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| Born | Susan Jean Engledow Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Film and television actress, entertainer |
| Years active | 1967–1984, 2001–present |
| Spouse | Delaney Bramlett (died December 27, 2008) |
| Children | Dylan Thomas |
Susan Lanier-Bramlett better known as Susan Lanier, is an American actress.
Lanier had a guest appearance on Welcome Back, Kotter where she played a flirtatious student named Bambi, who initially makes a move on Gabe. During the 1970s, she guest starred on shows such as Barnaby Jones , Electra Woman and Dyna Girl , Alice , Police Woman and Eight is Enough . [1]
In 1976, she starred alongside John Ritter and Joyce DeWitt in the second pilot for Three's Company on ABC. Lanier, who served as the original choice by the producers to portray the newly created character Chrissy Snow, replaced Susanne Zenor in the cast when the characters, that were directly based from the original British sitcom Man About The House were done away with, but Lanier herself was then replaced by Suzanne Somers. [2] In 1977, Lanier starred in the original cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes . She also starred as Sandi Chandler on the television series Szysznyk from 1977 – 1978.
She was a series regular on Tony Orlando and Dawn's Rainbow Hour for a season on CBS doing stand-up and comedy sketches with the show's guests. In the late 1970s, Lanier starred at The Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles in a production of Tennessee Williams' Night of the Iguana which starred Richard Chamberlain.
Lanier was married to musician Delaney Bramlett; she was Bramlett's third wife, following his divorce from Bonnie Bramlett and Kim Carmel Bramlett. Delaney died in 2008 from complications of gall bladder surgery. [3]
Lanier became a portrait photographer for magazines, book covers, and album covers, and in 2005 was voted one of LA's top ten photographers by Backstage West. [4]
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Suddenly Susan is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from September 19, 1996, to December 26, 2000. The series was created by Clyde Phillips and starred Brooke Shields in her first regular series. Shields played Susan Keane, a glamorous San Francisco magazine writer who begins to adjust to being single, and who learns to be independent-minded after having been taken care of all her life. The series was developed by Gary Dontzig and Steven Peterman, who also served as executive producers during the first three seasons, and was produced by Warner Bros. Television.
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