Heather Thomas

About

Heather Thomas (born September 8, 1957) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Jody Banks on The Fall Guy TV series opposite Lee Majors. She retired from acting in 1998 to avoid stalkers, to focus on her family, and to pursue writing. Since her retirement from acting, she has had some minor film appearances and has participated in political activism. She returned to acting in 2013.

Thomas started acting at age 14, when she was one of the hosts of a series on NBC called Talking with a Giant, in which she interviewed celebrities. In 1978, she began acting in small television roles; she appeared in the series Co-Ed Fever, of which she later said, “It was cancelled after the third commercial.”
After Co-Ed Fever’s cancellation, Thomas was chosen for the role of Jody Banks in The Fall Guy, which starred Lee Majors and was produced by Glen Larson, from its 1981 premiere to its 1986 cancellation. Thomas became addicted to cocaine during her run in the program, and entered rehabilitation for that addiction in the mid-1980s. She appeared in several movies, the first of which was Zapped! in 1982, but she gave up acting in 1998. Thomas appeared on numerous pin-up…