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Character: Cindy Snow Raised a true California girl, Jenilee Harrison grew up in Glendale. Active in the world of entertainment at an early age, Jenilee won the title of "Miss Young America", modeled on the cover of the Kellogg's Corn Flakes box, and further sharpened her resume in real estate school at the age of 17. Before Three’s Company, Harrison gained the most notoriety as a professional cheerleader for the L.A. Rams. She cheered for the NFL football team from 1978-80. Like her character Cindy, who left apartment 201 to attend UCLA, academic pursuits were extremely important to Jenilee. Jenilee Harrison attended The University of Southern California where she graduated with honors and received a BS in Education. It was while she was attending USC that she met and took classes from USC acting coach, Joyce Selznick. Selznick encouraged Jenilee's acting pursuits and inspired her to try out for different roles. She first knocked on the doors of Three’s Company in 1980 as Chrissy's cousin, Cindy, and stayed until the following year. Harrison later said about her character, Cindy Snow, "’ I wasn’t like that [klutzy] at all. I was acting. Her enthusiasm, likability, vulnerability, naiveté -all that was me."After Three's Company, Harrison went on to star in Dallas from 1984-1987. Her role as Jamie Ewing garnered her a Soap Opera Digest nomination for Best New Actress in a Prime Time Series. Harrison has guest starred with notable actors such as James Garner in the feature film Tank and with Eva Maria Saint in the mini-series Malibu. Jenilee Harrison is married to "Chiropractor to the stars" Dr. Bruce Oppenheim and is a stepmother of two. She currently demonstrates her business acumen in her real estate investments as well as producing, directing, and hosting of several infomercials. Her hobbies include performing in rodeos and racing cars.
Character: Terri Alden The talented and sexy Priscilla Barnes enjoys art collecting, writing plays, as well as acting. Born in Fort Dix, New Jersey on December 7, 1955 an Air Force brat, she traveled around the country with her family before they eventually settled at Edward Air Force Base in Lancaster, California. There she graduated from Antelope Valley High School. As a teenager, Priscilla was involved with various dancing and beauty-pageants, and won the title of "Miss Hollywood". Tintorera: Tiger Shark was one of her first movie roles, in which she had only one line. Less than a year later, she would go on to star with James Bond himself, Roger Moore, in the film Sunday Lovers.
Her television credits are numerous. After being introduced on Columbo in 1973 she went on to appear in classic television series such as Starsky and Hutch, Taxi, Vegas, and Murder, She Wrote. No role will equal the lovable quirky nurse she plays in Three's Company. In 1981, she took over as the new roommate in the hit show, Three's Company, this marked her debut as a recurring cast member in a comedy program. Since her success in television, she has focused her acting talents appearing in feature films and theater. Her feature film credits include Mumford (1999), The Killing Grounds (1997), Mallrats (1995), Licence to Kill (1989), and The Crossing Guard (1995) starring Sean Penn. Her artistic passions extend to writing, as she has written a play, Anger, Hate, and Rage.
 Don
Knotts
Character:
Ralph FurleyIf wardrobe makes the man, then Ralph Furley is the monument to retro fashion. Mr. Furley wears with confidence leisure suits with scarf ensembles. And like love and war, when it comes to Mr. Furley's fashion sense nothing is off limits, from plaids and prints to tangerine orange with medallions. Mr. Furley takes over managing the day to day duties for the apartment building when his brother purchases the property from the Ropers. Ralph considers himself to be a ladies man; a traditional bachelor of yesteryear looking to fit in with the new young and swinging singles world he meets through Jack, Larry, and the gang. The star of nineteen motion pictures, his own television variety series and several specials, Don is known best for his comedy roles. He has won five coveted Emmy Awards for his flawless portrayal as Barney Fife on the Andy Griffith Show. Don was born July 21, 1924 in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Since boyhood, his ambition was to be in show business. As a child he was a movie
aficionado as well as radio fan, concentrating on comedy shows. His idol was Jack Benny
and at the age of twelve, Don recognized and tried to imitate Benny's impeccable timing.
