Suzanne Marie Mahoney was born on in San Bruno, California, 16 October 1946, she was born one of four children. In 1986 she wrote an autobiography entitled Keeping Secrets, which detailed the abuses suffered at her hands of her father as a child, later in a TV movie.
As a child she was diagnosed with dyslexia was, and was considered a poor academic student. However, it has a good performance in the theater program at the school, eventually attending collegewith a music scholarship.
Unfortunately, after a short time at college, she became pregnant and married her boyfriend Bruce Somers, the marriage ended in 1967 after two years. As a single mother trying to make ends meet Suzanne used her looks to take modeling, she was quickly from a game-show by Alan Hamel, who later grabbed her second husband.
During the early 70s, she found small roles in TV shows and movies. Finally winning the role, would make it into aStars, like the bubbling blond Chrissy on the hit TV comedy show Three's Company opposite John Ritter. She has stated in the past that the character was based the wife of the famous entertainer, Dick Clark.
She played on the show for four seasons, then was apparently 'let go' after it for a raise. During the early 80s she performed on stage in Las Vegas. Later took over the role of Carol Foster, this time in opposite Patrick Duffy in the TV series Step by Step. She went on laterHost of the long-running Candid Camera.
In the early 90's he was as scantily clad girls thigh master training in a series of commercials for well-leg exerciser reminded famous.
Since then she has gone more serious work, founding the Suzanne Somers Institute for the effects of addiction on the family. Also, she appeared before the U.S. Senate Committee, which were at the time of planning legislation on addiction and family abuse.
She continued to giveLectures on the subject, all over the United States. In addition, a Humanitarian Award was given by the National Counsel on Alcoholism, she is also the prestigious President's Award from the National Association of American Drug Counselors won. As well as several other awards for her work.
Here are some interesting facts about Suzanne's life, it reached cult status, playing the mysterious blonde while driving a Thunderbird, and by Richard Dreyfuss in the 1972 persecuted sectPhenomena American Graffiti.
Because of her dyslexia, she had one shoe to dance in red numbers for her Vegas show to learn. After originally winning the role of Jill Munroe in "Charlie's Angels", it was replaced before shooting began by Farrah Fawcett.
After losing the role, she hired, Farrah's manager to do for them what he had done Farrah. In 2001, while for the hit show Larry King Live interview, she announced that she is suffering from breast cancerCancer.
In the opening credits for "Three's Company", the brunette walking along the beach is Suzanne wore a wig. In 1986 she was in Las Vegas, female entertainer of the year.
She and Joyce DeWitt not to speak for 20 years after the end of Three's Company. She was not the first actor hired to play Chrissy, she was, in fact, the fourth, women, because of the role.
Suzann is now producing its own line of diet and other products with her husband Alan Hamel.