NEW YORK – Before Debbe Dunning was cast as Heidi, the vivacious and funny "Tool Time" girl on the hit sitcom "Home Improvement," the California native was hitting the beauty pageant circuit to land ...

Debbe Dunning says that she asked her Home Improvement costar Tim Allen to find a part for her on his new show Shifting Gears. The actress reunited with Allen and their former costars Richard Karn and ...

The then-postpartum mom felt a threat to her job and future in the industry ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Debbe Dunning's professional nightmare turned into an ...

Debbe Dunning says she began "crying like a baby" after Tim Allen suggested that Pamela Anderson return to Home Improvement. The actress recalls that she "excused" herself after Allen pitched that she ...

The then-postpartum mom felt a threat to her job and future in the industry Debbe Dunning's professional nightmare turned into an episode of the show she so loved. In a conversation with Entertainment ...

Anderson played Tool Time girl Lisa in the show's first 23 episodes, with Dunning beginning to step in during late 1992 "The Kiss & the Kiss-Off," which saw the Tool Time girls share the screen, was ...