Edgar Bergen was another radio idol that inspired him to learn ventriloquism. After graduating from high school, Don enrolled as a speech major at West Virginia University, intending to become a teacher. His teaching pursuits were postponed when the army called. He spent the next couple of years touring the South Pacific doing comedy routines in "Stars and Gripes". After the army, Don finished school before heading to New York appearing on various radio and television programs. It was in Manhattan that he first met Andy Griffith in the Broadway play, No Time for Sergeants. During the run of the theatrical hit, Don began creating his own comedy material, thus was born the nervous little man, based on an after dinner speaker he once observed back home in Morgantown. Next he went on to do the Garry Moore and Steve Allen Shows. In 1959, Don elected to move to Hollywood following the Steve Allen Show. He later joined Andy Griffith in what was to become the legendary series making Don Knotts a household name, and winning him five Emmys. He starred in classic comedy movies such as The Incredible Mr. Limpet, Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World, The Apple Dumpling Gang and The Shakiest Gun in the West. He was lured back to television as a regular on Three's Company, where he played Ralph Furley. He also has had guest appearances on other television shows including NBC's hit Matlock, reuniting him again with Andy Griffith. Don continues to perform in all phases of entertainment from films, television, theater and commercials. He claims he has the best of all entertainment worlds without limiting himself to any one facet of the entertainment business.
 Joyce
DeWitt
Character: Janet WoodThis spunky florist is known for her sharp wit and wisdom. Her continuous friendship with Jack provides a needed sense of balance as they share the fun and mishaps in apartment 201. While Chrissy preferred to sleep in her babydoll nightgowns and Terri slept in a tiny satin nightie, Janet could always be found in the long-sleeve oversized football jersey, which seemed to match her comfortable, easygoing demeanor. Janet is someone the roommates could depend on, an endearing friend and always-good company. Since her life as Janet Wood, Joyce DeWitt has starred in numerous theatrical productions including the American rock musical, Leader of the Pack, the Australian comedy, Daylight Saving, the British farce Noises Off, the revival of Cole Porter's Anything Goes, and the Broadway musical Olympus on My Mind. For the latter, she participated in the cast recording and made her first record album.
Another of her passions is her devotion to fighting against worldwide hunger and homelessness. She works with Valerie Harper and Dennis Weaver in the organization, Life-Love is Feeding Everyone. She co-hosted the World Food Day Gala with actor Jeff Bridges. She also participated with Senator Robert Dole and Representative Patricia Shroeder at the Capitol Hill Forum in hunger and homelessness.
 Norman
Fell
Character: Mr. Roper Versatile performer Norman Fell built a resume that includes television credits for more than 150 live plays from New York and some 200 television programs filmed in Hollywood. Fell received acclaimed reviews for his work in Roots: The Next Generation. His numerous accolades include an Emmy nomination for is role in Rich Man, Poor Man and won the Golden Globe for "Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy" for his comedic talents portraying Stanley Roper in Three's Company. Fell was born March 24, 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He spent three years as an air force gunner in the Pacific. After the war, he returned
home to attend Temple University and receive his B.A in 1950.
Norman traveled back and forth between Philadelphia and New York making the rounds seeking roles. He began summer stock and television in Studio One, Goodyear Playhouse and Philco Television Playhouse. On Broadway, he starred in Uncle Willie and Middle of the Night. In 1958 he moved to California to pursue a career in film. His motion picture credits include The Graduate, Ocean's Eleven, PT 109, Catch-22, Bullit, It's a Mad Mad Mad World and The End. He appeared in nearly forty films. His television career is just as acclaimed highlighted by his own show The Ropers in 1979 in which he plays Stanley Roper. As a life time member of the Actors’ Studio in New York, Norman died in December of 1998 at the age of seventy-four.
