who played chrissy's cousin on three's company
Jenilee Harrison
Harrison joined the cast of ABC 's Three 's Company in 1980 . She entered the show as a replacement for Suzanne Somers who played the sitcom 's `` ditzy blonde '' Chrissy Snow . Somers left the show just after the show 's fifth season had begun . Harrison was cast as Somers ' replacement . Harrison 's character , Cindy Snow , was created to be Chrissy Snow 's cousin . Unlike Chrissy , Cindy was not a `` dumb blonde '' ; instead , she was an extremely clumsy farm - girl . The character of Cindy was similar enough to Chrissy , however , that producers could use scripts already written with the Chrissy character in mind . Harrison debuted on Three 's Company in the episode entitled `` Chrissy 's Cousin '' ( season 5 , episode 7 ) . She enters as Jack and Janet 's new roommate after Chrissy 's departure . Cindy proves she 's a klutz right away by knocking Jack down . Her constant `` accidents '' ( mainly with Jack ) added to the show 's gags of characters being clumsy . Even though she had replaced Somers , Harrison was not given opening credits billing , and instead Somers still obtained opening billing ( as a part of finishing off her contract ) . Harrison was end - credits billed , as a guest star . 
Harrison joined the cast of ABC 's Three 's Company in 1980 . She entered the show as a replacement for Suzanne Somers who played the sitcom 's `` ditzy blonde '' Chrissy Snow . Somers left the show just after the show 's fifth season had begun . Harrison was cast as Somers ' replacement . Harrison 's character , Cindy Snow , was created to be Chrissy Snow 's cousin . Unlike Chrissy , Cindy was not a `` dumb blonde '' ; instead , she was an extremely clumsy farm - girl . The character of Cindy was similar enough to Chrissy , however , that producers could use scripts already written with the Chrissy character in mind . Harrison debuted on Three 's Company in the episode entitled `` Chrissy 's Cousin '' ( season 5 , episode 7 ) . She enters as Jack and Janet 's new roommate after Chrissy 's departure . Cindy proves she 's a klutz right away by knocking Jack down . Her constant `` accidents '' ( mainly with Jack ) added to the show 's gags of characters being clumsy . Even though she had replaced Somers , Harrison was not given opening credits billing , and instead Somers still obtained opening billing ( as a part of finishing off her contract ) . Harrison was end - credits billed , as a guest star .
Jenilee Harrison's character, Cindy Snow, was created to be Chrissy Snow's cousin.
Harrison 's character , Cindy Snow , was created to be Chrissy Snow 's cousin .