After releasing actress Denise Galik-Furey from the 2nd pilot version of Three's Company (1976), ABC hired Lanier to play "Chrissy Snow". After viewing that pilot, ABC let her go, hired Suzanne Somers and shot a 3rd pilot, the one that aired on TV.
She was the second actress cast as Chrissy Snow for the second pilot of Three's Company (1976). ABC would then decide she wasn't right for the part and recast the role with Suzanne Somers in the third pilot.