 John
Ritter
Character: Jack Tripper Jack, the man of the house, is a kid at heart. A handsome, yet lovable ladies-man, Jack enjoys living with two girls but never takes himself too seriously. The fall guy for the apartment's landlords, Jack pretends to have no interest in dating women so he can live in a place he can afford. Money is tight as he studies to be a chef, but Jack doesn't mind working overtime in order to cook up romantic adventures with his latest love interests. Jack is the leading straight guy who wants everyone to be happy and keeps everyone laughing. A native of Los Angeles, John Ritter is the youngest son of Western film star and country music legend, Tex Ritter. John graduated from Hollywood High School, where he was Student Body President. John received a BFA degree in Drama from the University of Southern California. Graduating from USC John went directly into
theatrical summer stock productions, during this period he made his television debut in an
episode of Dan August. This first experience lead to appearances in dozens of
television series such as Hawaii Five-O, MASH, Starsky and Hutch, The Streets of San
Francisco, Phyllis, Rhoda and a recurring role as the Reverend Fordwick in The
Waltons. More recently he has appeared in Wings, Newsradio, Touch By An Angel, and
Ally McBeal.
John came to national prominence in 1977 as the star of the television hit comedy series Three's Company. His role as Jack Tripper garnered an Emmy, Golden Globe and a People's Choice award. He returned to the weekly format with Hooperman (1987-89), receiving Emmy and Golden Globe nominations and winning a People's Choice Award. His next television comedy series, Hearts Afire, ran from 1992 through 1995. Starring in more than twenty television movies, including Unnatural Causes for which he received an Emmy nomination for Best Actor, Stephen King's It, The Dreamer of OZ, The Only Way Out, Unforgivable, and A Child's Wish. In 1999, he starred in two CBS television movies, Holy Joe and Lethal Vows. John's motion picture credits include Peter Bogdanovich's They All Laughed and Noises Off, Problem Child, Stay Tuned, Blake Edwards' Skin Deep, and the highly acclaimed Sling Blade. His stage work includes Love Letters, The Unvarnished Truth, The Glass Menagerie, Butterflies Are Free and As You Like It. He has recently completed the Los Angeles run of Neil Simon's play, The Dinner Party. In 1983, John Ritter was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His star is placed along side his father's. Sadly, in 2003, John fell ill with an aorta dissection. He underwent surgery and died on September 11, 2003, just days shy of his 55th birthday. He is survived by his wife Amy, ex-wife Nancy, and his four children Jason, Carly, Tyler, and Stella.
A native of Manhattan, Richard Kline frequently revisits his hometown, and in 1997 he acted in the Off-Broadway play Boychik. He has appeared in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical revival By Jeeves where he performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Kline does not limit his talents to acting; he made his directing debut at The Melrose Theater, directing Noel Coward's Present Laughter. His directing credits also include a revival of Neil Simon's Rumors in Los Angeles. On the silver screen, he was a lead actor in the 1999 film Liberty Heights directed by Barry Levinson. He can be seen in such films as Nothing But The Truth and Beverly Hills Ninja. Kline studied drama at Queens College and went on to receive a MFA in Theatre from Northwestern University. He served three years in the military stationed in Hue, Vietnam at the height of the Vietnam War. He presently serves on the board of the National Veterans Foundation. America's favorite swinging bachelor now lives in LA with his wife, Sandra and daughter Colby.
