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Mary Cadorette

Mary Cadorette

American actress


Mary Cadorette (born March 31, 1957)[1] is an American actress best known for playing Jack Tripper's live-in girlfriend, flight attendant Vicky Bradford, on the short-lived 1984 Three's Company spin-off Three's a Crowd.

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Education

Cadorette graduated with a BFA in Dramatic Arts and Theater from the University of Connecticut[2] in 1979.

Television, theater and film credits

In 1981, she was acting in commercials.[3] In 1984, the producers of Three's Company decided at the end of the 8th season that they would spin off a new show starring John Ritter with a love interest. Over 500 women auditioned for the love interest role who would be named Vicky Bradford.[4] During auditions Ritter felt an immediate connection to Cadorette,[4] who was cast as stewardess Vicky Bradford, and introduced in the Three's Company episode "Cupid Works Overtime".[citation needed] Cadorette as Vicky appeared in two more episodes of Three's Company before she began as a co-star in Three's a Crowd. The show lasted one season.[citation needed]

Cadorette performed in multiple dinner theatres with the USO. She also spent three and a half years on Broadway as an understudy for the lead role of "Peggy Sawyer" in the Broadway musical 42nd Street. She later took over the role. In 1990, she landed the recurring role of Margaret Turner on Night Court.

Cadorette has been in multiple films, including Stewardess School and The Rat Pack. In the 1980s she was also seen on a number of game shows, including The $25,000 Pyramid, Super Password, and Body Language.

Later career/return to Connecticut

In 1999, Cadorette left California and moved back home to Connecticut to take care of her mother who had suffered a stroke. Her mother died eight years later. She continues to act in local stage productions, such as playing Mrs. Gibbs in Our Town for Connecticut Repertory Theatre in 2011.[5]

The Chapeau Rouge Dance Project

Cadorette and two friends, whom she had known since they were in dance school as children, decided to take up dancing again and share their craft and experience. They formed "The Chapeau Rouge Dance Project," encouraging former, retired, (and often older) dance students to attend classes in the dance studio that they rented.[6]

Nug and Bug Antique Collectibles

In 2014, Cadorette opened an antique store in Granby, Connecticut, called Nug and Bug Antique Collectibles.[7]

Personal life

Cadorette married William Harris, and went by the name Mary Cadorette-Harris. William Harris died on October 15, 2010.[8] On November 1, 2015, she married her childhood sweetheart Michael Daly, and is now known as Mary Cadorette-Daly.[7]

Directorial credits/educational career

Other directorial/choreographical credits at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts include: A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine (December 2014) and West Side Story (May 2016)[citation needed]

Filmography

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References

  1. "Today in History - Famous Birthdays - March 31st". Archived from the original on 2022-09-03. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  2. Rizzo, Frank (October 6, 2011). "David Patrick Kelly Stars in 'Our Town'". The Courant.
  3. Dougherty, Philip H. (23 October 1981). "Advertising; Alexander's Takes Aim at Image". The New York Times.
  4. Angela Mary (2017-08-25), Three's Company E True Hollywood Story, retrieved 2019-05-30[dead YouTube link]
  5. "Mary Cadorette-Harris". The Chapeau Rouge Dance Project. Archived from the original on July 9, 2009. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  6. "About Nug & Bug". Nug and Bug Antiques & Collectibles. Archived from the original on August 24, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2022.

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