Promo ad for Angel in Green

This is a very cool promotional advertisement for the TV movie Angel in Green starring Susan Dey and Bruce Boxleitner.

Susan Dey in Echo Park (again!)

I just thought some of you might want take a look at this neat promotional image of Susan Dey and Tom Hulce from the 1986 movie Echo Park. It is sourced from Germany or thereabouts (judging by the writing in the corner) and you may click on the picture to see it full size.

Susan Dey in Echo Park

1986 was the year of Susan Dey's second comeback. Her first comeback had come in 1980 (ironically in a TV movie called The Comeback Kid) when she returned to work after having a child in late 1978. She then worked consistently from 1980 to 1984, mostly in television projects. Susan Dey did not appear in anything in 1985 and would not be heard from again until 1986 when she began promoting a low-budget film titled Echo Park. Her comeback would be completed later in the year when Susan Dey would join the cast of L.A. Law.

Echo Park is a slice-of-life story about three people living in Los Angeles and wanting to make it in show business. Of course, all three are dubiously talented, getting older and having to hold day jobs to pay the rent. All three dream of success but it is made clear to the viewer that they will most likely not ever achieve it.

Susan Dey portrays May, an aspiring actress who works as a waitress/bartender. She goes to auditions and dreams of getting her big break in Hollywood. However, she ends up getting a job doing 'strippergrams', wherein she gets paid to show up places and strip for random people. It is degrading work but she needs the money nonetheless. Meanwhile, she has to deal with her young son, a wacky Schwarzenegger-wannabe neighbor (played by Michael Bowen), and a guy she has just rented a room to (played by Tom Hulce).

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Here are some promotional materials for Echo Park:

The cast of Echo Park

Promotional pic of Susan Dey for Echo Park

Here's a newspaper article from early 1986 about Echo Park which focuses primarily on Susan Dey:

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The following are some images of Susan Dey in Echo Park:

Susan Dey really does look great in Echo Park!

Susan Dey in that swimsuit from Looker

In 1981, Susan Dey returned to the big screen in the movie Looker. She was one of the focal points of the film, appearing as model Cindy Fairmont in several key scenes which have helped Looker become a cult classic. Famously, she appeared in a revealing white swimsuit during a scene in the movie where she was shooting a TV commercial.


The following are a few images of Susan Dey in that swimsuit from Looker:

Susan Dey in various wire photos

Susan Dey got her fair share of press, especially in the 1970s and 80s during the height of her fame. These wire photos (images for use by news services) are very large, crystal clear and a pleasure to view!

Susan Dey as Laurie Partridge

Susan Dey in 1972 with her cat Bruner (!)

Susan Dey in 1975

Susan Dey in a photo dated June 1978

Susan Dey and John Ritter in The Comeback Kid from 1980

Susan Dey and Harry Hamlin in the 1986 L.A. Law episode "House of the Rising Flan"

Susan Dey likes older men!

As some of you may have heard, Susan Dey has been married twice, both times to men older than her. Some have wondered what attracts her to men that are of a more advanced age. Well, in this newspaper clipping Susan Dey briefly explains her motives.

(Click the image to see it full size)

Susan Dey has a bad hair day

Just because the last post was about Susan Dey's nice blonde hair in the early 1980s, I thought I would continue with the hair topic and share this image of Susan Dey having a "bad hair day". This image comes from the Star tabloid, dated February 22, 2000. Susan Dey, especially because of The Partridge Family (and not to mention some of her early modeling work was for hair care products), has been known for having beautiful hair. So it makes sense that a tabloid would take the opportunity to take a jab at her when they came across a photo of her like this. Not very nice but humorous nonetheless!

(Click the image to supersize it.)

Susan Dey with blonde hair circa 1981

Here are a bunch of photos of Susan Dey from what I believe to be circa 1981. I'm basing this assumption on the fact that this is the color and style of hair that she had for the movie Looker. When Susan Dey did The Comeback Kid in 1980, she was still a brunette and by 1983, when she did Sunset Limousine, she was back to having brown hair. Shortly thereafter, Susan Dey would return to having varying shades of blonde hair.

Anyways, these are some professional pics of Susan Dey. As you probably know, Susan Dey began her career as a model and quickly put that aside to focus on acting. These photos show her making use of some of her modeling skills.