Debbe Dunning

Debra "Debbe" Dunning (born July 11, 1966) is an American actress and model who appears twice on Married... with Children.

Appearance on MWC[]

She first appears on the show as Rochelle Alpert who, like Kelly, and other hopefuls, was auditioning for the part of spokesmodel of the Allante, a new sportscar in a TV commercial at a local car show in the Season 5 episode "Kelly Bounes Back".

In her second appearance in "Buck The Stud", she played Bubbles, one of Kelly's classmates from modelling school who competes for Bud's affection upon hearing that the family may be getting money. She and another girl kiss Bud and then try to wrestle him away from the other. Eventually Bubbles and the other girls put their differences aside as he decides to go out with all them at the same time.

Career[]

Dunning is best known for playing the beautiful tool assistant Heidi Keppert, the "Tool Time girl" on the ABC-TV sitcom, Home Improvement. She had previously guest-starred in an episode of the show in an earlier season, and the show's producers selected her to return as a full-time member of the cast, replacing Pamela Anderson. She has also appeared on various TV shows and movies, including 1988's Dangerous Curves. She was the reigning champion of the American Gladiators Celebrity Challenge two years running. Dunning also appeared in her own calendar in 1996 and several television commercials. She also modeled for a 1994 swimsuit magazine, wearing an extremely provocative thong bikini, and also modeled in seductively provocative lingerie early in her career.

After taking a hiatus from acting in 2007, as of 2017, she is the host and producer of Debbe Dunning's Dude Ranch Roundup on the Cowboy Channel.

Personal life[]

Debbe was married to American volleyball player Steve Timmons and has three children: a daughter, Spencer Schae (born 1996) and two sons, Stony (born in 2000) and Sysco (born in 2008).