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Born to a Navy family, Richardson attended the Hockaday School for Girls in Dallas, Texas, and was a 1973 graduate of Southern Methodist University, where she was friends with classmate Beth Henley. She began as an understudy in Angela LansburyAngela Lansbury (born October 16, 1925) is a British-born American actress and the granddaughter of politician George Lansbury. Murder, She Wrote''. She made her Academy Award nominated film debut in 1944, in the Charles Boyer/ Ingrid Bergman film Gasligh's BroadwayThis article is about the street in New York City. For other articles with the name Broadway, see: Broadway (disambiguation). Broadway as the name implies, is a big, wide avenue in New York City, New York, and is one of the main north-south thoroughfares production of , eventually playing several parts.
With early roles in programs such as Double TroubleDouble Trouble could be either of the following: Double Trouble a 1970s Stevie Ray Vaughan group Double Trouble a 1980s teen sitcom starring twins. and The Equalizer , Richardson also appeared in small roles in the films C.H.U.D. and You Better Watch Out , before finding her break-out part in 1991 as Jill Taylor in Home Improvement.
Although considered sometimes overwrought and tightly-would as a character, Jill Taylor was seen by critics as a fair representation of motherhood, on the whole more balanced than the usual sitcom representation. Possibly Jane KaczmarekJane Kaczmerek (born December 21, 1955 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a United States actress. She is best known for her role in the popular sitcom Malcolm in the Middle''. Kaczmarek majored in theater at the University of Wisconsin where she met future acto's role on Malcolm in the MiddleMalcolm in the Middle is a situation comedy on the Fox Network. It first aired in 2000. It stars Frankie Muniz as Malcolm, the third oldest of five boys in the Wilkerson family (hence the name, "Malcolm in the Middle"). The show centers around Malcolm and could be seen as a more extreme offshoot of this character type. Richardson received four Emmy nominations and two Golden Globe nominations in this role.
After Home Improvement, Richardson appeared in several guest television roles, as well as made-for-tv movies, and won an Independent Spirit nomination in 1997 for her first starring film role, in Ulee's Gold. Since 2002, Richarson has had a recurring role on the Lifetime medical drama program Strong Medicine as Dr. Andy Campbell.
She is divorced from Roy Baker , with three children.