A Golden Globe nominee and celebrated sex symbol of the late 1970s and 1980s has made a rare public appearance.
Now 75, the performer rose to prominence with her 1979 film debut in Goldengirl. Her profile soared internationally after a year-long romance with Sylvester Stallone, who was separated but still legally married at the time.
Her later relationship with Dudley Moore also drew considerable attention, largely because of the striking difference in their heights. Moore stood 5 feet 2½ inches, with his head barely reaching the chin of the 5-foot-11 star.
She was recently photographed running errands in the affluent California community of Montecito alongside her actor husband. He appeared in one of Seinfeld‘s funniest episodes as a masseur and also had a brief role on Baywatch.
The couple are among Hollywood’s longest-lasting pairings, having married in 1992.
Can you identify them?
She was a leading sex symbol of the late 1970s and 1980s, known for her singing, acting and headline-making romances, while he played a memorable masseur on Seinfeld and briefly appeared on Baywatch.
The couple, who have been married for 34 years, were recently spotted carrying out errands in upscale Montecito, California.
The answer is Susan Anton and Jeff Lester.
The married couple, together for 34 years, were seen out on an errand in the exclusive coastal community.
Anton retained the slim, statuesque appearance that defined her earlier years, wearing fitted black leggings with a long-sleeved black top.
Lester, 71, opted for a similarly relaxed outfit of jeans and a black T-shirt, taking charge of their shopping bag.
When Anton and Lester met in the early 1990s through a personal development and life-coaching course, she was already a well-known figure.
Her relationship with Stallone generated intense publicity because both were married to other people. Anton was married to her first husband, Jack Stein, while Stallone remained married to his first wife, Sasha Czack. The romance, however, was short-lived.
After roughly a year together, the Rocky star returned to Sasha, whom he eventually divorced in 1985. Anton’s five-year marriage to Stein officially ended in May 1980.
Anton looked as slim and statuesque as ever in fitted black leggings and a long-sleeved black shirt, while Lester coordinated with jeans and a black T-shirt. The couple are Susan Anton and Jeff Lester.
Anton has said their five-year age difference helps her feel energetic and youthful. The couple are pictured together in Las Vegas in 2006.
Her layered blonde hair, 5-foot-11 frame and bright, expansive smile helped define her glamorous image during the late 1970s and 1980s. Anton is pictured in 1984.
In the 1991 Seinfeld episode The Note, Lester portrayed Raymond, the muscular, handsome masseur whose message leaves George Costanza, played by Jason Alexander, questioning his sexuality.
Anton began dating Moore just weeks after her difficult breakup with Stallone.
She described the British actor as a supportive and motivating force who gave her confidence in her career, per IMDb.
Moore described the relationship in his usual humor-laced tone.
‘Susan and I have been thrown together in the night for the past three years, and our relationship has been lingering on very pleasantly,’ Moore told TIME in February 1983.
‘I don’t want to be married again,’ he added.
Anton and Moore amicably split in 1985 after five years together.
The Yucaipa, California, native’s first taste of fame happened after she won the beauty pageant titles of Miss Redlands and Miss California in 1969.
In the 1969 Miss America Scholarship Pageant, she tied as second runner-up.
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Anton’s romance with Sylvester Stallone caused a sensation as they were both married to other people at the time, but it ended after about a year in 1980 when the Rocky star went back to his first wife, Sasha Czack. Above, Anton and Stallone in 1979
The blonde beauty started dating Dudley Moore within weeks of her painful split from Stallone and their romance intrigued a great many people mainly due to the difference in their heights. Above, Anton and Moore in 1980
Anton’s debut film role was in 1979’s Goldengirl, in which she played a young and genetically enhanced athlete who goes on to become an Olympic superstar. Above, Anton at a sports event in 1978
The California native’s first taste of fame happened after she won the beauty pageant titles of Miss Redlands and Miss California in 1969 and tied as second runner-up in the 1969 Miss America Scholarship Pageant. Above, Anton in 1980
Anton’s debut film role was in 1979’s Goldengirl, in which she played a young and genetically enhanced athlete who goes on to become an Olympic superstar.
It bombed at the box office but she received a Golden Globe nomination for her efforts.
The buzz it generated led to a contract with NBC for her variety show, Presenting Susan Anton.
Around that time, she also starred in Stop Susan Williams, one of the three serials in the series Cliffhangers.
In 1982, she garnered a role in the sports comedy flick Spring Fever, followed by Cannonball Run II.
Anton’s TV presence grew in the 1980s and 1990s with appearances in The Love Boat, Mike Hammer, Murder, She Wrote, Making Mr Right, Mr Belvedere, Hotel, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Night Court, Quantum Leap, Blossom and more.
She starred in 13 episodes of Baywatch between 1992 and 1994, playing Jackie Quinn.
Her more recent gigs included an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2010 and Sharknado: The 4th Awakens in 2016. Her last credited acting role was in 2022’s The Cleaning Lady.
Lester is memorable for his role as an FBI agent who interrogates Pavel Chekov (Walter Koenig) in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Lester also guest-starred in an episode of Joanie Loves Chachi in 1982
But Anton stood out as a singer as well, cutting three albums between 1991 and 2001 and a 1980 single, Killin’ Time (with Fred Knoblock).
Lester, meanwhile, is memorable for his role as an FBI agent who interrogates Pavel Chekov (Walter Koenig) in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.
People remember the scene for its lighthearted, comedic element, according to one fan site on Facebook.
Lester, though, was mainly viewed as a Hollywood hunk during the 1980s and 1990s with his tall, muscular and blond good looks.
In the 1991 Seinfeld episode The Note, Lester played Raymond, the brawny and handsome masseur who causes an uneasy George Costanza (Jason Alexander) to question his sexuality when he receives a ‘note’ from him.
During the height of Baywatch’s popularity between 1990 and 1992, Lester guest-starred as Lance Jarvis in one episode and Lane Brody in another episode.
Appearing on a show dominated by tanned, athletic and good-looking actors only served to solidify Lester’s Hollywood hunk image.
In 1987, Lester was cast as the comic book superhero Captain Justice and his alter-ego Brad Steele in the CBS series Once a Hero. He was perfect for the role, which required an actor with a muscular build.
In 1987, Lester was cast as the comic book superhero Captain Justice and his alter-ego Brad Steele in the CBS series Once a Hero, which just ran three episodes
However, the series was short-lived, running for just three episodes.
By the late 1990s, Lester began to focus on work behind the camera, directing and producing.
He and Anton created their own production company, Big Picture Studios, in 1997.
Their film work included The Last Real Cowboys (2000), which won three film festival awards; Broken (2006); the short drama Mr President (2007), which won two awards at the ELEVATE Film Festival; and the short film The Speed of Life (2008).
