Suzanne Somers

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Recent Role:
Himself on TMZ on TV
Gender:
Female
Born:
10-16-1946
Birthplace:
San Bruno, California
Birth Name:
Suzanne Marie Mahoney
AKA:
Suzanne Sommers, Susane Somers--- Suzanne Marie Somers--- Suzy Somers
Suzanne Somers rose to stardom in the '70s with her portrayal of Chrissy Snow on the top-rated comedy "Three's Company".

She is the third of 4 children born to Frank and Marion Mahoney. Herfather worked loading beer onto boxcars, and her mother was a homemaker. She grew up living in constant fear of being hurt or even killed at the hands of her verbally and physically abusive alcoholic father. She was diagnosed with dyslexia when she was young, and she was apoor student. Suzanne, however, excelled in the arts and was activein her school's theatre program. She won a

… More music scholarship to college, but became pregnant after 6 months. She married the baby's father, Bruce Somers, and her only child, Bruce Jr., was born in November 1965. She was unhappy in her marriage and began an affair with herformer drama teacher. Her husband found out about the affair, and the marriage ended after just 2 years, in 1967.

Then a single mom, Suzanne turned to modeling in San Francisco to support herself and her son. She also distanced herself from her family because her older brother and sister by then were also alcoholics. In 1968, Suzanne won a job as a prize model on a game show hosted by her future husband, Alan Hamel, who was married at the time. The two began dating, and Suzanne became pregnant while Hamel was still married. They decided that Suzanne should have an abortion, from which she suffered severe bleeding for several days. In 1971, son Bruce was severely injured when he was hit by a car, and the therapist counseling him only charged the struggling Suzanne $1 per week. Suzanne herself also underwent therapy to overcome the problems of her dysfunctional childhood.

In the early 1970s, she landed minor roles in film and TV, and finally won a role on the series Three's Company, where she modeled her character after Dick Clark's wife. She married Hamel in 1977. She was fired from Three's Company after she asked for a raise at the beginning of the fifth season. She then headed to Las Vegas, where she performed extensively in the mid 1980s. In 1986, she began writing her autobiography, Keeping Secrets, which was later made into a TV movie. In 1991, Suzanne landed the role of Carol Foster, opposite Patrick Duffy, on the TV series Step by Step. Since the end of SBS, she has begun co-hosting the series Candid Camera.


She has devoted a lot of energy in the Suzanne Somers Institute for the Effects of Addictions on the Family, for which she is founder and director. In 1991 she lecture before a U.S. Senate Committee on the subject. Since then she has lecture a lot through the U.S. She has been awarded Humanitarian Award from the National Counsil on Alcoholism, Mother of the Year Award, and the President's Award from the National Association of American Drug Counselors.

3 million readers can't be wrong. That's the number of people that have lost weight the Somersize way. There are of course fads and diet pills but for over 10 years Suzanne has helped people shed the pounds. Who would've thought "Chrissy Snow" would accomplish so much !

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    Chrissy!

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    Now, I have to admitt I've only ever really seen her on Three's COmpany, but I LOVE her! I was amazed that she has a 6.1 score. She was a briliant actress. In real life she is the exact opposite of her charater Christmas "Chissy" Snow, and she was so believable. She was so sweet and innocent and you just kind of want to hug her and protect her from the word. I'm 17 and I wanna marry Chrissy Snow! My lists of favorites from Three's Company ORIGNAL cast goes:
    Chrissy Snow
    Helen Roper
    Jack Tripper
    Janet Wood
    Stanley Roper
    Larry
    I dont care what you say Three'sCompany is AMAZING!

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    pretty_sure Added Aug 19, 2011 All my reviews
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    3.2 Bad
    Excuse me while I puke! hide show

    Three's Company is the only thing I will tolerate her in and only because of the great cast members she worked with. Other than that.....Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck!

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    kit220 Added May 7, 2007 All my reviews
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    9 Superb
    At 60, she's still beautiful and a pleasure to meet! hide show

    I had the pleasure to work with Suzanne Somers today and I have to say that she is all that other folks in my business (film and television production) have told me.

    Suzanne was extremely friendly with everyone, no star attitude at all and she made the shoot today go easy and quickly with her professionalism, her wit and a great sense of humor. And all the time, being very up front with her life, her age, her problems (her house burnt to the ground two months ago) and her wonderful, cheerful outlook on life, as a 60 year old woman who has battled Hollywood Studios and breast cancer.

    Whatever you may think of her, Suzanne is not Chrisy. She's extremely intelligent and a strong confident woman. We had a great time on set today and I hope others get to meet and see the person I did today. Suzanne Somers seems to offer proof that not everyone who works in the film biz is a jerk!

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    sounddude Added Mar 28, 2007 All my reviews
 
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