‘80s TV Bombshell, 67, Makes Rare Appearance Looking Nearly Unrecognizable originally appeared on Parade.
Former TV actress Heather Thomas was spotted in a rare outing in Los Angeles, years after she stepped away from the Hollywood spotlight.
Thomas, 67, was seen smoking a cigarette while wearing white cutoff denim shorts and a camo-print T-shirt in photos shared by the Daily Mail. Her long blond hair was loose around her shoulders, and she topped off the look with a wide-brim hat and white sneakers.
She’s best known for playing Jody Banks on the hit ’80s series The Fall Guy, opposite TV heartthrob Lee Majors. After dealing with terrifying incidents involving multiple stalkers, Thomas officially retired from acting in the ’90s. She and Majors, 86, delighted fans when they reunited for a mid-credits cameo in the 2024 Fall Guy film adaptation.
Thomas has previously been open about the situations dealing with obsessed fans, and she spoke about it during a March appearance on the “Still Here Hollywood” podcast.
“I was just getting so many stalkers,” Thomas told podcast host Steve Kmetko. “I had tons of restraining orders. I had two little girls, and a guy’s jumping our gate with a giant buck knife. In those days, I don’t know if this is true now, but people would fixate. You could be in a soap commercial, and they would fixate on you.”
She continued, “There weren’t a lot of stalker laws, and I just needed to be home anyway. Someone sent me a box of bullets, and people would send me funeral wreaths they stole from a graveyard.”
The Red Blooded American Girl star also recalled one of the scariest moments that led to her shooting a man that broke into her house.
“I always had a bodyguard in the house because that’s where I didn’t want to come home to a dark house,” Thomas explained. “I had one guy one night cut my screen in my bedroom and got in, and I shot him with [rock] salt and birdshot.”
Since retiring from acting, Thomas has focused on her writing. She published her first novel, Trophies, in 2008.
‘80s TV Bombshell, 67, Makes Rare Appearance Looking Nearly Unrecognizable first appeared on Parade on Jul 27, 2025
This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 27, 2025, where it first appeared.