 Suzanne Somers
Character: Chrissy Snow
One of America's most popular personalities, Suzanne Somers has achieved extraordinary success in a variety of creative arenas. Since her days as Chrissy Snow on Three's Company, Somers has gained renown as a New York Times best-selling author, singer, entrepreneur, and lecturer on the effects of addictions on families. She co-starred with Patrick Duffy from 1991-1998 in Step by Step and as the title character in She's the Sheriff from 1987-89. More recently she is a co-host of CBS's Candid Camera. Growing up in San Bruno, California, Suzanne Somers dreamed of a career in show business. She landed her first big break as the mysterious blonde driving the white Thunderbird in American Graffiti. Johnny Carson helped to jumpstart her career by asking her to appear on the Tonight Show and read excerpts of her book, Touch Me. Johnny introduced her by saying, "'You've all been wondering who the beautiful blonde in the T-Bird was and now we've found her."' She appeared on the show more than 150 times during Carson's reign. She is known around the world for her role as the ditzy yet loveable Chrissy Snow. Departing Three's Company after five seasons and a People's Choice Award for "Favorite Actress in a New Television Series" in 1978, Somers won critical acclaim starring opposite Anthony Hopkins in the 1985 mini-series Hollywood Wives. She won a second People's Choice Award for her work in Step by Step. She has starred in adaptation of her autobiography, Keeping Secrets and television movies, Seduced By Evil and No Laughing Matter. She has appeared on stage at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Monte Carlo, Atlantic City, and Lake Tahoe. In 1986, she was named "Las Vegas Entertainer of the Year".
Somers explored different avenues of self-expression and authored seven books, two of which, Suzanne Somers' Get Skinny on Fabulous Food and Suzanne Somers' Eat Great, Lose Weight appeared simultaneously on the New York Times best seller list in the top two positions. These two titles have sold over two million copies to date and were among the New York Times and USA Today's top 100 books in the years they were published. She also wrote Keeping Secrets, an autobiography about growing up as the daughter of an alcoholic and Wednesday's Children, which discusses adult survivors of abuse. She has spoken out against this disease to live audiences and is the founder of the Suzanne Somers Institute for the Effects of Addiction on Families. She continues to fight in her efforts against alcoholism and her non-profit organization provides research, education, and support to people who have been affected by this disease. Somers has been married to Alan Hamel for more than twenty years. She has a son, Bruce, and is stepmother to Stephen and Leslie (Hamel's children from another marriage).
Born in Abilene, Texas and raised in Dallas, Ann received a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama from Southern Methodist University. Earlier in her life, she met and married actor Rip Torn; they have a daughter together. A versatile performer, she enjoys many of the great female roles penned by Tennessee Williams. She is naturally partial to dramatic roles, but can hold her own in a comedy. Winning the Tony Award for Best Supporting Actress in Neil Simon's Chapter Two. Ann has been seen on the Broadway stage in plays such as Thieves, Make a Million and The Last Analysis. Her many movie roles include The Hunter's Moon (1999), The Whole Wide World (1996), Love and a .45 (1994), Green Card (1990) and Steel Magnolias (1989). It was in 1979, that she accepted the role of Lana on Three's Company, moving into the apartment complex as Lana, the trio's sultry new neighbor and femme fatale. Other sitcoms that she has loaned her talents to are Filthy Rich and Evening Shade with Burt Reynolds. Her television movie credits include Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story, Cooperstown, Killjoy, and The War Between the Tates. She has been married to Ernie Martin for many happy years and together they had her second daughter. Jack Tripper-eat your heart out!
 Audra Lindley
Character: Mrs. Roper
Throughout her career, Lindley received numerous accolades for her work in theatre and television. She received two Golden Globe nominations, the first in 1973 for "Best Supporting Actress, Television" for her work in Bridget Loves Bernie and in the same category in 1979 for Three's Company. For theatre, Lindley won a Drama-Logue award for Handy Dandy at the Pasadena Playhouse, a New York Drama Circle nomination for Fire, the Best Actress Award for Death of a Salesman at the Citadel in Canada, and a New York Drama Best Actress nomination for About Time in 1990. She graced the Broadway stage with Julie Harris in The Young and The Fair, co-starred with Art Carney in Take Her, She's Mine and also starred in stage productions of On Golden Pond, The Magnificent Yankee, and Love Letters. Having an impressive resume in both film and television as well, Lindley's various films include The Heartbreak Kid, Best Friends, The Witching Hour, and The Relic. She starred in Another World, played Lisa Kudrow's grandmother in Friends and Cybill Shepherd's mother in Cybill. She passed away in 1997 from leukemia and was survived by her five children.
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