Patricia Richardson
Patricia Castle Richardson ( born February 23, 1951 in Bethesda, Maryland ) is an American actress.
Life
Childhood and youth
Patricia was born Patricia Castle Richardson in Bethesda Maryland Hospital and has three sisters - Ann, Lynn and Cathy. In her youth, her family was forced to relocate often as her father Lawrence was hired as a test pilot in the U.S. Navy. Patricia attended two high schools - even the Holton Arms School in Bethesda and the Hochaday School for Girls in Dallas, Texas. During her time in high school, she began acting and eventually later she made a BFA in Acting from Southern Methodist University. At the same university, she also attended a course for visual arts, drama.
Start of career
Her acting career began in 1980 with the film You better watch out, in which they ' played the role of Moss mother. In the following years she was mainly active in television. In 1991 her breakthrough came with a starring role in the sitcom Listen, who as hammers ( Home Improvement). There she played the role of Jill Taylor, the wife of Tim Taylor played by Tim Allen. Frances Fisher was provided for her role first, but the series left after the pilot.
Breakthrough and other roles
By Look, who became internationally known Richardson Home Improvement. The series was produced eight years until it was finally set in 1999. While you were offered $ 25 million for another season, but she refused because she was of the opinion that there was to tell no more stories in the series.
She starred in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit the female villain and played in a TV miniseries titled Blonde Gladys Baker, the mother of Marilyn Monroe. After that, she played a dual role in the independent film Viva Las Nowhere, however, came only as a DVD entitled I'm Dead on the market. From 2002 to 2004 she was in the doctor series Strong Medicine to see two doctors like fire and ice as Dr. Andy Campbell. Later she played the role of a campaign manager in the series The West Wing.
Family
On June 20, 1982 Patricia married actor Ray Baker. The couple divorced in August 1995. With him she has three children - Henry (* February 22, 1985 ) and the twins Roxanne and Joseph (born 3 January 1991).
Awards / Nominations
Golden Globe Award
Independent Spirit Awards
Prism Awards
- 2003: Best Performance in a series - episode for "Strong Medicine: like fire and ice"