‘three’s Company’ Actress Jenilee Harrison Refused To Strip Down For Her Playboy Photoshoot

As a activity symbol, Jenilee Harrison wasn’t keen connected stripping down.

The actress, who replaced Suzanne Somers connected "Three’s Company," posed for nan June 1987 rumor of Playboy. While she was fresh for her close-up, Harrison was wished to look successful nan Hugh Hefner-led mag connected her terms.

Harrison, 67, is nan co-host of a caller podcast, "Stall Talk," wherever women of various ages, "from nan boomer to Gen Z," stock unfiltered stories and contented from individual experiences.

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Jenilee Harrison made her people connected "Three's Company" and "Dallas." (ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)

"It was successful my statement that, yes, I’ll do [Playboy], but I person to support my apparel on," Harrison told Fox News Digital.

"So I show up for this photograph sprout successful nan Playboy building successful Beverly Hills, and I spell into nan charging room to do my constitution and each that," Harrison recalled. "And nan photographer – a very celebrated photographer –  comes in. He goes, ‘You’re each fresh to go?’ And I said, ‘Well, yeah, where’s my wardrobe?’ And he looked shocked. He’s like, ‘Your wardrobe? No, we’re doing Playboy.’ And I said, ‘No, my statement says I’m wearing clothes.’ He was conscionable shocked.’

Jenilee Harrison said she kept her apparel connected for Playboy. (Harry Langdon/Getty Images)

"So everything stopped," Harrison continued. "He had to get backmost connected nan phone. They had to regroup and bring successful wardrobe… He didn’t moreover know. But I had to conflict for that."

Jenilee Harrison, circa 1981. She went connected to airs for Playboy, but connected her ain terms. (Harry Langdon/Getty Images)

Harrison became portion of a mini group of pinups who appeared successful Playboy without going nude, including Dolly Parton and Barbra Streisand, among others.

The self-proclaimed tomboy admitted she struggled pinch being depicted arsenic a activity awesome successful beforehand of cameras. She wanted to beryllium recognized for her difficult activity successful showbiz, not conscionable for her beauty.

Jenilee Harrison is now nan co-host of a caller podcast, "Stall Talk," that's "real women, existent wisdom, existent talk." (ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)

"I looked astatine being a activity awesome arsenic conscionable a wardrobe I had to put connected to spell into Hollywood and do this job," she explained. 

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"Your wardrobe is your outside, but it’s not what your halfway personification is, what your psyche is. But I had a ample wardrobe because your wardrobe is nan instrumentality of nan trade. I would opportunity astatine 10 o’clock I had to beryllium a nurse. At 12 o’clock, I had to beryllium a secretary. At 3 o’clock, I had to beryllium a Sports Illustrated model. At 5 o’clock, I had to beryllium a hooker. And astatine 8 o’clock I had to beryllium a nun. I had to beryllium each those things. But was I uncomfortable? Absolutely, galore times I was uncomfortable."

Jenilee Harrison admitted she wasn't ever comfortable pinch nan thought of being a activity awesome during nan '80s. (ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)

Harrison clarified that she felt "blessed" to look successful Playboy without baring everything. It’s been 1 of galore astonishing moments for her successful Hollywood.

"When I was very young – for illustration 19 years old… my supplier called maine and said, ‘They want to spot you – they’re replacing Suzanne Somers connected ‘Three’s Company,’" said Harrison. "I thought, ‘Oh geez, why americium I moreover going to nan interview? I’m not going to get a domiciled for illustration that.'"

In nan section titled "Chrissy's Cousin," Cindy Snow, played by Jenilee Harrison, center, joined her caller roommates Janet, played by Joyce DeWitt, and Jack, played by John Ritter. (Dennis Plehn/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)

In 1980, aft starring successful 4 seasons of nan deed sitcom, Somers asked for a raise, which she said was adjacent to what her co-star, John Ritter, was getting paid. The character was quickly phased retired of nan show and past fired.

By then, Harrison, a erstwhile Rams cheerleader, had already appeared successful commercials, arsenic good arsenic an section successful "CHiPs." It only took her 1 question and reply to unafraid nan domiciled of Somers’ on-screen cousin, Cindy Snow.

Suzanne Somers, left, and Joyce Dewitt starred successful "Three's Company" on pinch John Ritter. (Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty Images)

"When I showed up for nan audition… I tripped erstwhile I was stepping in," said Harrison. "I fell complete things and grabbed thing aliases whatever. They instantly thought, ‘Oh, here’s our klutzy relative girl’… How fortunate I was."

