Patricia Richardson
Acting1951Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Biography
Patricia Castle Richardson is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Jill Taylor on the sitcom Home Improvement, for which she was nominated four times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and twice for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical. and for her role as Dr. Andy Campbell in Strong Medicine (2002-2005).
Known For
Acting History
2025
Fool Time
as Jill Taylor (archival footage)
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
TVas Widow Fussy (voice)
Shifting Gears
TVas Grief Group Member• 1 eps
2023
Chantilly Bridge
as Shelley
2022
County Line: No Fear
as Maddie Hall
County Line: All In
as Maddie
Grey's Anatomy
TVas Tessa Hobbes• 2 eps
The Blacklist
TVas Matilda• 1 eps
2021
NCIS
TVas Judy Price Fielding• 1 eps
2019
2018
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
as Delores D'Amboise
A Christmas in Tennessee
as Martha
Dayworld
as Mother
2017
County Line
as Maddie Hall
2015
Last Man Standing
TVas Helen Potts• 2 eps
2014
Waiting in the Wings: The Musical
as Delores D'Amboise
2013
Chance at Romance
as May
Snow Bride
as Maggie Tannenhill
2012
2011
Bringing Ashley Home
as Michelle McGee
2010
The Jensen Project
as Ingrid
2008
Long Story Short
Executive Producer
2007
California Dreaming
as Bonnie
2005
The West Wing
TVas Sheila Brooks• 9 eps
2004
Good Day Live
TVas Self• 1 eps
2003
Tim Allen Presents: A User's Guide to Home Improvement
as Jill Taylor (archive footage)
2002
Strong Medicine
TVas Dr. Andy Campbell• 60 eps
2001
Dead Simple
as Helen / Wanda
Blonde
TVas Gladys Baker• 2 eps
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Annabel Hayes• 1 eps
Home Improvement
TVDirector• 1 eps
1997
1996
Sophie and the Moonhanger
as Bonnie Edgerton
Undue Influence
TVas Laurel Vega
1991
Home Improvement
TVas Jill Taylor• 203 eps
1989
Lost Angels
as Cheryl's Mother
Parent Trap III
as Cassie McGuire
In Country
as Cindy
FM
TVas Lee-Ann Plunkett
Quantum Leap
TVas Rachel Porter• 1 eps
1988
Eisenhower and Lutz
TVas Kay "K.K." Dunne
1987
1986
Double Image
as Joan Black
1984
1980
Christmas Evil
as Moss' Mother
1949
The Emmy Awards
TVas Self