Suzanne Somers lit up America’s TV screens when she burst on the scene as Christmas Noelle “Chrissy” Snow in the ribald sitcom “Three’s Company.”The actress, along with co-stars John Ritter and Joyce DeWitt, forged a comedy trinity that powered “Three’s Company” for eight highly-rated seasons on ABC from 1977-1984.Somers died on Oct.
15 at the age of 76, following a battle with breast cancer for more than 23 years.The series transformed blonde, bubbly Somers into a national phenomenon in the role of Chrissy who, with her roommate Janet Wood (DeWitt) and Jack Tripper (Ritter), sharing an apartment in Santa Monica, Calif.
Jack pretended to be gay to outfox their landlord, Mr. Roper (Norman Fell), who didn’t want a man living with two single women.
His wife, Helen, was played by Audra Lindley.Ritter died on Sept. 11, 2003, at age 54 after suffering an aortic dissection. DeWitt, for her part, weighed in on Somers’ death on Monday.“My heart goes out to Suzanne’s family,” DeWitt, 74, told The Post in a statement. “They are a very close family — deeply connected and caring one to the other.
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