| Mary Cadorette | |
| Other Names: | Mary Cadorette-Daly |
| Birth Date: | 31 March 1957 |
| Years Active: | 1980–2000 |
| Known For: | Three's a Crowd Three's Company Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder Night Court |
| Spouse: | Michael Eisen (1982; ??) William Harris (??; died 2010) |
| Education: | University of Connecticut (BFA) |
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.
Cadorette graduated with a BFA in Dramatic Arts and Theater from the University of Connecticut[2] in 1979.
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. During auditions Ritter felt an immediate connection to Cadorette, who was cast as stewardess Vicky Bradford, and introduced in the Three's Company episode "Cupid Works Overtime". 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.
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.
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.[4]
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.[5]
In 2014, Cadorette opened an antique store in Granby, Connecticut, called Nug and Bug Antique Collectibles.[6]
Cadorette married William Harris, and went by the name Mary Cadorette-Harris. William Harris died on October 15, 2010.[7] On November 1, 2015, she married her childhood sweetheart Michael Daly, and is now known as Mary Cadorette-Daly.[6]
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)
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Those Lips, Those Eyes | Dancer | Feature film |
| 1984 | Three's Company | Vicky Bradford | Episode: "Cupid Works Overtime" Episode: "Friends and Lovers: Part 1" Episode: "Friends and Lovers: Part 2" |
| 1984 | Battle of the Network Stars XVII | Self - ABC Team | |
| 1984–85 | Three's a Crowd | Vicky Bradford | Main role (22 episodes) |
| 1985 | Battle of the Network Stars XVIII | Self - ABC Team | |
| 1986 | The Love Boat | Darlene Harper | Episode: "The Art Lover/Couples/Made for Each Other" |
| 1986 | Simon & Simon | Amy Gayle | Episode: "The Last Harangue" |
| 1986 | Stewardess School | Kelly Johnson | Feature film |
| 1987 | The Colbys | Researcher | Episode: "Fallon's Baby" |
| 1987 | My Two Dads | Elizabeth | Episode: "Whose Night Is It, Anyway?" |
| 1988–89 | The Munsters Today | Dee Dee Nelson | Episode: "Vampire Pie" Episode: "Two Left Feet" Episode: "Neighborly Munsters: |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown | Sherry French (Secretary #1) | Episode: "Respect" |
| 1989 | Monsters | Sherrie | Episode: "Fools' Gold" |
| 1989 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Musical Murder | Leslie Singer | Television film |
| 1989 | Matlock | Donna | Episode: "The Scrooge" |
| 1989–90 | Who's the Boss? | Deb | Episode: "Sex, Lies and Exercise Tape" Episode: "Micelli's Marauders" |
| 1990 | The Bradys | Valerie | Episode: "The Brady 500" |
| 1990 | Jake and the Fatman | Jeannie Wicks | Episode: "Exactly Like You" |
| 1990–91 | Night Court | Margaret Turner | Episode: "When Harry Met Margaret" Episode: "Can't Buy Me Love" Episode: "A Night Court at the Opera" Episode: "Alone Again, Naturally" |
| 1991 | Eddie Dodd | Prosecutor Jessica Tilden | Episode: "Unnecessary Losses" |
| 1991 | Parker Lewis Can't Lose | Cathy Lee Austin | Episode: "Fat Boy and Little Man" |
| 1991 | The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw | Edwina | Television film |
| 1997 | JAG | Rebecca Bauwer | Episode: "The Guardian" |
| 1997 | ER | Carla Kramer | Episode: "One More for the Road" |
| 1998 | Rhapsody in Bloom | Debra's Girlfriend #1 | Television film |
| 1998 | The Rat Pack | Betty | Television film |
| 2000 | Marissa's Mother | Episode: "Morning Sickness" | |