Debra "Debbe" Dunning (born July 11, 1966) is an American actress,
model
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,
television host,
spokesperson
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Duties and function
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, and
comedian
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. She is best known for playing Heidi on ''
Home Improvement
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'' (1993–1999).
Career
Dunning played Heidi Keppert, the "''Tool Time'' girl", on the
ABC sitcom
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''
Home Improvement
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'' from season 3 to season 8,
[ having guest-starred in an earlier season.
She appeared in '' Dangerous Curves'' (1988) and the '' American Gladiators'' Celebrity Challenge (1989).
]
Personal life
From 1997 until 2018, Dunning was married to American volleyball
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player Steve Timmons, with whom she has three children.
Filmography
References
External links
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1966 births
Living people
American television actresses
Female models from California
Actresses from Burbank, California
People from Cambridge, Ohio
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
Contestants on American game shows
Comedians from California
American women comedians