic, actor and writer. And my daughter [recently] created a job at an advertising agency. I think I did my best and, while I'm sure I'm sure They have their complaints, they know that what's going on, I'm here for them. Mom is always at their Beck and call! "

In 2019, Richardson revealed that she had become a grandmother. She postedPhotos of herself and her grandchild on facebook and wrote, "I am a great mother proud for the first time of the boy very lucky born of my beloved son Henry and his beautiful heroic womanAlly A few days ago. It's Bobby and a happiest summit of my life. "

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