Suzanne Somers is an American actress, author, and businesswoman, known for her roles in Three’s Company and Step by Step. She had a difficult childhood with an abusive father and struggled with dyslexia. After becoming pregnant, she married Bruce Somers, but the marriage ended due to infidelity. She later married Alan Hamel and starred in Three’s Company until a contract dispute. Somers became a health and wellness advocate, writing books and promoting fitness products. She supports alternative cancer treatments and underwent them herself after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001.
Suzanne Somers is an American actress, author, and businesswoman. She is best known for her role as the bubbly blonde Chrissy Snow on the television sitcom Three’s Company from 1977 to 1981. Somers also played the role of Carol Foster-Lambert on the sitcom Step Step from 1991 to 1998. She is also known for her books on health and wellness and for its promotion of fitness products such as the ThighMaster®. Somers was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003.
Difficult childhood
Born Suzanne Marie Mahoney in San Bruno, California on October 16, 1946, Suzanne’s childhood was often violent and difficult. Her father, Frank, was allegedly a verbally and physically abusive alcoholic whose job was to load beer into train boxcars. Suzanne’s mother, Marion, cared for Suzanne and her three siblings. Suffering from dyslexia, Suzanne had problems as a student, but she was successful in the theater arts.
After winning a music scholarship to college and spending six months there, Suzanne became pregnant. The child’s father was Bruce Somers and she Suzanne married him in 1965 and named him after her son. Their marriage ended in 1968 after her husband discovered that Suzanne was having an affair with her former drama teacher.
television celebrity
Soon after her divorce, Suzanne Somers got a job on a game show hosted by Alan Hamel, and they married in 1977. That same year, Somers accepted the part of Chrissy Snow in Three’s Company. Her starring role opposite John Ritter and Joyce DeWitt followed years of small parts in television and film and provided a breakthrough in her career.
Suzanne Somers left Three’s Company in 1981 after its fourth season due to a contract dispute. She had asked the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), the network that aired the show, for a significant raise, but she was denied. Somers filed a lawsuit against ABC for $2 million US dollars (USD) in damages, but she settled for $30,000 USD, her salary for one episode.
Health and Wellness Advocate
She continued to work in television and film, and became serious about health and wellness in the 1980s. Suzanne Somers is the author of many popular books on diet and fitness as well as being a spokesperson for fitness products such as the ThighMaster®. Among the treatments Somers supports are alternative cancer treatments and bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. She underwent alternative cancer treatment herself after she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001, although she underwent surgery to remove the cancer and she underwent radiation therapy.
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