Who is Three's Company- The TV Show

Three's Company was a sitcom that aired on ABC from 1977-1984. It was based on a British sitcom called Man About the House and starred John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, Suzanne Somers, Norman Fell, Audra Lindley and Richard Kline.

The premise of the story is as follows:

Jack Tripper(Ritter) , after crashing a friends wedding and passing out in her bathtub, meets Janet Wood (DeWitt) a florist and Chrissey Snow (Somers) a secretary, roommates of Eleanor, the woman whose wedding her crashed. Turns out, Janet and Chrissey now need a new roommate, and Jack is looking for somewhere to live other than the YMCA.

The three decide to live together but have to figure out a way this can
happen since their landlord Stanley Roper(Fell) doesn't want guys and
girls living together, even in a large multi-bedroom apartment. So
Janet, Jack and Chrissy tell Mr Roper that Jack is gay. Mrs.
Roper(Lindley) who catches on to the "little white lie" stays silent,
never telling her husband the truth about Jack, because she likes the
roommates so much.

This group of characters and actors stays with Three's Company until
1979 when Audra Lindley and Norman Fell leave the show for The Ropers,
spinoff.

The new landlord for the rest of the show's run was Ralph Furley, played
wonderfully by Don Knotts. Jack kept up his charade with this new
landlord because Mr. Furley insisted that his brother who owned the
building would not put up with any nonsense.

Down the line, disputes with some of the actors resulted in a few new
parts. With the impending departure of Suzanne Somers, Jenilee Harrison
was brought on in 1980 for two years as Cindy Snow, Chrissy's cousin.
Not real popular, Jenilee was replaced by Priscilla Barnes, who played
roommate Terri, a much smarter character, Terri being a nurse.

Richard Kline who played Jack's friend Larry, the sleazy used car
salesman played his role for the entire run of the show.

Real name is Suzanne Mahoney

Diagnosed with dyslexia as a child

She won a music scholarship to college, but became pregnant .She married the baby's father, and her only child, Bruce Somers, was born in November 1965

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" (1977)

In 1991, Suzanne landed the role of "Carol Foster", starring with Patrick Duffy, on the TV series "Step by Step"

When she was 16 she hit her father over the head with a tennis racket to stop his abuse during a drunken rage.

While performing in Las Vegas, she had to paint one shoe red and the other black in order to learn the choreography of the dance numbers, since she couldn't tell her left from her right because of dyslexia.

She was the brunette seen walking along the beach of the opening credits of the first 3 seasons of "Three's Company" (1977). She was wearing a wig.

Appeared as a contestant on "The Dating Game" in 1973.

Survived breast cancer

John Southworth Ritter was born in 1948 and was an American actor best known for his role of Jack Tripper on Three's Company. Ritter also performed a great deal on the stage and in several movies inclduing Problem Child and its sequel.

He starred in the Oscar winning Sling Blade and Noises OFf and Skin Deep. RItter also starred in the tv show Hearts Afire in the 90's and Hooperman, a police comddy/drama.

In 2002, Ritter starred in 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, co-starring Katie Segal. In September 2003, fell ill during the filming of the show and was taken across the street to a local hospital. His death was due to a ruptured aorta caused by an unknown congenital heart defect. He died at the same age as his father had 30 years earlier of a heart attack.

He is survived by his second wife Amy Yasbeck and his children.

The Shows ratings: Spring 1977- #11- at the start of the show

1978-79-# 1- The highest ranking

1983-84 # 31- The lowest season and then it was cancelled

After the last season, the show was changed to Three's A Crowd and starred John Ritter. His character Jack opened a Bistro and moved in with his girlfriend Vicki( Mary Cadorette), and was constantly bothered by her father played by Robert Mandan. This show only lasted 1 year.

Since 3's company Joyce has starred in many theatrical shows including
the musical Leader of the Pack, Daylight Savings Time, Noises Off and
Anything Goes.

DeWitt has also shown her versitality by singing and dancing in various
tv specials including a Perry Como Christmas special and a Steve Martin
Special.

She has many numerous guest appearances on tv in Love Boat, Cybill and
Living Single.

Penthouse Pet of the Month in 1976 under a different name

Almost quit Three's Company right away since she didn't like back stage atmosphere

1st runner up Miss California

Has many film and stage credits