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Jenilee Harrison and John Ritter be nan "Angel Dusted" screening connected Feb. 13, 1981 astatine DGA Theater successful West Hollywood, California. (Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)

Harrison insisted she wasn’t fazed that she had large shoes to fill.

"I conscionable unrecorded very overmuch successful nan present," said Harrison. "Luckily, I’m highly disciplined… And immoderate occupation I had, I looked astatine it successful beforehand of maine and conscionable did nan work… And erstwhile I sewage connected ‘Three’s Company,’ I was welcomed pinch unfastened arms. They treated maine lovely. They treated maine for illustration a small sister… And nan girls [on set], we protected 1 another, and we supported 1 another."

When not co-hosting "Stall Talk," Jenilee Harrison is actively progressive successful animal rescue. (Courtesy of Jenilee Harrison)

Harrison was yet written retired of nan sitcom, but her luck didn’t extremity there. She later appeared successful the deed soap opera "Dallas."

Jenilee Harrison played Jamie Ewing successful "Dallas." (ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)

"’Dallas’ was and is still specified a joy," she beamed. "And I worked pinch immoderate of nan group there… I retrieve visiting nan group and Patrick [Duffy] was location pinch his boys. His kids started grabbing his shirt, and saying, ‘Dad, dad, that’s Jack Tripper’s maid!’ And Patrick’s going, ‘What are you talking about?’ The boys had been watching ‘Three’s Company’ and they were truthful excited. That collapsed nan ice."

Jenilee Harrison besides starred successful nan 1984 movie "Tank" other James Garner. (ALAMY)

According to Harrison, nan formed of "Dallas" was keen to person her subordinate their circle. Larry Hagman, who played ruthless lipid tycoon J.R. Ewing, instantly welcomed her pinch his consciousness of humor.

She besides saw a different broadside to nan beloved TV villain.

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Larry Hagman died successful 2012 astatine property 81. (CBS via Getty Images)

"He would not spell retired successful nationalist unless he had his chapeau on," she said, referring to his character’s signature look.

"He had to person that cowboy chapeau because he said, ‘When I spell retired there, nan group want to spot J.R.' He loved that character. And that chapeau was J.R. I retrieve 1 clip we were each crammed successful a limousine [heading] to immoderate event. He near his chapeau aliases something, and he freaked out. We had to extremity nan car and everything. He said, ‘I request my hat!'"

The formed of "Dallas" astatine a party, from near to right, Linda Gray, Steve Kanaly, Charlene Tilton, Larry Hagman, Victoria Principal and Patrick Duffy. (Richard Harrison/Fotos International/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Harrison said 1 of her favourite memories of Hagman was that, contempt being nan show’s star, he made judge to enactment connected group arsenic agelong arsenic he was needed to guarantee nan different actors could sprout their scenes pinch ease.

Jenilee Harrison's first awesome acquisition successful Hollywood was a horse. (© Bob V. Noble/Globe Photos/ZUMA Wire/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News)

"Larry would not spell location if his lines were needed," she said. "Larry knew that nan show’s occurrence was not conscionable astir him. The show’s occurrence was because of each nan characters and really they interacted."

Jenilee Harrison is simply a self-proclaimed tomboy. (Harry Langdon/Getty Images)

"He had each correct to beryllium nan number 1 star, time off nan group and conscionable person that aerial astir him," she continued. "And he didn’t. He was very down-to-Earth, and he worked difficult pinch each of us. And he continued to work. His full life… he’d still do autograph shows and beryllium retired successful public. He ne'er took his role, his fame successful ‘Dallas,’ for granted… [He taught us] not to return it for granted. It could beryllium gone tomorrow."

Today, Harrison is "living nan dream" moving a sprawling ranch. But erstwhile she’s not tending to her animals, she’s sharing stories connected "Stall Talk."

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Jenilee Harrison happily runs a sprawling ranch pinch chicken, goats and more. (Courtesy of Jenilee Harrison)

"It doesn’t matter if you’re a boomer aliases Gen Z, we’re sharing nan astir intimate, honest, narration issues pinch ourselves, and we’re giggling, aliases we’re crying," said Harrison. "But we’re sharing those stories… All of our guests conscionable stock existent and honorable questions astir what women talk astir erstwhile they spell to nan bath together."

Jenilee Harrison hopes "Stall Talk" will promote women of each ages to travel guardant and stock their stories. (Courtesy of Jenilee Harrison)

"The proposal I ever springiness [on nan podcast] is spell for your dreams, spell for nan opportunities," Harrison reflected. "You person to persevere and retrieve that if you persevere, thing tin happen. Anything is possible."