1. Patricia Richardson received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her performance in Ulee's Gold.
17 Facts About Patricia Richardson
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Patricia Richardson is a 1972 graduate of Southern Methodist University, where she was friends with classmates Beth Henley and Stephen Tobolowsky, who was slated to be a cast member of Home Improvement, but had other contractual commitments when the series began filming.
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Tobolowsky initially suggested to producers of Home Improvement that Patricia Richardson be considered for the role of Jill Taylor after Frances Fisher was deemed too serious for the role.
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Patricia Richardson began as the understudy for the role of Gypsy Rose Lee in Angela Lansbury's Broadway production of Gypsy: A Musical Fable in 1974, playing several small chorus parts.
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Patricia Richardson appeared in one episode of The Cosby Show in the third season with her real-life husband, playing a woman giving birth to her ninth child.
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In 1991, three months after giving birth to twins, Patricia Richardson became a last-minute replacement for Frances Fisher in what would be her breakout role as Jill Taylor on the ABC sitcom Home Improvement.
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Patricia Richardson received four Emmy nominations, and two Golden Globe nominations in this role.
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In 2002, Patricia Richardson replaced Janine Turner in the Lifetime medical drama series Strong Medicine, as a new character, Dr Andy Campbell.
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Patricia Richardson was nominated for two Prism Awards for her work in Strong Medicine.
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Since then, Patricia Richardson has filmed several small independent films and two more movies for the Hallmark channel, Friend Request and Snow Bride.
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Patricia Richardson returned as Helen Potts in the next season.
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Patricia Richardson lost the election narrowly to incumbent President Ken Howard.
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Patricia Richardson was re-elected to the National and Local Los Angeles Boards of SAG-AFTRA.
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In 2016, Patricia Richardson returned to the stage in Steel Magnolias at the Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pennsylvania.
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Patricia Richardson is the godmother of actress Betty Gilpin, the daughter of actor Jack Gilpin.
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Patricia Richardson had a long-term relationship with retired psychologist Mark Cline, whom she had met when they were both students at Southern Methodist University.
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Patricia Richardson served many years on the Board of Directors and is the National Spokesperson for "Cure PSP", a patient advocacy and research organization for progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, multiple system atrophy and related "Prime Of Life" diseases.