- Susan Lanier, Three’s Company, TV, 1976. Valerie Curtin was retained for a second (unaired) pilot when the re-named Chrissy (Christmas Noelle Snow!) was all set for Denise until she wasn’t. Lanier took over. But she was replaced in the series by Suzanne Somers, who stole the show, believed her own publicity, wanted more money and a piece of the pie. Her co-stars wouldn’t work with her (when she bothered to turn up). Having been through all this with Farrah Fawcett leaving after the first 1976 season of Charlie’s Angels, ABC sacked the dive of jiggle and, in a lesson to many, the show survived another three seasons without her… or indeed, any mention of Chrissy. Her replacement was Priscilla Barnes during “the unhappiest years of my career.”
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