Suzanne Somers Biography

Fast Facts

• Won the Humanitarian Award from the National Council on Alcoholism in 1991 for founding the Suzanne Somers Institute for the Effects of Addictions of Families
• Received a Star on the Walk of Fame in 2003 for her contributions to television
• Supported herself through taking bit parts early on in her acting career and working as a cocktail waitress on the side
• Quote: "My goal in life is to become the person my dog thinks I am․"
• Her advocacy of alternate medicine has won her both criticism from those who see the practices she promotes as unsafe and improperly tested and praise from those who see her as a pioneer
• Known for promoting a piece of exercise equipment called the thigh master during the 1980s
• Often plays ditzy blond characters on television shows
• In addition to her acting roles, she is an author, poet, entrepreneur, spokeswoman, nightclub performer and talk show hostess
• A wildfire that swept through Malibu in 2007 burned her summer home to the ground
• Chose not to undergo chemotherapy for her breast cancer, opting to use alternate methods such as fermented mistletoe extract in addition to a lumpectomy and radiation