Susan Anton is a model and television actress that rose to fame during the 1970s thanks
to a number of appearances in various forms of media.
In addition to appearing in popular advertising campaigns for products such as Serta mattresses,
Susan also appeared in films and on television.
During the height of Susan’s fame, posters of her adorned the rooms of boys across America
due to her staggering good looks.
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Susan Anton was born on October 12, 1950.
During her teenage years, the future star attended Yucaipa High School, located in Yucaipa,
California.
She graduated from Yucaipa High School in 1968, after which point she went on to further
her education by attending San Bernardino Valley College.
It was during her time at San Bernardino Valley College that Susan got her first taste of
fame.
In 1969, she won several beauty pageants, including Miss California and Miss Redlands.
With this taste of fame, Susan got the idea that she could use her looks to her advantage
and try to find a career that would fit her in the entertainment industry.
Susan started working as a model and started appearing in some prominent advertising campaigns
by the mid-1970s.
Beginning in the year 1976, Susan could be seen appearing in a notable advertising campaign
for the popular cigar brand Muriel.
The advertising campaign not only utilized Susan’s good looks and charm but also allowed
her to sing a memorable jingle.
The campaign caught on with television audiences, and Susan was on her way to becoming an icon.
After the notoriety that Susan had begun to gain by appearing in the popular advertising
campaign for Muriel cigars, she could later be seen making numerous appearances on The
Merv Griffin Show.
Susan appeared on Merv Griffin’s show around 30 times, further increasing her already rapidly
growing notoriety.
By the late 1970s, Susan could be seen and heard all over the place, appearing on television,
radio, and in printed advertisements.
Besides her campaign for Muriel cigars, another notable advertising campaign that Susan took
part in during this time period was one for a new “Perfect Sleeper” mattress that
had been developed by Serta.
These ads for Serta further utilized Susan’s ability to sing her own jingles and even allowed
the blossoming star to announce herself to the television audience by name.
Due to Susan’s increasing profile in the entertainment industry, ABC decided in 1978
that it was time to give Susan her own variety show.
The network cast her alongside country singer Mel Tillis in a variety series known as Mel
and Susan Together that aired over the summer of that year.
The series was produced by the Osmond Brothers and wasn’t entirely well received.
However, it did manage to further increase Susan’s profile, with Time magazine going
on to name Susan as one of its “Most Promising Faces of 1979”.
Many balked at the pairing of Susan and country singer Mel Tillis in the variety series Mel
and Susan Together due to the fact that the two had little chemistry and almost nothing
in common.
This is perhaps one of the reasons that audiences didn’t tune into the program like ABC had
been hoping.
Perhaps if Susan had been given a more fitting partner, her first variety series would’ve
taken off.
As it stood, the series was off the air by the end of the summer and never returned.
Despite the fact that Mel and Susan Together didn’t take off with audiences, Susan continued
to find success as both a model and actress.
By the end of the 1970s, Susan’s visage could be seen in boys’ bedrooms across the
country in the form of both posters and cutouts from other forms of media.
In addition to her continued appearance in advertisements, she could also be seen in
the film Cannonball Run II.
After the failure of Mel and Susan Together, Susan was given the opportunity to host a
variety show of her very own with Presenting Susan Anton.
Sadly, this show wasn’t all that much more successful than the one that had come before.
In 1980, Susan worked with another notable country singer.
She recorded a duet with country singer Fred Knoblock that became a Top 10 song on the
country charts and even managed to make it onto the Billboard Hot 100.
Susan also recorded music on her own, but her duet with Fred was her biggest success.
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Throughout the 1990s, Susan Anton continued her career in entertainment with various roles
on both television and the stage.
In 1990, she made a notable appearance on the television comedy Night Court, portraying
the character of Margo Hunter in an episode titled “The Talk Show”.
Beginning in 1992, she was given a recurring role on the television series Baywatch that
lasted until 1994.
She also appeared alongside comedian Garry Shandling on both Garry Shandling’s Show
and The Larry Sanders Show.
Susan has continued her television career into the new millennium with guest appearances
on both Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Besides Susan’s varied work on television, she also began appearing on stage more and
more into the new millennium.
In the year 2000, she was given a gig hosting a long-running show in Las Vegas.
The show was called “The Great Radio City Music Hall Spectacular”, and ran for over
5,000 performances at the Flamingo Hilton hotel.
Later, Susan took on another Las Vegas gig with the musical Hairspray.
Not all of Susan’s stage performances have been in Las Vegas.
The star has also graced the stage on Broadway numerous times.
The Broadway musical productions that Susan has appeared in include All Shook Up, Hurlyburly,
and The Will Rogers Follies.
All in all, Susan has had an incredibly well-rounded career in entertainment, and her resume has
since come to include work behinds the scenes!
When it comes to her personal life, Susan has also seen quite a bit of variety in terms
of suitors over the years.
One of Susan’s earliest celebrity relationships was with British comedian and actor Dudley
Moore.
The two dated in the early 1980s, and the tabloids loved to point out the staggering
height difference between the two stars at every opportunity.
While Dudley Moore was a mere 5 foot 2 inches, Susan was a healthy 5 foot 11 inches.
This meant that the height difference between the two lovers was nearly a foot!
Susan Anton has been married twice in her life, with her first marriage having been
to a man by the name of Jack Stein.
Susan and Jack married in 1975 and divorced in 1980.
Over a decade later, Susan married a fellow actor by the name of Jeff Lester.
The two live in Las Vegas together and have even developed their own production company:
Big Picture Studios.
While Susan and Jeff have been happily married for nearly three decades, Susan dated a handful
of celebrities before meeting and marrying her second husband.
Besides Dudley Moore, that list of celebrities also includes Sylvester Stallone.
As well, Susan had run-ins with Frank Sinatra.
As with Dudley Moore, Susan’s relationship with Sylvester Stallone began and ended in
the early 1980s.
While the relationship was said to have gone fairly smoothly, there was one problem: Sylvester
was married at the time.
The two had a small fling and then parted ways amicably.
Sylvester Stallone and Dudley Moore certainly aren’t the only notable figures that Susan
has brushed shoulders with.
As a singer, Susan was able to share the stage with such icons as Frank Sinatra and Kenny
Rogers.
She has reminisced positively about her personal experiences with both of these singers, saying
they were both incredibly gracious to her.
Nowadays, Susan has been largely content with working behind the scenes alongside her husband
via their production company, Big Picture Studios.
However, she has also made the occasional appearance in front of the cameras, such as
in 2016’s Sharknado: The 4th Awakens.
Recently, Susan has gladly stepped out from behind the scenes once again to host a new
nostalgia-driven talk show by the name of Idol Chat.
The program features classic television, film, and music stars reuniting in front of the
camera, with Susan as the host.
Eight episodes have been filmed so far, and the series began airing on the Family Channel
and Retro TV on September 12, 2021.
The reason that Susan was so excited to take the opportunity to host Idol Chat was that
she was personally excited to meet many of the stars that were going to be featured on
the show, including Leave It to Beaver’s Tony Dow.
As well, Susan has worked with many of the stars previously, meaning that a few of the
eight episodes that Susan has filmed so far also served as reunions for her.
Besides the cast of Leave It to Beaver, an episode of Idol Chat has also been filmed
reuniting the cast of The Love Boat, which Susan featured on for a period of time.
Another episode reunited popular musical act the Pointer Sisters, who were friends of Susan’s
back in the day.
They even sang a song together, harkening back to Susan’s time as both a recording
artist and a singer of advertising jingles.
Even at the age of 70, Susan Anton still has stunning good looks!
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