Patricia Richardson on Home Improvement Years & Working With Tim Allen | Leading Ladies of the '90s

ET’s Kevin Frazier sits down with Patricia Richardson at her home in Los Angeles, where the 69-year-old actress gets candid about landing her role as Jill Taylor on 'Home Improvement,' working with Tim Allen and reuniting with her on-screen husband on 'Last Man Standing.'

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[Dumbluck]

She will be 70 this year. She looks fabulous!!!!

[kprnr]

Patricia Richardson is heavily underrated as a comedic actress. Her timing and comebacks are perfect. ❤

[lisamcandrews]

The guy was doing the interview is very good. He does not interrupt her when she’s talking. It’s very refreshing

[Lubbylove]

Who else watched Home Improvement for the relationship between Tim & Jill?? Their chemistry was amazing.

[patriotciaamericus]

I love that home improvement didn’t deal with world events- TIMELESS

[gracehejnal]

She's exactly right, by not tying in real world issues, the show was timeless and it worked. Love that about the show. We watch TV to escape, not be reminded.

[brandocalrissian]

Wow, she looks absolutely fantastic at 70. Good for her.

[ELl_e..]

I love how kind Kevin Frazier is interviewing her and he lets her actually go on and talk about everything in full.

[LittleMissStamper]

Literally..if she dyed her hair brown...she would look *EXACTLY* the same 😳

[magnumcyclonex]

I really appreciate the candidness of mentioning that she took the role for the money, for her family. Raising 3 kids is not cheap and that was a very down to earth answer. Fitting for the role she played!

[jessierain]

The man doing this interview is just as genuine and down to earth as she is.

[brandonduke]

I grew up on Home improvement, family matters and step by step

[mione]

They wanted to kill Jill and Tim said NOPE we aint doing that and decided to end the show rather than killing off her. That is LOYALTY! I miss them working together!

[wesalexander]

There was such an on-air chemistry between Patricia and Tim, the delivery of their lines, facial expressions, everything, it was so natural, it was perfect!

[jcIIXVIIIVII]

As a kid growing up in the 90s, I lived vicariously through Home Improvement. Although I'm the youngest of 3 boys, I related more to Randy. But the reason I lived through this show growing up was because they represented the family I never had. Mom and dad divorced when I was 8, dad moved to another state and my brothers were in and out of JDC, jail and halfway houses. And I was put in with my aunt. So when Home Improvement came on, I would envision myself in that show and that way, I had the family dynamic that was denied me in real life.

Watching this interview is bringing back GREAT memories and bringing on the tears. I now own the entire series and watch an episode or 2 every night.

Home Improvement MADE my childhood!

[outinsider]

I think in retrospect, I watched Home Improvement for Jill Taylor. Jill was the down-to-earth, ambitious, grounded, professional mother that defined the 90s of my childhood I was used to. To this day, I am amazed at how grounded Patricia Richardson is.

[Rosannasfriend]

Her face really hasn’t aged at all. If not for the gray hair, she could just pretend it’s 1993.

[TheRisskee]

She's so right about keeping current events out of a show to keep it relevant longer. Plus, people want a place to escape from the craziness going on in the world and throwing in politics or things that are making people anxious just spoils the escape factor. My mom and i both work in the medical and when all the medical dramas started coming back, we had to skip the COVID episodes because we just couldn't take anymore of it. It has been horrible at work, we don't want to watch our work day on TV when we're trying to relax.

[gregorypost]

I love that she’s let herself age naturally. I’d love to see a Home Improvement reunion.

[veeversace]

. She’s so down to earth and cute I just love her .