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Date of birth: 16 October 1946,
Birth Place: San Bruno, California, USA
Fashion model and TV commercial actress who landed
a minor film role in "Bullitt" (1968), gained notice as the
blonde in the T-Bird in "American Graffiti" (1973) and became
a TV star as dumb blonde Chrissy Snow on "Three's Company" (1977-81).
Somers' demand for a salary increase (from a reputed $30,000 per show
to $150,000 plus a share of the profits) resulted in her being fired from
the hit series. After a brief stint on the series "She's the Sheriff"
playing a woman who takes over the law and order of a town after the death
of her husband, and occasional appearances on specials and TV-movies such
as "Hollywood Wives" (1985), playing an ambitious movie star,
Somers made a comeback of sorts in 1991 with a new series, "Step
by Step". She also played herself in "Keeping Secrets"
(1991), a TV-movie based on her account of her relationship with her alcoholic
father, but gained more attention for promoting an exercise device, the
'Thighmaster', on TV commercials. Somers' story is one of the did-what-it-takes
variety. The child of an alcoholic father, she married young, had a son,
and divorced young. To support her baby, she modeled, and, after her stardom
in "Three's Company," a nude layout she did years earlier to
pay the rent appeared in PLAYBOY. She even was hauled into court for passing
a bad check, avoiding prosecution by making good on it. Along the way
she met Alan Hamel, a Canadian talk show host and producer. They married
and he took over the direction of her career. While the contract dispute
with "Three's Company"--Somers later claimed the six-figure
salary demand was only an opening volley in negotiations--hurt her career,
she did make several unsuccessful pilots through Norman Lear's company
for CBS and performed in Las Vegas. In the 90s, the modest success of
"Step By Step" seemed secondary to Somers' other career as a
huckster for the 'Thighmaster' as well as other exercise products and
a cook book. They made her very wealthy. Yet, she failed with an attempt
at a syndicated daytime talk show in 1994. That same year, she began hosting
"Will You Marry Me?" specials for ABC, a yearly look at unusual
marriage proposals. She also appeared as herself, a celebrity planning
to do a TV movie based on the life of a mother/homemaker/killer, in John
Waters' satirical feature film "Serial Mom" (1994).
Tvography: Suzanne Somers: Mastering Success (2002)
(TV) .... Herself
Suzanne Somers: The E! True Hollywood Story (2002) (TV) .... Herself (New
and Archive from 1998)
Say It Isn't So (2001) (uncredited) .... Herself
Intimate Portrait: Suzanne Somers (2000) (TV) .... Herself/Interviewed
'70s: The Decade That Changed Television, The (2000) (TV) .... Herself
Darklings, The (1999) (TV) .... Clara Hagen/Emily Shepherd
"Candid Camera" (1998) TV Series .... Co-host
Three's Company: The E! True Hollywood Story (1998) (TV) .... Herself
No Laughing Matter (1998) (TV) .... Emma Poleski
Rusty: A Dog's Tale (1997) .... Malley the Dog
... aka Rusty: The Great Rescue (1997) (USA: video title)
Love-Struck (1997) (TV) .... Venus
Devil's Food (1996) (TV) .... Sally McCormick
"VH1's 8-Track Flashback" (1995) TV Series .... Host
"Suzanne Somers Show, The" (1994) TV Series .... Host
Seduced by Evil (1994) (TV) .... Lee
Serial Mom (1994) .... Herself
Exclusive (1992) (TV) .... Marcy Singer
Keeping Secrets (1991) (TV) .... Herself
"Step by Step" (1991) TV Series .... Carol Baker Foster Lambert
Rich Men, Single Women (1990) (TV) .... Paige
One for the Road (1989/I) (TV) .... Herself
Totally Minnie (1988) (TV) .... Director
... aka Disney's Totally Minnie (1988) (TV) (USA: complete title)
"She's the Sheriff" (1987) TV Series .... Sheriff Hildy Granger
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz (1985) (TV) .... Herself
Goodbye Charlie (1985) (TV) .... Charlie/Charlene
"Hollywood Wives" (1985) (mini) TV Series .... Gina Germaine
Nothing Personal (1980) .... Abigail Adams
Yesterday's Hero (1979) .... Cloudy Martin
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney (1978)
(TV) .... Co-host
General Electric's All-Star Anniversary (1978) (TV)
Zuma Beach (1978) (TV) .... Bonnie Katt
Happily Ever After (1978) (TV) .... Mattie
... aka Tonight's the Night (1978) (TV) (USA: alternative title)
Space Encounters (1978) (TV) .... Herself
Battle of the Network Stars IV (1978) (TV) .... Host
It Happened at Lakewood Manor (1977) (TV) (as Susane Somers) .... Gloria
Henderson
... aka Ants! (1977) (TV)
... aka Panic at Lakewood Manor (1977) (TV)
Battle of the Network Stars III (1977) (TV) .... ABC Team Contestant
Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977) .... Party Girl
"Three's Company" (1977) TV Series .... Christmas 'Chrissy'
Snow (1977-1981)
Sky Heist (1975) (TV) .... Female Reporter
"High Rollers" (1974) TV Series .... Assistant (1974-80)
... aka "New High Rollers, The" (1978) (USA: new title)
Magnum Force (1973) (uncredited) .... Pool Girl
American Graffiti (1973) .... Blonde in T-Bird
"Anniversary Game" (1969) TV Series .... Model
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