Suzanne Somers is an American actress, author, singer, businesswoman, and health spokesperson.
She is widely recognized for portraying Carol Lambert in the family sitcom TV series "Step by Step" and Chrissy Snow in the ABC sitcom TV series "Three's Company".
The 74 years old Suzanne is one of the few living legendary actresses in Hollywood. She has a career span of nearly six decades starting from the early 1960s.
Somers is the author of a series of self-help books such as "Ageless: The Naked Truth About Bioidentical Hormones" (2006). As a writer, she has released two autobiographies, four diet books, and a book of poetry.
Her promotion of alternative cancer treatments has received criticism from the American cancer society. In 2020, she published the book "A New Way To Age". She is the founder and also the owner of Suzanne Organics Cosmetics.
Early Life and Education
Suzanne Somers was born on 16 October 1946 in San Bruno, California, the U.S.A. Her full name or real name is Suzanne Marie Somer (née Mahoney). She is of American nationality and she belongs to the mixed ethnicity of an Irish-American Catholic family. Due to her fair complexion, her race is assumed to be white. She has celebrated her 74 birthday as of 2020. She will be celebrating her 75 birthday on 16 October of 2021. As per her birth date, Libra is her zodiac or star sign.
Suzanne Somers is the daughter of Francis Mahoney (Father), who was a laborer and gardener, and Marion Mahoney (Mother), who was a medical secretary. When Suzanne was six years old her father became an alcoholic. She has two elder siblings: a sister Maureen Gilmartin and a brother Daniel Mahoney. The actress also has a younger sibling whose identity is not revealed whether He/she is a brother or sister.
For her education, she attended Capuchino High School and graduated from San Francisco College for Women (at present it is renamed as Lone Mountain College) with a Bachelor's degree.
Who is Suzanne Somers's husband?
Suzanne has married two times in her life. Her first husband was Bruce Somers. Suzanne was married to Bruce Somers in 1965. When marrying Bruce, Suzanne was in her late teens ( 19 years old). The couple welcomed their only offspring, a son named Bruce Jr., in November 1965 few months after their marriage. But due to several internal issues, their marriage couldn't last long and the duo got divorced in 1968 and from that year, Bruce has been called as Ex-husband of Suzanne
Suzanne ties her knot for the second time with Alan Hamel. Suzanne met Alan for the first time in 1969 when she was cast as a member of an "Anniversary Game" a syndicated game show hosted by Alan himself. The two soon became close with each other and their friendly relations turned into romantic love. After long years of dating, the love birds got married in 1977.
Alan Hamel was previously married to Marilyn Hamel with whom he has two children, a son Stephen and a daughter Leslie. Furthermore, Somers has three granddaughters, Camelia, Violet, and Daisy Hamel-Buffa.
How much is Suzanne Somers worth?
Suzanne Somers reportedly has a net worth of $100 million according to Celebrity Net Worth. She has accumulated her vast fortune from her fifty-eight years of an acting career. This 74-year-old wealthy woman began her acting in small roles during the late 1960s. Initially, she played her role in Television films and short movies only.
With her continued struggle and tremendous improvement in acting, she got her first credited big-screen role in the 1973 movie "American Graffiti" which was a box office hit grossing $200 million worldwide and one of the most profitable films ever. With this huge success, she was later signed by several film directors and has ever since appeared in more than dozens of films.
Suzanne as a business-minded film star has invested her income earned from the film industry in the business sector which includes the opening of a fashion brand, the clothing line, her own reality show "The Suzanne Show" due to which she has become a very successful entrepreneur and businesswoman. Somers also makes money by selling her self-help books, many of which center around alternative medicine.
Suzanne Somers and her multi-millionaire husband Alan Hamel has plenty of property throughout the USA. In 2018, the couple listed their stunning Palm Springs mansion for $8.5 million in the sale. The Luxurious seven-bedroom,10-bathroom mansion is situated at the base of Mount San Jacinto. Sitting on more than 28 acres of desert land, the home comprises five separate structures (the main house and four villas) spanning across 7,200 square feet of living space. Somers and Hamel currently live in Malibu.
How tall is Suzanne Somers?
Suzanne Somers stands tall at the perfect height of 5 ft 5.5 inches and weighs around 65 Kg. She has a pair of dark brown eyes and blonde hair color.
She wears 10 (US) shoe sizes. She has managed to keep an attractive hourglass body despite being 74 years old. Her body measures 35-23-34 inches.
Somers was diagnosed with stage II breast cancer in April 2000, and had a lumpectomy to remove cancer followed by radiation therapy, but decided to forgo chemotherapy, which doctors prescribe, in favor of a fermented mistletoe extract called Iscador.
Facts About Suzanne Somers
#1Suzanne Somers is ten years younger than her husband.
#2She was the contestant of Dancing with the Stars (2015).
#3She was a popular sex symbol in the 1980s.
#4She had an uncredited role as a topless "pool girl" in Magnum Force in 1973.
#5She is obssesed to leopard-print outfit and handbag.
#6A wildfire in Southern California destroyed Somers' Malibu home in 2007.
#7Her father became an alcoholic when Suzanne was six years old.
#8Her granddaughter Camelia is an actress.
#9Her other granddaughter, Daisy Hamel-Buffa is a member of the DAISY Band.
#10Somers appeared in two Playboy cover-feature nude pictorials, in 1980 and 1984.
