Susan Anton
Susan Anton ( born October 12, 1950 as Susan Ellen Anton in Oak Glen, California) is an American singer and film actress. In Europe, it has become known for her role as Jackie Quinn in the series Baywatch.
Life
The first big success of her career was the first place in the Miss California in 1969. Thus she was allowed to participate in the Miss America, where she was able to prove a third place. In the following years she modeled and made, among others, advertising for the Muriel cigar brand.
In 1973, she starred in the dramatic TV movie The Great American Beauty Contest on the side of Farrah Fawcett and Robert Cummings. Numerous roles on television followed, before leaving the country star Mel Tillis got 1978 's TV show. At about the same time published Anton her first single Listen To My Smile with Columbia Records. The ballad was not a success. The following year she was awarded in the series Cliffhangers: Stop Susan Williams a major role.
The film Golden Girl was supposed to bring Anton in 1979 the big breakthrough. In it she plays Goldine Serafin, a sprint runner who was treated as a child with growth hormones. She wins three medals at the Olympic Games in Moscow, but loses father, health and loved ones. Since Americans boycotted the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, the plot for the movie was out of date and the film flopped. Originally Golden Girl to have been planned as a mini - series for television. Nevertheless, the film Anton brought a nomination at the Golden Globes for Best Young Actress. In the film credits is the way the song Slow Down I'll Find You by Anton hear that Bill Conti wrote.
1980 Anton signed a recording contract with the small label Scotti Brothers. In the same year she had a big hit in the U.S. charts: The duet Killin 'Time with Fred Knoblock reached # 28 on the pop and # 10 in the country charts. In 1981, the eponymous debut album from Anton was published, but that was a commercial flop down to the Japanese market. On the drive that contains both pop, country and disco songs, including a cover version of Waylon Jennings Dreaming My Dreams With You ballad is included. The dance -heavy song Foxy was successfully released in Japan as a single. It was also re-released in the course of the 80 years Killin 'Time in a small edition on CD for the Japanese market.
Your singing career greatly abated in the following years: Again, only in Japan appeared the single This Young Girl 's Heart, internationally flopped in 1984, the song Jericho. In the film industry it looked unsettled in 1982, she starred in the film Spring Fever barely noticed on the side of the Canadian tennis young stars Carling Bassett. In 1984, she was in her greatest movie project on the Highway is again raising hell to see. Both films, but especially Highway, received scathing reviews and Anton was even nominated for the Golden Raspberry.
Afterwards, Anton focused on numerous roles on TV, played on Broadway (including Hurlyburly, All Shook Up and The Will Rodgers Follies ) and celebrated a comeback in 1992 with the immensely successful series Baywatch. When Jackie Quinn was allowed to play until 1994. In theater productions, she was only sporadically seen until then. For this, they published their own fitness video ( Slimatics: Fat Burner Workout ) and remained true to their musical ambitions.
From January 1996 to July 2000 she served as emcee of the "Great Radio City Music Hall Spectacular " at the Flamingo Hilton in Las Vegas act, after they had previously been with the show on tour. With over 5000 performances, this was one of the most enduring productions in Las Vegas. To date, she regularly performs in Las Vegas, where she is in great demand as a singing star as before. In 2000, after 20 years, they released their second album, the live recording One Night. In 2006 she was engaged in Las Vegas for the musical Hairspray.
Private
Anton was married from 1975 to 1979 with Jack Stone. Only in 1992 she married again: with the actor, producer and script writer Jeff Lester, who also starred in Baywatch.
Trivia
In the animated series The Simpsons Susan Anton is referred to as the animal Krusty the clown constantly in the groin rumkrault.