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Lana Shields
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| First appearance | Love Thy Neighbor |
| Last appearance | Black Letter Day |
| Portrayed by | Ann Wedgeworth |
| Episode count | 9 |
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| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Investor |
| Spouse(s) | Three Husbands (Divorced) |
Lana Shields was a short-lived character on Three's Company played by Ann Wedgeworth. She had a crush on Jack Tripper, but the feeling was not mutual. In return, Mr. Furley liked her but she despised him (although he never came to realize this).
Per John Ritter in the Three's Company biography "Come and Knock on Our Door," the addition of Lana to the cast caused tension between Ritter and the show's writers, as Ritter believed it would be out of character for the sex crazed Jack to inexplicably turn down the advances of a sexually voracious, attractive woman; the writers reasoned that, because Lana was older than Jack, he would be turned off. Ritter didn't believe that the middle-aged Lana-- only meant to be in her forties, whereas Jack was in his late twenties/early thirties-- would repel Jack. Ann Wedgeworth eventually agreed with Ritter, frustrated that her character, in addition to contributing nothing to the show, was upsetting character continuity. The writers finally gave in to Ritter and Wedgeworth, but rather than pairing Lana and Jack, summarily had Wedgeworth fired from the program and dropped the Lana character, never mentioning her again.
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| Characters | Jack Tripper · Janet Wood · Chrissy Snow · Cindy Snow · Terri Alden · Stanley Roper · Helen Roper · Ralph Furley · Larry Dallas · Lana Shields |
| Other | List of episodes · Behind the Camera · The Ropers · Three's a Crowd |
