Three's Company

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Janet Wood= Janet and her roommate Chrissy Snow shared an apartment in the Hacienda Palms Apartments in Santa Monica, and needed a third roommate to pay the rent after their old roommate, Eleanor, just had her baby and got married and then decided to move out. They found Jack Tripper sleeping in their shower after Eleanor's going-away party. Upon getting to know Jack, who was at the time staying at the local YMCA while in between residences, Janet and Chrissy asked him to be their new roommate. Their old-fashioned and curmudgeonly landlord, Stanley Roper, was not fond of the idea of a young man sharing an apartment with two young attractive women. However, Janet convinced Roper that Jack was gay to alleviate the landlord's concern about the living arrangement. Jack was allowed to move in under this guise. Janet worked in and ultimately managed the Arcade Flower Shop. She is very fond of plants, which are seen throughout her apartment. Janet is from Speedway, Indiana. She has a sister named Jenny and a brother whose name was never mentioned. She graduated from college, but her major was never revealed. She is the daughter of Ruth and Roland Wood. Janet states that her father is of Italian descent. She speaks Italian, although not fluently. Janet is often depicted as the intelligent, "reliable" roommate as a counterpart to the more ditzy blondes Chrissy, Cindy and Terri, with early episodes focusing on her self-consciousness over being less endowed than her female roommates, or at being perceived as less spontaneous. Gender: Female. Height: 5'3" Hair Color: Brunette Body type: Petite figure/Perky Career: Florist at Arcade Flower Shop in Santa Monica, part-time Aerobics instructor .

Jack Tripper= Jack served in the United States Navy. He was discovered in Janet and Chrissy's shower on the morning after a party they threw, explaining, "I came with a friend who knew one of the gate-crashers." He previously lived at the YMCA and needed a place to stay. Janet reasoned with the landlord, Stanley Roper, and he agreed that Jack could stay because Janet told Mr. Roper that Jack was gay. Jack was, however, actually straight (the comedy stemming from having to "play gay" provided much of the story for the sitcom). He has an older brother named Lee who once came to visit the apartment and Jack displayed his feelings of inferiority when compared to Lee; Jack felt perpetually in his shadow when they were children. Jack Tripper Sr. was played on the series by comedian Dick Shawn. In the Season 7 episode "Extra, extra", his mother was played by actress Georgann Johnson. Jack is known for being a klutz. Much of the character's humor is derived from slapstick comedy. He is extremely clumsy and accident-prone, and is well known for his comic pratfalls. Jack also is a sort of ladies' man, but is also, however, kind-hearted and demonstrates loyalty and a willingness to stand up for his friends and those he cares about. Despite having been a boxer in the Navy, he often cowered and allowed other men to bully him. Jack has his own bedroom while the two girls share a second bedroom. Jack has a poster of The Beatles, as they appeared late in their career, hanging on the wall above his bed. Jack attended the Los Angeles Technical College on the G.I. Bill for a degree in culinary arts and held down odd jobs in his spare time. In the pilot episode, he told Janet and Chrissy that his dream to run a small French restaurant. After completion of his schooling, he found full-time work as a chef working for a popular restaurateur named Frank Angelino. Later, with Angelino's help, he eventually opened his own restaurant, Jack's Bistro. Gender: Male Height: 5'11" Occupation/ Career: Chef, then owner/proprietor of Jack's Bistro.

Chrissy Snow=Chrissy was born in Fresno, the eldest child of Reverend Luther Snow (Peter Mark Richman) and his wife. In one episode, she explains that she was named "Christmas" because her father was a big fan of Bing Crosby. In another episode, she states that her name is Christmas due to having been born in December. However, in "Roper's Niece", Janet states that Chrissy's birth was "not until January." In another episode, (Season 4, Ep 9: "Chrissy's Hospitality") Chrissy falls and hits her head. She ends up in the hospital and explains to the nurse that her father named her Christmas because "she was the best present he ever got". She was born into a very religious family and always loved her family traditions, such as Christmas with all her relatives. Every Sunday the Snow clan would go to church to hear her father preach. She always loved her family and friends, and upon moving to Santa Monica she ensured she would be back. Chrissy's personality was an exaggerated characterization of the "dumb blonde" stereotype, as evidenced by her repeated confusion and misunderstandings, malapropisms and girlish behavior, being both quick to laugh (often at her own jokes) and quick to cry (in an exaggerated loud fashion). The naive aspects of Chrissy's behavior was continued somewhat in her cousin (and eventual replacement) Cindy Snow, although Cindy was much more klutzy. Chrissy was very innocent (likely due to her small-town suburban religious upbringing), and she frequently and unknowingly would utter suggestive double entendres. She was also leered at by many men on the series, even though she was rarely interested in anything other than love. Her roommate Janet remarked that Chrissy totally fell apart at the littlest hint of "sweet talk." In another instance, Chrissy was picked up by a police officer, who believed she was a prostitute, despite her innocent and good intentions. Gender: Female Height: 5'4" Occupation/ Career: Typist/Receptionist for a law firm .

Stanley Roper= Stanley Roper owns and manages the apartment building in Santa Monica that is home to Jack Tripper, Janet Wood and Chrissy Snow. He has a love-hate relationship with his wife, Helen. Although they care deeply for each other, Helen and Stanley regularly bicker and engage in one-upmanship, with Helen usually the intellectual victor. A significant amount of their tension is due to Helen's regular desire for romance with Stanley, while Stanley, is either clueless, distracted by concerns over repairs around the apartment, money (particularly the tenants rent being overdue), tenants' complaints, or simply indifferent and uninterested. He usually uses the term "Not tonight Helen, I got a headache." Stanley is generally friendly towards the roommates but can become very angry if the rent is late. He is also not above exploiting his tenants' fear of raised rents by threatening to do such after getting summoned to get repairs and other maintenance jobs done. He is led to believe, with the help of wife Helen, that Jack is homosexual to bypass any objections he might have to a man living with two women. He does not appear to hate Jack or homosexuals in general, but he does see Jack's supposed homosexuality as "not normal" and as a source of amusement and makes several jokes at his expense. When he got drunk at Jack's party, he claimed not to know all the words to any songs but "I'm a Little Teapot". However, he brags about singing, then sings several songs when he and Helen have a Christmas party for the kids. Stanley is extremely cheap; the roommates call him 'the cheapest man alive' and very much "penny wise, pound foolish". He drives a run-down 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air, which he attempted to sell to the roommates, but reneged when he learned he could get a lot more money for it from another buyer (who thought it was the classic and far more valuable 1957 model). After the intended buyer learned it was actually a 1958 model, he offered to tow it away if Roper paid him twenty-five dollars.

Helen Roper= Helen is always looking for sex with her eternally-uninterested husband, Stanley, and he almost never delivers, which frustrates her. Helen enjoys a friendship with the three tenants who live above her, Jack Tripper, Janet Wood, and Chrissy Snow, to whom she refers as "the kids". Helen, unlike her husband, knows that Jack is not gay, but plays along with the charade. Contrary to her tightfisted and very suspicious husband, Helen does not mind that Jack lives with Janet and Chrissy, and is very understanding of their situation. She frequently tries to defuse tense situations between her husband and the three tenants.